Yearly Archives: 2003

U.S. users unimpressed with smart phones: Sales grow in Europe

A new consumer study finds that U.S. wireless users show little to no interest in advanced smart phones, and that handset makers and carriers...

Sendo to drop patent lawsuit against Orange

Mobile-phone startup Sendo said it will drop its patent lawsuit against European carrier Orange due to a new licensing deal with Texas Instruments Inc.,...

LG Electronics quarterly profits down 24%

SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics' second-quarter profits slumped by 24 percent, while its handset shipments also dropped.The company said it sold 5.3 million mobile phones,...

Irish can now get Papal Thought of the Day via SMS

ROME-Not only can your mobile phone keep you in touch with friends, family and co-workers, it can also keep you closer to the Holy...

Wireless broadband finds success in modular approach

It has been just a few years since wireless broadband was all but declared dead. But the industry instead has made a small recovery.Wireless...

BCGI drops on Verizon news despite 2Q

WOBURN, Mass.-Despite positive second-quarter financial results from Boston Communications Group Inc., the company's stock was down nearly 35 percent Thursday on news that its...

Verizon sells stake in Thailand

BANGKOK-Verizon has agreed to sell its 10-percent stake in Thai telecom company TelecomAsia to Golden Tower Trading Ltd. and Mission Gain Investments Ltd. for...

Democrats to craft bill to help public-safety interoperability

WASHINGTON-House Democrats are preparing a bill that would give first responders access to spectrum to help with interoperable communications."Democrats will fight to ensure that...

China Unicom to use Motorola’s Java download technology

BEIJING-China Unicom said it will use Java download technology from Motorola Inc.'s 4thpass subsidiary, a move that highlights the potential of the Java download...

Sierra Wireless earnings boost stock

Wireless modem maker Sierra Wireless Inc. reported positive earnings, news that sent the company's stock up about 5 percent to $8.30 per share.Sierra Wireless...

McCain against proposal to reorganize Commerce

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week sent Congress legislation to fold the agency housing the president's key telecom adviser into a new Technology and Telecommunications...

Nextel stock dips 2 percent amid record-setting growth

Nextel Communications Inc. surpassed even the most bullish expectations, posting a quarterly record 591,000 net customer additions during the second quarter, compared with 469,000...

American Cellular restructure could involve bankruptcy

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. and its American Cellular Corp. joint venture with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported plans to restructure American Cellular's $1.6 billion...

Nextel’s effort to buy WorldCom assets under greater scrutiny

WASHINGTON-WorldCom Inc.'s proposed $144 million sale of fixed wireless assets to Nextel Communications Inc. potentially faces far more obstacles than initially thought, a situation...

EC approves 3G sharing in Germany

BRUSSELS-The European Commission has approved an agreement between T-Mobile and mmO2 to share third-generation mobile networks in Germany, following approval earlier this year of...

Convergys gets China Unicom biz

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. licensed its Activation Manager provisioning module to China Unicom Guangdong, a provincial operator of China Unicom Ltd., marking Convergys' first product deployment...

AT&T Wireless reaches out with roaming deals

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. continued to expand the reach of its GSM/GPRS service last week, signing roaming agreements with Dobson Communications Corp. and its...

HP unveils flexible server

Just as the battle to dominate the handset operating system realm intensifies, the contest for supremacy on the server side has taken a fresh...

Messaging pricing models may need revision

LONDON-Mobile operators should revise their pricing models for advanced mobile messaging services including multimedia messaging services, wireless e-mail and wireless instant messaging, analyst firm...

NEC to re-enter U.S. phone market

NEC to re-enter U.S. phone marketNEC Corp. plans to re-enter the U.S. mobile phone market through an exclusive phone deal with AT&T Wireless...

Ericsson to upgrade T-Mobile USA

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-T-Mobile USA Inc. signed a $500 million contract with L.M. Ericsson to expand and upgrade its wireless network to support GPRS and EDGE...

Lucent expands 1x network in Russia at 450 MHz

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it completed an expansion of the 450 MHz cdma2000 1x network in Russia for Delta Telecom, the first...

France Telecom to test Alvarion wireless DSL

TEL AVIV, Israel-Wireless broadband solution provider Alvarion Ltd. said France Telecom will trial its broadband wireless DSL solution as part of an initiative to...

Wireless portals start to live up to hype

Like '70s disco or roller skates, the wireless portal is now retro cool. Dude.In the heyday of the late 1990s, the wireless industry was...

Summer kvetching

It's 100 degrees outside. It seems dismal second-quarter earnings are muddying my hopes for a steady industry upturn. In short, it seems like an...
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