Yearly Archives: 2003

Unwired Australia to deploy wireless broadband in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia-Unwired Australia Pty. Ltd. announced it plans to deploy a metro-area non-line-of-sight, wide-area wireless broadband network in Sydney, Australia, The network deployment, which...

U.S. Cellular to offer AccuWeather.com forecasts

STATE COLLEGE, Pa.-AccuWeather Inc. announced it will offer its weather forecasts and information over U.S. Cellular's BREW application download service.The AccuWeather.com application will become...

Sierra enters handset arena with Microsoft smart phone

Longtime wireless modem maker Sierra Wireless announced a significant new business direction with the unveiling of its Voq phone-a device that marks the entrance...

Alamosa Holdings extends exchange offer deadline

LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. extended the expiration date of its recently announced exchange offer of public debt until Oct. 15 at...

Wireless Retail readies for WLNP, along with carriers

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-While government and carriers continue to hammer out the technical and political details of wireless local number portability, wireless retailer Wireless Retail Inc.,...

TIA to ask Senate to strip Northpoint amendment from spectrum-relocation bill

WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association is preparing to send a letter, perhaps by the end of this week, to the Senate leadership asking it to...

Qualcomm board approves 7-cent quarterly dividend

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said its board of directors has approved a quarterly dividend of 7 cents per common share, which stockholders can receive Dec....

Kyocera handset reportedly explodes in Nebraska

Kyocera Wireless Corp. said it will temporarily stop shipments of one of its handsets following reports that a Kyocera phone apparently exploded just days...

KDDI plans to release 2-megapixel camera phone

TOKYO-Japanese mobile operator KDDI Corp. plans to release what is likely the world's first camera phone that features a camera resolution of 2 megapixels.Casio...

Cricket launches new consumer Web site

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc.'s Cricket Communications Inc. subsidiary launched its MyCricket.com enhanced customer-focused Web site, which the carrier said would allow for online...

Everypath scores $14.3M in funding

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Wireless enterprise company Everypath Inc. scored a significant $14.3 million in new venture funding, with Trident Capital leading the round.Everypath offers technology...

Motorola’s Symbian share transfer to Nokia, Psion complete

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it finalized its deal to purchase Motorola Inc.'s Symbian shares-a 13.2 percent stake-and Psion plc purchased the remaining shares-5.8 percent....

Verizon expands data content with Disney, MapQuest deals

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Verizon Wireless continues to expand its Get It Now data offerings, adding new content from Walt Disney and MapQuest.First, Walt Disney's wireless...

WLAN financing deals continue

News on the Wi-Fi vendor front continues to move along, with several new funding announcements and additional consolidation.First, hot-spot aggregator Boingo Wireless announced it...

FCC fights to get Do-Not-Call Registry

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and the Direct Marketing Association, which represents 70 percent of telemarketers, found themselves in a tug-of-war Oct. 3 over the...

ClearSky unveils camera, post-card app

ORLANDO, Fla.-Wireless content company ClearSky Mobile Media Inc. unveiled its new Snap-n-Print application, which the company said allows camera-phone users to take pictures with...

Sprint to provide wireless communications to airports

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas-Sprint Corp. has been selected by Navigance Technologies Group to provide wireless communication and video security monitoring capabilities to enhance security needs...

D.C. Circuit to determine whether wireless carriers are common carriers

WASHINGTON-Are wireless carriers common carriers, and if they are, can they negotiate with their customers? This was the question before a federal appeals court...

Motorola adds new GSM base stations to portfolio

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has rolled out three new GSM base stations to complement its existing portfolio of infrastructure offerings.The new products...

Ericsson signs $10M contract in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand-L.M. Ericsson said it has signed an agreement to be the sole supplier of GSM equipment for Thai mobile carrier AIS in the...

FCC says rural carriers must port to other wireless carriers

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday that rural wireless carriers cannot refuse to port a telephone number to another wireless carrier that does not...

Nokia offers figures from MMS trial

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported the results of a multimedia messaging trial it conducted with five wireless operators in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, figures the...

TIW increases stake in Czech operator

MONTREAL-Canadian company Telesystem International Wireless and ClearWave said they will acquire a 3.62-percent stake in Czech mobile operator Cesky Mobil from Ceska Konsolidacni Agentura,...

DoCoMo agrees to mobile merger in Taiwan

TOKYO-Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. looks to have stepped in to revive a merger between two Taiwanese mobile operators that was speculated to have...

KDDI ups profit estimates

TOKYO-Japanese operator KDDI Corp. raised its profit estimate for the year by 34 percent due to strong sales of its CDMA2000 1X service. The...
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