2003

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 at families. The carrier will resell …

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 minority shareholders. The value of the …

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 will deploy cdma2000 core and …

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 company, however, said it plans …

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 42,300 subscribers during the second quarter, …

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 and Universal into the wireless market, …

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 for NEC’s advanced Internet-enabled handsets. Solectron …

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 to Bloomberg News, citing people familiar …

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 quarter, Nextel Partners said it …

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 Sept. 15.

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 safety solution for area police. The …

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 the same period last year. Average …

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 on the 2.3 GHz spectrum, …

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 subscribers. The carrier said customer growth …

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 use Openwave’s WAP version 2.0 gateway. …

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 Corp. RIM filed a motion in …

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 across Rogers’ GSM/GPRS network. Grey Island …

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 companies. “This is a very important …

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 a loss of $1.64 billion a …

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 forum Khronos Group said it ratified …

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 was a 17-percent increase compared with …

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 25 percent from the year-ago …

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 in a down worldwide economy. Sharp …

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 focuses on peripherals, microprocessors and software …

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 nor Hop-On were immediately available …