Monthly Archives: April, 2004

Sprint stock recombination complete

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. reported that the recombination of its FON and PCS tracking stocks into a single common stock was completed today, and...

DoCoMo boosts dividend on i-mode milestone

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will pay a $4.58 year-end "commemorative" dividend in addition to a previously proposed $4.58 ordinary dividend, raising the wireless...

CellStar announces management changes ahead of Asia IPO

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. said James Johnson will step down as chairman of the board, effective April 30, and his position will be assumed by...

AT&T Wireless' 1Q results disappoint

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. posted disappointing first-quarter results, highlighted by the loss of 367,000 customers during the quarter and a 3.7-percent customer churn rate,...

T-Mobile enhances customer service technology

AKRON, Ohio-T-Mobile USA Inc. has chosen Virtual Hold Technology's Virtual Queuing technology for use in 11 contact centers to help the centers handle more...

Cingular to offer personalized service summaries

SAN ANTONIO-A new Cingular Wireless customer service will give its customers a personalized summary of their service plans immediately following signing up for service.The...

Ericsson posts strong results on growing infrastructure orders

L.M. Ericsson edged out market expectations in its fiscal first-quarter results with a net income of $387 million, showing not only the resilience of...

Infineon to spend $1B on U.S. chip plant

RICHMOND, Va.-Infineon Technologies AG said it plans to spend $1 billion to build a chip plant here, a move that stokes anxiety that it...

Nextel downplays viability of 2.1 GHz spectrum idea

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. Thursday said it would take too long and would not survive a legal challenge for the Federal Communications Commission to seriously...

UTStarcom acquires Telos to boost CDMA strategy

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. said it has agreed to acquire the assets of Telos Technology Inc., a move that will rev up its CDMA business...

TIA asks Congress to support R&D tax credit

WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association urged Congress to support legislation extending and strengthening the research and development tax credit.The R&D credit is due to...

Somera cuts net loss

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Somera Communications Inc. said it had a net loss of $4.1 million, or 8 cents per share, compared with the prior quarter...

Tecnomen joins forces with Nokia on mobile video

HELSINKI, Finland-Finnish companies Tecnomen and Nokia Corp. agreed to join forces to promote video mail services to the third-generation services market. The companies will...

U.S. settles wireless trade disagreement with Korea

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration today said it settled a major wireless trade disagreement with South Korea that could have locked Qualcomm Inc.'s BREW technology out...

RF Micro Devices buys Bluetooth player Silicon Wave

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc., provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), will acquire Silicon Wave Inc., supplier of integrated circuits for wireless personal area...

Western Wireless expands 1x footprint

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. expanded its CDMA2000 1x network to provide its OpenDoor wireless Internet service and Hello2Pix picture messaging service to its Cellular...

Mobile java app to monitor user's pulse

HOUSTON-MedicTouch L.L.C., which develops wearable health devices, and Sun Microsystems Inc. launched the Pulse Meter mobile health solution for Java-enabled mobile phones.The product allows...

Fastchat service to launch in India

CHICAGO-Mobile instant communications provider Fastmobile Inc. reported an agreement with Indian wireless carrier Hutchison Essar to market Fastmobile's Fastchat multimodal messaging and content delivery...

China blinks on WAPI, 3G standard

WASHINGTON-China scrapped plans to implement its controversial Wi-Fi encryption standard and agreed not to mandate a home-grown third-generation mobile-phone technology, concessions made to Bush...

Qualcomm enjoys profit rise on 3G uptake

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. soared to high profits in its second-quarter results, emphasizing the prosperity of its CDMA offerings and its place in the industry's...

IDT to deploy Wi-Fi service using VoIP platform

NEWARK, N.J.-IDT Corp. said it will deploy commercial Wi-Fi phone service in the United States using its own network and infrastructure and Net2Phone's voice-over-Internet...

Brazil's Vivo selects Comverse's MMSC

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse said it will supply a multimedia messaging service center for Brazil's largest wireless carrier Vivo."Vivo already offers the FotoTorpedo to its customers,...

Survey highlights phone recycling to mark Earth Day

More than 70 percent of respondents to a recent survey by the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. (RBRC) said they were unaware that cell phones...

Nokia gets I Wireless GSM contract

URBANDALE, Iowa-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a $15 million deal to supply GSM equipment for carrier I Wireless, formerly known as Iowa Wireless...

Uzans receive reprieve from damages award to Motorola, Nokia

NEW YORK-Turkey's Uzan family, which has been battling wireless suppliers in legal challenges regarding vendor financing arrangements to Turkish mobile operator Telsim, said a...
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