2003

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 selection to five of the top …

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

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 minutes of talk time and 60 …

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 creates a combined company with more …

Amdocs attempted to assuage shareholders Tuesday, following news earlier in the week that Sprint has backed out of a previously announced billing migration project, by reiterating its revenue and earnings …

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

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 announced a new music application …

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 and PCS licenses serving southern Minnesota. …

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 first quarter of next year. The …

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 network and its iPassConnect service interface. …

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 when they trade in a similar …

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 to 48 cents per share, and …

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 coverage extends to more than 35 …

The Federal Communications Commissions’ Auction No. 55 of Specialized Mobile Radio service licenses in the 900 MHz band will take place as scheduled Feb. 11, 2004, despite requests for a …

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 the troubles the carrier has encountered …

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 agreed to ask U.N. Secretary General …

While Intel Corp. was reorganizing its operations to adjust for disappointments in its chip business, Texas Instruments Inc. was presenting an upbeat picture for the fourth quarter last week. Looking …

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 Telcordia Network Vision and Telcordia …

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 to increase traffic flow and safety. …

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 to scan the bar codes on …

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 wireless carriers based on the recently …

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 desktop computer business? Will Symbian manage …

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 our expectations,” said Martin Read, …

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 multi-modal TalkBack feature that enables cell-phone …