January 2004

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has won a contract to supply Finnish network operator Finnet Networks Ltd. with an EDGE system for data services. No financial details were released. The …

MIAMI-Brightstar Corp. said it has raised more than $61 million in gross proceeds through a private placement of securities. Brightstar plans to use the funds, raised from investors including Falcon …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s popularity as a dance partner has apparently increased as published reports claim a handful of wireless carriers are now targeting the country’s largest publicly traded operator …

WASHINGTON-California Public Utilities Commission member Susan Kennedy has decided not to offer a competing bill of rights for telecom consumers-one that would have exempted mobile-phone carriers from new rules-during Gov. …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-A superior court judge ruled largely against wireless and Internet technology company InfoSpace Inc. in its legal battle with Naveen Jain, its founder and former chief executive officer. InfoSpace …

LONDON-U.K.-based wireless messaging company mBlox announced it acquired Swapcom SMS, the French text messaging transmission business of Swapcom. MBlox said the move will help it gain a foothold in the …

SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. jumped to record earnings in its fourth-quarter results with $2.17 billion, or 33 cents a share, a contrast to its $1.05 billion, or 16 cents a share …

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-Plantronics Inc.’s financial results for its fiscal-year 2004 third quarter, released this week, sent the company’s stock soaring. Shares of Plantronics were trading at $42.51, more than $1 …

As part of its previously announced recapitalization plan, Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. commenced an exchange offer for all of its outstanding discount notes for newly issued common stock …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is facing a budget crisis that FCC Commission Jonathan Adelstein said Thursday would be “a major hit.” Because Congress has yet to pass an appropriations bill …

OTTAWA-Atsana Semiconductor Corp. said it has raised $10 million in equity financing. The company, which makes multimedia processors for mobile phones and personal digital assistants, names such companies as Siemens …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The WiMax Forum, which certifies broadband wireless access product interoperability, said its membership has leaped from 28 to 67 members in five months, including marquee names like Siemens, …

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. filed a lawsuit alleging Micron Technology Inc. is infringing on Motorola’s patents for dynamic random access memory. Motorola, which plans to spin off its chip division, claims …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it broke ground on a 30,000-square-foot expansion of its Panama City Beach, Fla., customer-care center. The expansion, which is located next to the carrier’s existing …

Internet portal Yahoo! dropped its stake in TeliaSonera’s Zed wireless data portal, but said it will continue to offer co-branded services with Zed across Europe. Yahoo! purchased a 15-percent equity …

Verizon Wireless reported customers can now pay their wireless bills and establish new or add advanced Verizon services at 76 Verizon Plus retail locations located in 16 states. The carrier …

LONDON-NeoMedia Technologies Inc. said it will team with European wireless marketing company 12snap U.K. Ltd. to offer a technology that would allow camera-phone users to take pictures of the bar …

Wireless stocks posted strong gains in early Wednesday trading following renewed rumors of a possible merger between Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and an upgrade of the …

WASHINGTON-A U.K. government advisory panel said research indicates mobile phones and base stations do not pose health risks to citizens, but cautioned that limitations of studies and the relatively short …

WASHINGTON-Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch has sued Cellular One in state court for alleged billing overcharges. The lawsuit, according to sources, claims the Oklahoma City-based wireless carrier violated consumer fraud …

WASHINGTON-Total spending in the U.S. telecom sector rose 4.7 percent in 2003 to an estimated $720.5 billion, according to a new figures released today by the Telecommunications Industry Association. TIA’s …

WASHINGTON-Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has demanded a “thorough housecleaning” at the federal agency that contracts for information technology equipment-including wireless gear-for government agencies. A recent GSA audit …

ANNAPOLIS, Md.-TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of the Enterprise Mobility Solutions (EMS) division of Aether Systems Inc., valued at $19 million. “TCS is …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless named Steven Zipperstein vice president of legal and external affairs, general counsel and secretary, where he will be responsible for the company’s legal, regulatory, compliance and federal …

WASHINGTON-A South Dakota judge granted a state request to throw out a suit filed by Verizon Wireless that challenged a new tax on mobile-phone companies. Circuit Court Judge Lori Wilbur …