Yearly Archives: 2003

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...

ABI: 2Q handset sales up 12 %

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Total wireless handsets shipped reached 107 million units in the second quarter, demonstrating 12-percent year-on-year growth and 2-percent sequential growth, according to...

Dobson to offer pics with LogicaCMG services

Regional wireless carrier Dobson Communications Corp. today announced it will jump into the picture messaging business later this year through a new deal with...

As carriers look at Wi-Fi, Wayport wins

The massive hype surrounding Wi-Fi has forced the rest of the nation's wireless carriers to follow T-Mobile USA Inc.'s lead or risk being left...

Standards struggles riddle enabling technologies

One of the big riddles with open standards is that not all of those who swear by the principle believe in it. Unless, of...

EU urges Microsoft to untie Media Player from Windows

The European Commission gave Microsoft Corp. one more chance to remedy what it terms as monopolistic behavior. "The commission has gathered additional evidence from...

Sprint to gain 1M Qwest customers

More than a year after announcing plans to sell off or find a partner for its wireless division, Qwest Communications International Inc. last week...

Dodge buys more AMT stock

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Steve Dodge purchased 100,000 shares of American Tower stock priced between $9.13 and $9.37 according to...

FCC expects to finish 5 GHz unlicensed rules by end of year

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission committed on Thursday to complete rules for unlicensed use of the 5 GHz band by the end of the year.The...

Nextel Partners note holders can resell debt, shares

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the resale of its 1.5 percent senior convertible notes...

Triton loss larger than expected

BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Holdings Inc. reported a 12.8-percent increase in total revenues, from $183 million during the second quarter of 2002 to $206.5 million...

Handset prices continue to drop

NEW YORK-A new study finds that the average selling price for mobile phones continues to drop, a situation that could put added pressure on...

Arch stock up on 2Q earnings

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-The nation's No. 1 independent paging and messaging carrier Arch Wireless Inc. reported a net income of $5.2 million on revenues of $154...

Palm-Handspring marriage passes antitrust hurdle

MILPITAS, Calif.-Antitrust concerns have now been pushed aside in Palm Inc.'s acquisition of Handspring Inc., as the waiting period required by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Anti-Trust...

Cesky gets approval for Eurotel Praha purchase

PRAGUE-The Czech Office for the Protection of Economic Competition has approved Cesky Telecom's planned purchase of the 49-percent stake it does not already own...

Fried to advise House committee

WASHINGTON-Neil Fried has been named telecommunications counsel for the House Energy and Commerce Committee and will begin his duties Aug. 18.Fried joins from law...

Alamosa churn, ARPU, CPGA all down

LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. reported 24,000 net subscriber additions during the second quarter, ending the period with 677,000 total subscribers. The...

Chip sector signals expanding demand for flash memory

Chips continue to provide cheer in an otherwise gloomy wireless environment.According to the Semiconductor Industry Association, strong demand of chips in the mobile market...

US Unwired subs decline in 2Q

LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired Inc., which recently filed a lawsuit against network partner Sprint PCS, said it added 8,878 net subscribers during the second...

India court dismisses petition trying to stop CDMA

NEW DELHI-India's Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal has dismissed a petition from the Cellular Operators Association of India to stop the operation of CDMA...

Quest acquires DDS

EUGENE, Ore.-Mobile-computing company Quest Solutions announced it acquired mobile software platform company Distributed Data Systems. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Quest said DDS...

Report says U.S. hot-spot market to garner $800M

DALLAS-The hot-spot service market in the United States will garner revenues in excess of $800 million by 2007, according to a new report from...

InterWave revenues climb, net loss increases

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-InterWave Communications International Ltd. reported growing revenues and a rising net loss for its fourth quarter, news that sent its stock down...

Acotel to supply MMSC to FastLink Jordan

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Acotel Group will supply FastLink Jordan with a multimedia message service center, including a WAP Gateway and several MMS applications, following...

DoCoMo reports profit on cautious outlook

NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported a net income of $1.65 billion in the first quarter ending June 30 in its first quarterly financial report.DoCoMo said...
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