Monthly Archives: March, 2004

ISC to manufacture paging products

ATLANTA-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced ISC Technologies Inc. will take over the manufacturing and distribution of Glenayre's discontinued paging infrastructure business, including its switch, RF...

Liberty Wireless launches shared plans

MIAMI-Prepaid wireless service provider Liberty Wireless launched its Liberty Share plans that provide customers with up to two lines of service on one prepaid...

Atheros announces adaptive bandwidth technology deployment

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Atheros Communications Inc., a wireless local area network chipset developer, announced its first commercial deployment of adaptive bandwidth technology.Based on Atheros' Super G...

Dobson to file SEC extension

OKLAHOMA CITY-Citing ambiguities in covenant language related to the 2004 bank credit agreement with its Dobson Cellular Systems subsidiary, Dobson Communications Corp. said it...

Nokia takes different turn on pre-standard PoC protocol

MUNICH, Germany-Trouble seems to be simmering in the push-to-talk house as Nokia Corp. has taken a different path from other major vendors and members...

Nokia delivers GSM to Saudis

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has delivered complete GSM network for Saudi Telecom Co., with capacity expected to handle the Hajj pilgrimage.It covered such...

Tristani takes communications position at United Church of Christ

WASHINGTON-Former Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Gloria Tristani has been named managing director of the Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ Inc....

Wavecom launches WLL app module

ISSY-LES MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom SA said it has launched its GSM module for wireless local loop applications.The product, the WISMO Quik 2400, feeds one of...

Shorecliff to co-locate tower show with CTIA in '05

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.-Shorecliff Communications L.L.C. announced its 2005 Tower Summit & Tradeshow annual conference for the wireless tower industry will be co-located with...

Siemens, Comverse collaborate on railway services

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Siemens AG said it is collaborating with Comverse Technology Inc. to provide GSM-R services like voice and short message services to leading Scandinavian...

Nortel stock drops on earnings restatement news

Nortel Networks Ltd. suffered a short-term stock plunge last week after announcing it will delay its 2003 annual financial statement filing with the U.S....

Manufacturers gear up for biggest handset year ever

As mobile-phone makers gear up for what likely will be their biggest year ever, Motorola Inc., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. and several other...

TeliaSonera Sweden launches 3G system

SWEDEN-TeliaSonera Sweden has launched its nationwide Telia GO third-generation network.Telia GO will provide TeliaSonera customers with access to mobile Internet at broadband speeds and...

Moody's rates AirGate notes

NEW YORK-Moody's Investor Services assigned a Caa1 rating to AirGate PCS Inc.'s recently issued 9.375 percent senior subordinated secured notes due 2009 and a...

Turkish gov't seizes Uzan's assets

It may turn a Pyrrhic victory for Motorola Inc., which may not collect any damages in spite of defeating Turkish operator Telsim in the...

AWS' recent troubles likely pushed decision to sell

AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s presence in the wireless industry is set to come to an end sometime later this year when Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s...

Psion sale to Symbian clears hurdle

Despite public arguments among Psion plc's shareholders, the company voted to sell its stake in operating system vendor Symbian for about $252 million. Psion...

Intel, Bush administration get tougher on China

WASHINGTON-The stakes have been raised in the U.S.-China wireless trade dispute, with the Bush administration last week issuing a veiled threat about seeking redress...

Monet closure adds to list of data-only defeats

When Monet Mobile Networks Inc. launched service in November 2002, many in the industry believed that the promise of advanced wireless data technology had...

D.C. Circuit Court may pre-empt intercarrier compensation forum

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court's interest in how the Federal Communications Commission solves carrier compensation issues could pre-empt a telecom industry group's efforts to solve...

FCC to study foreign mobile termination fees

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week launched an inquiry to assess the impact of high foreign mobile termination fees on American consumers, dragging the...

T-Mobile to launch voice-accessible infotainment portal

COLOGNE, Germany-T-Mobile said it will offer a voice-driven "infotainment" portal for its German subscribers through a new deal with Net Mobile AG and VoiceObjects...

InphoMatch platform expands company's play in content biz

Text messaging interoperability company InphoMatch announced plans to expand into the wireless content market with its new InphoMatch Interactive (Imi) platform, which the company...

SBA's Bernstein to sell stock

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp.'s Chairman of the Board of Directors Steven Bernstein plans to trade up to 1.4 million shares of SBA common...

Nextel gets 10 MHz, but will pay more under FCC staff plan

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is considering a staff proposal that would give Nextel Communications Inc. 10 megahertz of spectrum in the 1.9 GHz band...
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