Yearly Archives: 2003

Nokia expands portfolio with EDGE handset, CDMA camera phone

HELSINKI, Finland-The world's No. 1 phone maker, Nokia Corp., continued to expand its broad product portfolio with several new handsets, including an EDGE phone...

Trade talk collapse could hurt wireless firms

WASHINGTON-The collapse of global trade talks in Mexico could hurt exports of the wireless industry and other high-tech sectors in the United States.The Telecommunications...

Cingular users can access AOL text

DULLES, Va.-Cingular Wireless and instant messaging company America Online Inc. announced an expansive partnership to allow Cingular subscribers to send and receive AOL instant...

Qualcomm expected to hit high end of guidance

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it expects its revenue and earnings per share for the fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal 2003 will achieve the high...

Clarification

In the story, "Details emerge on Sprint's PTT" story in the Sept. 15 issue of RCR Wireless News, Nextel Communications Inc. said its network...

Intel aims to get industry thinking outside the phone

Intel Corp. wants the world to know that it is not about cell phones, or personal digital assistants or wireless notebooks. It is about...

Hot to touch?

The most entertaining piece of being a part of the wireless industry has got to be watching how the evolving technology is absorbed into...

U.S. still largely left out of m-commerce

Jeffrey Glass could be considered a player in the mobile-commerce industry, although you won't find the "m-commerce" designation in any of the literature about...

IT job sector eyes wireless expertise

Wireless expertise is in high demand in the information technology job sector, according to Mark Stenberg, career training and management expert at Career Center,...

Market reacts negatively to Palm earnings

Personal digital assistant pioneer Palm Inc. reported relatively solid earnings, with revenues up 3 percent compared with the same quarter a year ago, but...

Itronix acquisition by Golden Gate Capital now official

SPOKANE, Wash.-Itronix Corp., a developer of rugged wireless computing systems, announced it will be acquired by Golden Gate Capital, a $700 million private equity...

Faith West combines ring tones, animations for Verizon Wireless

SAN FRANCISCO-Content provider Faith West Inc. announced a new service that combines ring tones and animations and said it will sell several such offerings...

United Airlines relaxes cell-phone policy

Following in the footsteps of several other major U.S. airlines, United Airlines announced a new, relaxed cell-phone policy for its U.S. domestic arrivals.Under the...

Western Wireless buys HickoryTech’s wireless business

Rural telecommunications provider HickoryTech Corp. signed a definitive agreement to sell its wireless business to Western Wireless Corp. for approximately $25 million, including $12.8...

Jury awards against Symbol in Smart Media suit

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Symbol Technologies Inc. continued operations in the eye of the storm, with an Ohio jury awarding $218 million in damages to a company...

Alabama forms group to address tower-siting issues

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-Statewide organizations are furthering the wireless industry's knowledge of local and state issues affecting it. Most recently, the State of Alabama formed the...

Export tax-break repeal introduced in Senate

WASHINGTON-Two key Senate lawmakers Thursday introduced legislation to repeal a tax break enjoyed by U.S. exporters-including those in the telecom and high-tech sectors-that the...

S&P assigns B rating to Crown Castle units

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Ratings Services assigned a "B-" rating to the proposed $1.6 billion senior secured credit facility of Crown Castle Operating Co.,...

Philips to cut 180 jobs

DRACHTEN, Holland-Philips Electronics said it plans to cut 180 jobs next year owing to a challenging market atmosphere, tight competition and an unfavorable exchange...

Portal completes stock offering

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Portal Software Inc. announced it has completed a $60 million direct offering of approximately 22.6 million shares of its common stock. The shares...

Government sells 12% of KPN

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-The Dutch government sold a 12-spercent stake, or about 300 million ordinary shares, in Dutch telecom company KPN NV for about $2.2...

Galvin to step down from Motorola

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. Chairman and CEO Christopher Galvin said Friday he would step down as head of the company founded by his grandfather. Galvin...

DoCoMo details FOMA micro base stations

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced the development of micro base stations for its third-generation FOMA network that are up to 1/30th the size of conventional...

Samsung displays new phones with integrated TV, camera

NEW YORK-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. held a product showcase in New York to display its advanced electronics equipment from televisions to camcorders and took...

Carriers confident networks can withstand Isabel

As Hurricane Isabel bears down on the U.S. eastern seaboard, wireless carriers are confident their networks are already prepared for the worst. Unlike other...
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