Yearly Archives: 2003

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...

HickoryTech reports slightly improved revenues

MANKATO, Minn.-Rural telecommunications provider HickoryTech Corp. reported $3.968 million in wireless revenues during the second quarter, which was a slight improvement compared with the...

IBM toolkit allows Zaurus to combine voice, visual apps

While wireless trends emphasize the movement to data, the use of voice as an enabler tends to tail off to the background in carriers'...

T-Mobile tough on dealers selling Cingular service

A number of New York area sub-dealers said they received notice last week from T-Mobile USA Inc. telling the dealers that if they began...

Openwave sees position improving

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. had a fiscal fourth-quarter net loss of $25.7 million, or 14 cents per share, compared with the previous quarter...

Taiwan market sees further consolidation

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Two Taiwanese mobile operators have agreed to merge, marking continuing consolidation in Taiwan's mobile market.Far EasTone Telecommunications said it will acquire KG Telecommunications...

Nokia challenges InterDigital royalty rights

Nokia Corp. requested international arbitration in a licensing disagreement with wireless technology company InterDigital Communications Corp., news that sent InterDigital's stock down almost 25...

Iusacell under scrutiny with counter offer

MEXICO CITY-The previously announced agreement on the sale of Verizon Communications Inc.'s and Vodafone Group plc's stakes in Mexican mobile operator Grupo Iusacell SA...

Nextel asks judge to dismiss Verizon suit

ARLINGTON, Va.-Nextel Communications has asked a federal judge to dismiss Verizon Wireless' allegations last month that Nextel improperly obtained and tested samples of Verizon's...

Sprint PCS offers Wi-Fi as defensive move

Interest in Wi-Fi technology surged again last week as Sprint PCS announced it will begin offering a Wi-Fi solution later this summer that initially...

Taking off the gloves

As the wireless industry aims to work together to exploit data initiatives and conserve cash through network sharing, it continues to play hard ball...

Batelco turns on GSM in Baghdad

WASHINGTON-A day before the civilian administrator of Iraq addressed the National Press Club and the U.S. Department of Commerce released the details of an...

Nextel Partners names new CFO

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. named Barry Rowan vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, overseeing the financial management of the company.Rowan, who is scheduled...

Sprint PCS uses handset line-up to differentiate: No. 1 Nokia back in the fold after prolonged absence

Sprint PCS can be largely thanked (or blamed, depending on your outlook) for what those in the industry term the "Asian invasion."Sprint in the...

Two-way ‘pagers’ may be answer to disparate public-safety systems

Two-way messaging devices may have a niche in emergency services communications.U.S. emergency service organizations need an effective way to guarantee that their wireless devices...

VeriSign addresses data wiretap compliance

The advent of packet-data networks and all the resulting applications-from picture messaging to push-to-talk services-creates a host of new issues that network operators and...

Cingular points to success in driver’s-ed program as navigation tools on rise

Driver distraction has become an increasing debate among lawmakers, with Congress likely to consider legislation soon that would ban the use of handheld cell...

MarketWatch.com acquires Pinnacor

SAN FRANCISCO-MarketWatch.com Inc. announced it purchased news and information provider Pinnacor Inc. for about $103 million. Pinnacor, formerly known as ScreamingMedia, offers a range...

Handsets get more storage space for apps

In the early days of wireless, users could expect their phones to store, perhaps, 100 names and phone numbers. Today, users in some cases...

SandCherry partners to offer complete speech solutions

BOULDER, Colo.-SandCherry Inc. recently committed to refining its focus by working with partners to offer complete mobility solutions to its enterprise and service provider...
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