Monthly Archives: April, 2004

Ericsson appoints executive VPs, Sandstrom to retire

L.M. Ericsson's board of directors has appointed three new executive vice presidents effective immediately. The company also announced that its first executive vice president...

Former Smith Barney analyst reaches settlement over Winstar research

Financial regulatory services provider NASD announced Christine Gochuico, former vice president and telecommunications research analyst for Salomon Smith Barney Inc., has settled charges related...

ArrayComm to license iBurst to Korean manufacturer

SAN JOSE, Calif.-ArrayComm will license its iBurst broadband wireless system to Korean telecommunications equipment manufacturer Dewell. Under their agreement, Dewell will develop and manufacture...

Cingular rolls out personal account info services

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its Star Services, allowing customers to access and manage their personal account information from wireless devices by dialing the appropriate...

Ericsson selected as sole UMTS provider for One in Austria

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it was selected by Austrian wireless carrier One as the sole supplier for its UMTS radio access network. The contract...

3 Sweden to offer 3D games through Synergenix

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Third-generation carrier 3 in Sweden announced it will offer third-dimensional multiplayer games through a new deal with Synergenix Interactive AB. The carrier's users...

Professionals optimistic about future of industry

LONDON-Optimism prevails in the mobile communications industry, according to the ARC Group's new "3GSM 2004 Industry Survey."In fact, according to the survey, 85 percent...

Nokia stuns market with revised 1Q expectations

HELSINKI, Finland-Mobile handset leader Nokia Corp. stunned investors with news that its first-quarter revenues will clock in below expectations due to poor mobile-phone sales....

Stevens says 800 MHz plan must be self financing, auction not necessary

WASHINGTON-Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, told the Federal Communications Commission recently that any plan to solve the public-safety interference...

Lucent fires 4 Chinese execs over possible bribery violations

Lucent Technologies Inc. has fired four executives in its Chinese operations over what it saw as possible violations of U.S. law against overseas bribery,...

Andrew raises quarterly revenue forecast

NEW YORK-Shares of equipment maker Andrew Corp. jumped 13 percent after it raised its revenue forecast for the second quarter.The company said its second-quarter...

Intec to supply mediation services for Brazilian operator

LONDON-Intec Telecom Systems will supply mediation software for Vivo, a joint venture between Telefonica Moviles and Portugal Telecom that serves more than 21 million...

Skype offers mobile VoIP service

LUXEMBOURG-Internet calling is moving into the mobile realm, as Internet telephony company Skype Technologies announced its service will support calls made over personal digital...

Power consultant warns that blackouts are unavoidable

WASHINGTON-An engineer/consultant that focuses on electricity reliability told a think-tank seminar Monday it is impossible to protect against blackouts like the one that crippled...

Flexible Innovations releases new materials with egrips

FORT WORTH, Texas-Flexible Innovations Ltd. released a new range of materials and applications featuring egrips technology.Last June, the company launched egrips to safeguard mobile...

Radisson hotels to certify broadband access with iPass

LONDON-Rezidor SAS reported that its Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts will require the broadband Internet connectivity it provides to their business traveler guests to...

Delehanty appointed VP at Verizon Wireless

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless appointed Martha Delehanty vice president of human resources, where she will be responsible for all human resources strategies and programs, including...

Phillips joins Western Wireless board

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. appointed Peggy Phillips to its now nine-member board of directors. Phillips previously served as executive vice president and chief operating...

Nextel to offer Nascar.com content

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc., Digital Orchid Inc. and Nascar.com unveiled a suite of real-time wireless Nascar.com content applications and services, including news, content and...

Diversinet works with Chinese company on m-commerce

TORONTO-Diversinet Corp. and China's Guangdong Electronic Certification Authority recently began working together to stimulate China's emerging mobile commerce and mobile digital certificates market.Under the...

More Americans will use Wi-Fi than 3G by 2007

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-By 2007, more Americans will access mobile data via Wi-Fi than 2.5-generation or third-generation networks, according to a new report from Pyramid."This...

Powell: It will cost billions to solve 800 MHz interference

WASHINGTON-It will cost billions of dollars to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission...

Nationwide paging down to one carrier

Metrocall Holdings Inc. and Arch Wireless Inc.-the nation's two remaining independent paging and messaging carriers-announced a major plan to merge operations in an effort...

As EDGE inches forward, silicon players fashion interface standard

On both technology and adoption fronts, EDGE technology is forging ahead. While the protocol contends with handset challenges, the Global Mobile Suppliers Association puts...
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