Monthly Archives: February, 2004

SpectraSite reports revenue, income improvements

CARY, N.C.-SpectraSite Inc. recently released its fourth-quarter 2003 results, warning they are not necessarily comparable to the previous year's results since the company was...

LitFiber plans nationwide networks with site acquisitions

TOMBALL, Texas-LitFiber announced it has secured approximately 200 radio towers and 200 rooftop sites in the United States and plans to begin building out...

Verizon to offer Kodak Mobile Service to customers

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and Eastman Kodak Co. said the Kodak Mobile Service will be available to Verizon Wireless' Get It Now customers, allowing users...

Siemens, Huawei form joint venture for TD-SCDMA

BEIJING-Siemens AG and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said they have signed a contract to form a joint venture for the third-generation mobile standard known...

Vodafone could bid $35B for AWS

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc reportedly is set to bid as much as $35 billion for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. in an attempt to gain control...

Philips wins GSM patent case against Sewon Telecom

AMSTERDAM-Royal Philips Electronics said it has won a GSM patent lawsuit against Korean vendor Sewon Telcom Ltd.A German District Court ruled that a Sewon...

Vodafone launches UMTS in Europe

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc launched its commercial UMTS service in Europe offering customers data rates of up to 384 kilobits per second across its networks...

Primus says its GSM phone cuts international call costs

WESTMINSTER, United Kingdom-Telephone network provider Primus Telecommunications said it will sell a GSM mobile phone in Europe that could cut international calling costs by...

Camera module company scores $19M in funds

RAMAT GAN, Israel-Startup TransChip Inc., which offers digital camera modules for sale to mobile-phone makers, announced it scored a significant $19 million in Series...

Novatel up on financial, Verizon news

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Wall Street roared its approval of struggling wireless modem maker Novatel Wireless Inc. as the company reported break-even financials and a major...

Dems blast Bush on homeland security

WASHINGTON-Democratic senators on Wednesday blasted the Bush administration's homeland security budget calling it "missing in action."This budget is "missing in action. It doesn't recognize...

Fitch upgrades Lucent

NEW YORK-Ratings company Fitch has raised its ratings on Lucent Technologies Inc. to B from CCC+ for its unsecured debt, a renewed signal that...

Nortel opens interoperability facility

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has set up a core interoperability laboratory and forged testing partnerships with a number of new...

Alvarion gets LMDS contract with Reliance in India

TEL-AVIV, Israel-Wireless broadband solution provider Alvarion Ltd. announced Reliance Infocomm Ltd., subsidiary of the Reliance Group, will use Alvarion's WALKair LMDS solution to complement...

Motorola chooses Sleepycat data management software for smart phone

EMERYVILLE, Calif.-Motorola Inc. has selected Sleepycat Software's Berkeley DB application-specific data management software for use in Motorola's A768 smart phone in China.The phone, developed...

Sprint enhances Yahoo! IM service

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS launched an enhanced version of the currently available Yahoo! Inc. Messenger service that allows users to view who is online,...

Gemplus sees restructuring benefits

LUXEMBOURG-Smart-card company Gemplus International announced its fourth-quarter revenues increased to $297 million and its net loss increased to about $31 million due to restructuring...

Telenor Mobile Interactive, ABC News launch premium text messaging

NEW YORK-Telenor Mobile Interactive and ABC News said they launched a premium text-messaging alert service that will give mobile consumers major breaking news and...

Mediaconcept licensing Bitstream technology

TORINO, Italy-European reseller Mediaconcept will begin licensing software development company Bitstream Inc.'s ThunderHawk mobile browsing technology to European companies for corporate and carrier use."Companies...

SkyNetGlobal, Boingo sign roaming agreement

SYDNEY, Australia-SkyNetGlobal and Boingo Wireless have signed a network roaming agreement to provide Boingo's customers and partners access to SkyNetGlobal's 130 wireless hot spots...

Gametrac to offer Microsoft-based wireless gaming device

LONDON-Startup Gametrac Europe Ltd. is taking direct aim at industry giant Nokia Corp. with plans to sell a wireless video-game device very similar to...

Motorola debuts PTT handsets

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. continued to follow through on promises of new phones with the release of a trio of push-to-talk devices for both GSM...

AWS talk heats up with Vodafone, Verizon possibilities

NEW YORK-With AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s self-imposed Feb. 13 deadline for buyout bids fast approaching, Vodafone Group plc's plans to divest itself from current...

Qualcomm upgrades DO software to support multicasting

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has upgraded its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO software for its CSM5500 cell site modem to support such applications as high-quality...

TI counts VoIP shipments

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. said it has shipped more than 50 million voice over Internet Protocol ports to more than 200 networking equipment vendors and...
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