Yearly Archives: 2003

Midwest Wireless launches BREW services

MANKATO, Minn.-Rural wireless operator Midwest Wireless launched a range of entertainment applications and communications services on its recently deployed CDMA2000 1x network using Qualcomm...

Powell highlights 911 at APCO convention

WASHINGTON-FCC Chairman Michael Powell invited all state officials responsible for deploying wireless enhanced 911 to the Federal Communications Commission in late October for the...

Samsung to work with Staccato on UWB

SAN DIEGO-Samsung Electronics said it will work with chip maker Staccato Communications to develop ultra-wideband products, a short-range technology with a data-transfer rate of...

Motorola targets public safety with technology releases

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola made a handful of public-safety related wireless announcements in conjunction with this week's Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) conference in...

SBA records decreased revenues

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Tower owner SBA Communications Corp. has reported its second-quarter 2003 financial results.The company said its total revenues for the quarter were $50.4...

Alcatel wins $80M contract in Ghana

PARIS-Alcatel said it signed an $80 million contract with Ghana Telecom for a wireless and wired network expansion.Alcatel will expand Ghana Telecom's GSM network...

Powerwave receives orders from Samsung

SANTA ANA, Calif.-Powerwave Technologies Inc. has received $3.5 million in orders from Samsung Electronics for 2100 MHz W-CDMA RF power amplifiers to support the...

Schlumberger to supply OTA service to China Unicom subsidiary

BEIJING-Schlumberger Smart Cards & Terminals said it will supply Zhejiang Unicom with Simgo, its Java-based over-the-air service management solution. Zhejiang Unicom will be the...

Lucent hit with bribery lawsuit

NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc., which has barely recovered from lawsuits related to vendor financing and alleged fraud, now confronts an unlikely lawsuit from an...

Motorola’s Chen defects to Microsoft

The head of Motorola Inc.'s China business, Tim Chen, quit the company to join software giant Microsoft Corp., a move that could impede the...

Nextel launches Spanish-language ad campaign

Nextel Communications Inc. launched a marketing and sales initiative targeting the U.S. Hispanic community that will include the carrier's first Spanish language advertising campaign...

Site offers details on new SPV

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp.'s entry into the smart-phone market continues to gain steam, with European carrier Orange and Asian manufacturer MiTAC International Corp. offering glimpses...

S&P upgrades Alcatel outlook to stable

LONDON-Just a day after affirming its rating on L.M. Ericsson, ratings agency Standards & Poor's has upgraded its outlook for Alcatel Corp. to stable,...

Skyworks to sell up to $250M in stock, debt

WASHINGTON-In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Skyworks Solutions Inc. said it will periodically sell up to $250 million in common and...

GSA suspension will cost WorldCom

WASHINGTON-WorldCom Inc. said Monday that its suspension from doing business with the government could cost the company as much as $137 million by 2005.In...

UbiquiTel posts 23% revenue increase

Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. reported $66 million in total revenues during the recently completed second quarter, a 23-percent increase compared with the $53.6...

China Mobile sees profit increase, warns on competition

HONG KONG-China Mobile reported a 13-percent increase in profit in its first-half results, but noted declining average revenue per user and warned on increased...

Itronix wins $14M in government contracts

SPOKANE, Wash.-Itronix, which specializes in ruggedized mobile computing systems, announced it has been awarded new project contracts worth $14 million.The company is involved in...

Agere releases messaging interface for handsets

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems released an advanced messaging interface (AMI) for high-speed communications and applications processing in next-generation mobile phones. "With the continued growth in...

SpectraSite enjoys solid second-quarter results

CARY, N.C.-SpectraSite Inc. released solid second-quarter 2003 results, reflecting improved revenues and decreased losses.The company said total revenues were $80.9 million, up from $73.2...

FCC concedes Airadigm protected under bankruptcy

WASHINGTON-The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau said Aug. 8 that the 15 licenses owned by Airadigm Communications Inc., a bankrupt PCS C- and F-block licensee...

Camera phones click in U.S. market

The camera-phone craze appears to have officially hit the United States, with Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless both boasting of millions of picture messages...

FCC allows California to change numbering rules

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said Aug. 11 that California could change its allocation of numbers in the 310 and 909 area codes, but not...

Management shake-up at Kyocera

SAN DIEGO-A delayed initial public offering and the resulting moves toward integration with the company's parent in Japan compelled top executives at mobile-phone maker...

ITU partners with TM Forum on OSS standards

GENEVA-The International Telecommunication Union partnered with TeleManagement Forum to allow TM Forum standards to be published by ITU as ITU-T Recommendations. ITU-T is ITU's...
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