2003

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 transition to a pure high …

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 phones in the second quarter. The …

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 networks in 29 countries and 17 …

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 Airlines AAdvantage, Delta Air Lines SkyMiles, …

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 in the country by the end …

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 for “home life”), that will connect …

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 is perceived by business customers as …

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 its products. The company said it …

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 security sector. “Roaming Messenger’s underlying mobile …

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. 23-26. Last fall, U.S. District Judge …

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 of its fixed wireless properties to …

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 a report in the Washington Post. …

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 the robust figure emanates from …

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, Jordan, on July 31 for prospective …

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 increase in quarterly dividend payable Sept. …

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 across the British Columbia heartland” as …

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 will offer the service by …

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 conversion price of $10.49 per share, …

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 Protocol solution onto one platform. The …

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 for is GSM/GPRS network. Colombia Movil …

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 providers to be eligible for universal-service …

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 glad that it’s now put …

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 address the problem of inadequate …

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 operator to launch a 1x network. …

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 of the Vodafone brand Oct. 1. …