April 2004

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 the two stocks will begin trading …

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 carrier’s annual dividend from $9.15 to …

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 Terry Parker, the company’s current chief …

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, which the carrier said were the …

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 calls at a higher level of …

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 company said its Cingular Service …

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 the infrastructure business but the company’s …

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 could create market glut. However, the …

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 consider giving it spectrum in the …

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 and its profile not only in …

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 expire June 30. TIA said it …

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 when it had a net loss …

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 ensure compatibility of Tecnomen’s Video Mail …

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 of a key Asian market. “We …

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 networks (WPANs). RFMD expects Silicon Wave’s …

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 One customers in Colorado, North Dakota, …

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 users to monitor their pulse, …

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 service in India. Fastmobile said the …

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 administration officials amid rising election-year tensions …

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 travel to next-generation services. The company …

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 Protocol platform for routing calls. The …

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, and with the significantly increased …

More than 70 percent of respondents to a recent survey by the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. (RBRC) said they were unaware that cell phones are recyclable, even though nearly 90 …

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 Services. Under the deal, Nokia will …

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 panel of the U.S. Court of …