2003

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 would be better off selling specialized …

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., but that it will continue its …

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, down from the 5.6 million …

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 See. Under a new service from …

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 broadband service attracted a lot …

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 largest customer, Verizon Wireless, might transition …

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 an undisclosed amount. “Our decision to …

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 first responders will have the …

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 market. Using 4thpass’ technology, China Unicom …

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 reported revenues up 22.4 percent …

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 Administration, prompting reactions from key lawmakers …

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 net customer additions during the second …

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 debt level, including full repayment of …

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 that a federal bankruptcy judge is …

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 a similar network sharing agreement in …

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 in China. Convergys will integrate its …

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 joint venture American Cellular Corp. that …

Just as the battle to dominate the handset operating system realm intensifies, the contest for supremacy on the server side has taken a fresh dimension with a new product from …

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 Ovum warns in a new research …

NEC to re-enter U.S. phone market NEC Corp. plans to re-enter the U.S. mobile phone market through an exclusive phone deal with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The carrier will begin …

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 data services. The deal calls for …

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 Russian operator to launch a 1x …

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 offer broadband Internet access to 95 …

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 awash with the wireless Internet …

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 appropriate time to kvetch. So here …