Yearly Archives: 2003

Car Toys adds Sprint PCS to wireless selection

SEATTLE-Wireless retailer Car Toys said it added Sprint PCS products and services to its 59 outlets across the country, bringing the company's total wireless...

Zander selected to lead Motorola

Motorola Inc. bowed to investor clamor for an outsider with the appointment of former Sun Microsystems Inc. president Edward Zander as the new helmsman,...

Disposable cell-phone charger introduced for $10

LOS ANGELES-Compact Power Systems Inc. introduced its flagship product, Cellboost, which the company said is a disposable mobile-phone battery/re-charger that powers up to 60...

Enterprise market consolidation continues with RPA buy

NEW YORK-Wireless enterprise company Antenna Software Inc. announced it acquired mobile systems integrator RPA Wireless Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Antenna said the move...

Amdocs reiterates guidance without Sprint contract

Amdocs attempted to assuage shareholders Tuesday, following news earlier in the week that Sprint has backed out of a previously announced billing migration project,...

Williams & Moore Capital invests in Sinclair

TORONTO-Williams & Moore Capital Corp., private equity investment arm for the Reliance Aerotech group of companies, will become a strategic investor in Sinclair Technologies...

Wireless content deals play on music, TV

Music and TV fans will soon have new outlets for their tastes through a series of new announcements in the wireless space.First, Crisp Wireless...

Western Wireless closes HickoryTech acquisition

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. closed on its previously announced $25 million acquisition of rural telecommunications provider HickoryTech Corp.'s wireless business, which included two cellular...

BellSouth to cut 1,000 jobs

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. is reportedly planning to cut more than 1,000 jobs, including positions from its previously announced exit from the payphone business, during the...

T-Mobile, iPass enter Wi-Fi distribution agreement

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. reported a distribution agreement with iPass Inc., enabling corporations to access T-Mobile USA's HotSpot Wi-Fi network through the iPass virtual...

AT&T to swap EDGE card for rival card and contract

Through the end of January, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will offer business customers a free Sony Ericsson GC-82 EDGE wireless modem card...

Sprint adjusts outlook

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. said it expects its wireless division to post full-year losses at the low end of previous guidance of 43 cents...

O2 Ireland begins limited 3G services

DUBLIN, Ireland-O2 Ireland said it began limited third-generation services in Ireland, equipping 25 customers with Nokia 6650 handsets. O2 Ireland said its 3G network...

FCC denies requests to postpone 900 MHz SMR auction

The Federal Communications Commissions' Auction No. 55 of Specialized Mobile Radio service licenses in the 900 MHz band will take place as scheduled Feb....

AT&T Wireless answers LNP inquiry

Following on a Federal Communications Commission inquiry into its local number portability implementation, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. filed a report with the agency outlining...

U.N. panel to study U.S. management of the Internet

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration sidestepped a confrontation with poor nations at the World Summit on Information Society in Geneva after officials from around the world...

Semiconductor biz pushes ahead, while Intel overhauls wireless unit

While Intel Corp. was reorganizing its operations to adjust for disappointments in its chip business, Texas Instruments Inc. was presenting an upbeat picture for...

Telcordia acquires DAX intellectual property

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-Telcordia Technologies Inc. has acquired intellectual property from DAX Technologies Corp. related to the DAX Optima Performance platform.With the acquisition, Telcordia will create...

Historic council objects to FCC ruling that towers can go up on scenic highway

WASHINGTON-The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation rejected the government's argument that towers along scenic highways are the same as large signs and other improvements...

Scanbuy service turns camera phones into bar code scanners

NEW YORK-Software company Scanbuy announced a new service that allows camera-phone users to scan bar codes. The company said the technology could allow users...

S&P survey finds 10% of wireline customers ready to cut the cord

NEW YORK-Nearly 10 percent of current wireline customers surveyed by Standard & Poor's Equity Research Services said they would take their wireline numbers to...

Linux OS loved, still faces murky future

There are plenty of contentious questions in the operating system business. Will Microsoft Corp. dominate the mobile-phone field as it has done in the...

LogicaCMG says merger on positive track

LONDON-LogicaCMG said its merger so far has gone according to plan."Trading overall during the second half of the year has developed in line with...

Wireless2Web founder receives patent for LinkPush technology

LOS ANGELES-Richard Helferich, Wireless2Web founder, has been awarded a patent from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for its LinkPush technology included in Wireless2Web's...
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