Yearly Archives: 2003

Intersil to sell networking business to GlobespanVirata

MILPITAS, Calif.-Intersil Corp. will sell its wireless networking product group to chipmaker GlobespanVirata Inc. for $365 million in cash and stock."This transaction completes our...

Samsung profits slump, handset revenues dip

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. reported slumping profits and an 8-percent decline in handset revenues. The company said it sold 12 million mobile...

CDG says worldwide cdma2000 subscriber base tops 50 million

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The cdma2000 global subscriber base surpassed 50 million in May, according to the CDMA Development Group. There are currently 53 commercial cdma2000...

AT&T Wireless announces airline miles program

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said customers who enroll in a new qualified service plan can earn up to 10,000 bonus miles with American...

BREW services to come

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it scored another carrier deal for its BREW application download service, with Telefonica Moviles Peru planning to offer BREW services...

Matsushita to offer wireless home networking solution

OSAKA, Japan-Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., the company behind the Panasonic brand, announced it will offer a home networking system, dubbed Kurashi Net (Japanese...

Sprint PCS ad campaign targets AT&T Wireless

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS launched an aggressive advertising campaign focused on the business market and targeting AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which Sprint PCS said...

Lucent battle remains uphill

CHICAGO-Lucent Technologies Inc. further dampened Wall Street zeal with its announcement that it would not see black until next year, citing poor demand for...

Applied Reasoning Systems, Roaming Messenger to provide homeland security solution

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Software technology company Applied Reasoning Systems Corp. said it signed a deal with Roaming Messenger to offer real-time notifications for the homeland...

Oral argument in brain-cancer suit set for Sept.

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., will hear oral argument in an $800 million brain-cancer lawsuit against wireless firms the week of Sept....

WorldCom fixed wireless hearing postponed

WASHINGTON-A federal bankruptcy court in New York postponed to July 22 a hearing on objections and other issues regarding WorldCom Inc.'s $144 million sale...

XO to close offices, cut jobs

RESTON, Va.-Telecommunications provider XO Communications Inc. will shut down some offices and lay off 500 people by the end of the year, according to...

Full story on Motorola results is below the surface

CHICAGO-On the surface, the second-quarter results of vendor Motorola carry a breath of optimism with a $119 million profit, or 5 cents per share.But...

Iraq tender may come within days

WASHINGTON-U.S.-led coalition officials are expected within days to issue a tender for a regional mobile network in Iraq and schedule a conference in Amman,...

Qualcomm increases dividend

SAN DIEGO-Surrounded by a rough-and-tumble economy, Qualcomm Inc. seems to inhabit an island of bliss as its board of directors has approved a 40-percent...

Telus Mobility to expand CDMA network

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Canadian wireless operator Telus Mobility announced a three-year expansion of its CDMA-based digital network into what it termed "small and remote communities...

Nsight launches commercial mobile VPN service

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Nsight Teleservices of Green Bay, Wis., has launched a commercial mobile virtual private network service offering business users security over wireless data networks.Nsight...

Powerwave prices notes

SANTA ANA, Calif.-Powerwave Technologies Inc. has priced its previously announced private placement of $130 million in convertible subordinated notes due July 2008 at a...

Agere chipset integrates WLAN with VoIP

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems Inc. said it has unveiled a new chipset that integrates its wireless local area network solution and its Voice over Internet...

Colombia Movil chooses Portal CRM/billing solution

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Colombia Movil SA, an emerging wireless service provider in Latin America, has chosen Portal Software Inc.'s Infranet customer relationship management and billing solution...

FCC punts on long-distance equal access

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has decided to put off deciding until late 2004 whether wireless carriers must offer equal access to all long-distance service...

FCC clears NextWave’s ownership structure

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. on Monday passed the final regulatory hurdle when the Federal Communications Commission said it was not in violation of foreign-ownership rules."We're...

California Amplifier unveils repeater for in-building PCS coverage

CAMARILLO, Calif.-California Amplifier Inc. unveiled Ecco, a signal repeater that augments in-building PCS coverage."There is a growing need today for an affordable solution to...

Lucent expands 1x network in Russia

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

J-Sky service to rebrand to Live

TOKYO-Japanese operator J-Phone Co. said it will change the name of its J-Sky mobile Internet service to Vodafone Live in line with its adoption...
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