Yearly Archives: 2003

BT expands mobile offerings with family plan

LONDON-U.K. fixed-line operator British Telecommunications announced plans to focus on the consumer wireless market with a wireless product called BT Mobile Home Plan targeted...

America Movil acquires 100% of Ecuador’s Conecel

MEXICO CITY-Mexican operator America Movil said it acquired the 20 percent interest in Ecuadorian mobile operator Conecel that it does not already own from...

Nortel wins $90M contract with Western Wireless

DALLAS-Western Wireless Corp. said it has awarded Nortel Networks Ltd. a $90 million contract to deploy networks for CDMA, GSM roaming and wireless data.Nortel...

Siemens plans job cuts

BERLIN-Siemens AG said it plans to cut 2,300 jobs in its mobile communications division, and 500 of the cuts will take place in Germany.The...

NII Holdings reports decreased churn, increased revenues

RESTON, Va.-NII Holdings Inc., which was formerly known as Nextel International Inc. and operates wireless networks in four Latin America countries, said it added...

Strategy Analytics predicts music companies will flock to ring-tone market

LONDON-The worldwide ring-tone market totals an astounding $4 billion, a number that will likely draw music companies like BMG, Sony Music, EMI, Warner Chappell...

NEC expands outsourcing agreement with Solectron

Handset maker NEC Corp. further expanded its outsourcing agreement with electronics manufacturing company Solectron Corp., under which Solectron will provide manufacturing and after-sales services...

Report says Cingular in deal to buy licenses from NextWave

NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has reportedly agreed to purchase $1.4 billion worth of wireless spectrum licenses from bankrupt license holder NextWave Telecom Inc., according...

Nextel Partners reports 2Q results in line with estimates

Nextel Partners Inc. reported second-quarter results in line with analysts and company estimates and reiterated its previously announced guidance for full-year results.During the second...

Motorola to pay quarterly dividend Oct. 15

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. declared a quarterly dividend of 4 cents per share, payable Oct. 15, to stockholders of record at the close of business...

Intrado to provide emergency messaging service to Harris County

LONGMONT, Colo.-Intrado Inc. will provide Texas' Greater Harris County 911 Emergency Network with its IntelliVector Emergency Roadside Medical Messaging Service (ERMMS), an enhanced mobile...

Orange reports revenue rise

PARIS-European mobile operator Orange reported a revenue increase in the first half of the year of nearly 7 percent, to $9.86 billion, compared with...

Hanaro to test Navini’s NLS broadband technology in Korea

RICHARDSON, Texas-Hanaro Telecom Inc. will begin testing non-line-of-sight wide-area wireless broadband technology from Navini Networks in Korea this month.Hanaro will test Navini's Ripwave system...

Telus reports increased customer growth, improved churn

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Telus Corp. reported its wireless division added 102,800 subscribers during the second quarter, bringing the carrier's total customer base to 3.2 million...

Bell Mobility to use Openwave WAP gateway

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. announced Canadian carrier Bell Mobility is one of 20 wireless operators around the world that have signed up to...

RIM requests judgement on patent issue with Xerox

WATERLOO, Ontario-Legal issues persist for BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. as it now looks to be working through a patent dispute with Xerox...

Rogers AT&T to offer Grey Island fleet product

TORONTO-Canadian wireless operator Rogers AT&T Wireless Inc. signed an agreement with Grey Island Systems Inc. extending the availability of Grey Island's InterFleet product line...

First TD-SCDMA call made on live network

BEIJING-The first call using the Chinese homegrown technology TD-SCDMA was demonstrated using a live network by RTX Telecom and Prisma Engineering, according to the...

Alcatel reports operating profit

PARIS-After previous struggles, French vendor Alcatel told a story of hope in its second-quarter result with a net loss of $776.25 million as against...

3D standard for mobile devices ratified

Wireless took another major step toward third-dimensional technology with the ratification of the OpenGL ES application development standard for wireless devices. The 3D graphics...

Sprint hits analysts’ targets for customer additions

Sprint PCS continued to improve on last year's difficult quarterly results, posting 360,000 net customer additions during the second quarter of this year, which...

Brightpoint releases strong 2Q results

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. released positive second-quarter 2003 financial results, reflecting an upturn in demand in the Asia-Pacific region.The company recorded revenues of $379 million, up...

Sharp net income rises on camera-phone sales

TOKYO-Mobile-phone maker Sharp Corp. said net income was up about 13 percent to $117 million, and sales of its camera phones helped spur sales...

Processor alliance swings counterpunch at Microsoft-Intel partnership

In what industry experts see as a counterpunch to WinTel, a Microsoft-Intel partnership, some major industry players have a formed a new alliance that...

Motorola licenses Hop-On technology for possible disposable phone

Motorola Inc. could have plans to build a disposable mobile phone through a new licensing deal with disposable phone company Hop-On.Officials for neither Motorola...
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