2003

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Electronic payment company VeriFone Inc. released a new CDMA point-of-sale payment product, which the company said the State of Wisconsin will use to operate wireless payment terminals for …

SINGAPORE-A jury ordered contract manufacturer Flextronics to pay more than $934 million to Beckman Coulter, which makes medical equipment. Flextronics said it would appeal the motion. Flextronics is the manufacturing …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday rejected Northrop Grumman Corp.’s request for broadband spectrum to support emergency and homeland security wireless applications. Northrop Grumman filed a petition April 21 seeking expedited …

Following in the financial restructuring footsteps of fellow Sprint PCS affiliates, AirGate PCS Inc. said it intends to pursue a registered exchange offer for all of its outstanding $300 million …

MILWAUKEE-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its GSM/GPRS service in Madison, Green Bay and Appleton, Wis., as part of its planned overlay of its legacy TDMA network. The carrier added that …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies Inc. said it has sold its wireless network planning design tools known as Wizard to Setram International, a software company. The product is a second-, 2.5- …

WASHINGTON-When Stephen Largent was chosen as the new president of the Cellular & Telecommunications Association, his only connection to the wireless industry appeared to be as a former member of …

Nokia Corp. continued to push the boundaries of the mobile-phone industry with three new wearable devices designed to bolster the camera-phone market, as well as a new W-CDMA phone with …

SEATTLE-Fans of the TV show “Fear Factor” will be able to download music, images and sounds-including screams from the show’s contestants-to their mobile phones, thanks to a deal among NBC …

WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers currently finance about 30 percent of the universal-service fund, but only get about 2 percent of the money available, John Stanton, chairman, director and chief executive officer of …

WASHINGTON-A group of states said the House-passed Internet tax moratorium will cost cities and states up to $9 billion a year annually by 2006. A study issued by the Multistate …

LONDON-The European Commission has commissioned a study on trading radio spectrum within the EC. The study begins this fall and will be completed in May 2004. The EC appointed Analysys …

OTTAWA-U.S. Cellular Corp. said it will use Spotwave Wireless Inc.’s SpotCell adaptive repeater to provide in-building coverage. The repeater will allow U.S. Cellular to provide wireless coverage in entire buildings …

BEIJING-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Nokia Corp. both signed contracts with divisions of China Unicom. Lucent said it has signed a CDMA contract worth more than $230 million to expand the …

WASHINGTON-Universal service is a hot topic in Washington this week with two House panels hearing testimony, a think-tank seminar and an ad campaign launched Tuesday by TracFone Wireless. “The Federal …

LOWELL, Mass.-M/A-COM Inc. has been awarded an $11 million contract by the U.S. Army to deploy and link critical communications to 10 Army installations, including more than 5,000 Army base …

LONDON-Alan Dick & Co. has acquired telecommunications infrastructure service company EXi Ltd. making Alan Dick & Co. a single-source supplier for the telecommunications industry. “Acquiring the resources and expertise that …

WASHINGTON-L. Paul Bremer, head of the U.S.-led occupational authority in Iraq, today told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that mobile-phone licenses in the war-torn country are about to being issued. …

Patent battles continue to rage across the wireless enterprise industry, as Visto Corp. joins the fray with separate lawsuits against rival wireless e-mail companies Infowave Software and Seven Networks Inc. …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s assigned its B+ rating to Nextel Communications Inc.’s offering of $1 billion worth of 7.375-percent senior serial redeemable notes due 2015, and affirmed its BB- corporate …

LONDON-European carrier Vodafone announced a deal with video game company Eidos for the exclusive rights to the Tomb Raider game across 22 countries, a deal that further shows the growing …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Denying any wrongdoing, Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has received preliminary court approval to settle pending class action shareowner litigation against the company. “The Honorable Judge Joel A. …

Citing false and unsubstantiated advertising claims, Nextel Communications Inc. filed a lawsuit in a New York federal court against Verizon Wireless seeking unspecified damages and an injunction prohibiting Verizon Wireless’ …

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-TelASIC Communications said it has rolled out what it calls the world’s first cost-effective wideband radio chipset known as baseFlex to support all major standards, including GSM, GPRS, …

WASHINGTON-The House telecommunications subcommittee Tuesday passed the E911 Implementation Act of 2003 changing the rural provisions and making it possible for public-safety answering points to go forward with Phase II …