Yearly Archives: 2004

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...

Vodafone gets high marks in Western Europe

BOSTON-While it failed to gain a direct foothold in the U.S. market when it was outbid by Cingular Wireless L.L.C. during the AT&T Wireless...

Gartner ups phone sales estimates

STAMFORD, Conn.-Research and consulting firm Gartner said it increased its 2004 phone sales predictions to 580 million units-further evidence that the mobile-phone market is...

Relm settles 11-year-old lawsuit

WEST MELBOURNE, Fla.-Relm Wireless Corp. said it has reached an agreement during pretrial discussions to settle a lawsuit filed in 1993 against its predecessor,...

FCC launches inquiry into foreign mobile termination fees

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

Nortel stock drops on earnings restatement announcement

TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. suffered a plunge in its stock by announcing a delay in filing its 2003 annual financial statements with the U.S. Securities...

Triton looks to expand footprint

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network partner Triton PCS Holdings Inc. said it was looking at expanding its footprint in the wake of the...

Ntelos picks TCS for E911 implementation

ANNAPOLIS, Md.-Ntelos Wireless, which provides services in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, announced it will use technology from TeleCommunication Systems Inc....

Mobile domain registry announced

LONDON-A group of the wireless industry's largest players announced a plan to form a domain name registry company for the mobile Internet-an agency similar...

Lawsuits filed over PCS tracking stock

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-At least six lawsuits have been filed by Sprint PCS shareholders against Sprint Corp. regarding the company's plans to recombine its PCS...

Qualcomm calls for BREW nominees

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced the call for submissions for its BREW 2004 Developer Awards, which recognize outstanding applications designed to run on Qualcomm's BREW...

Foley hired at Bluetooth SIG

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group appointed Dr. Michael Foley to the newly created position of technical director, where he will direct the...

S&P upgrades Lucent

LONDON-Standard and Poor's ratings services lifted Lucent Technologies Inc.'s corporate rating to B from B- in its review of the telecom equipment industry."Standard &...

Tauzin to have surgery for intestinal cancer

WASHINGTON-Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.), until recently chairman of the House Commerce Committee, will undergo surgery after being diagnosed this week with a rare form...

InterDigital stock declines on net income dive

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Investors reacted harshly to a decline in InterDigital Communications Corp.'s net income, sending the company's stock down almost 15 percent after...

XY-Mobile acquires Bonsai Networks

HERNDON, Va.-XY-Mobile, a distributor of wireless software rating, billing and customer management solutions, said it acquired Bonsai Networks, which provides service enabling platforms for...

Crown Castle extends notes offer

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. announced it has extended its offer to exchange newly issued 7.5 percent senior notes due 2013 for $300 million outstanding...

Guangdong Mobile to implement Nokia WAP solution

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia will provide Guangdong Mobile Communications Corp. Ltd. (MCC) with its WAP Gateway solution to offer WAP service in China's Guangdong province.In addition...

Opera unveils new mobile OS

OSLO, Norway-Opera Software released a new version of its operating system for mobile phones. The company said the new version 7 features its desktop...

PCTel, Chrysalis to distribute hot spot locator

CHICAGO-PCTel Inc. said it reached an agreement with Chrysalis Development L.L.C. to distribute a keychain-sized device that locates Wi-Fi hot spots and determines signal...

ABC, Telenor launch text messaging, radio tie-in

ROCKVILLE, Md.-ABC Radio and Telenor Mobile Interactive USA launched a cross-carrier premium wireless text messaging service on Detroit's WDRQ radio station.The service runs during...

Wireless sensor market to reach $7M by end of decade

SAN DIEGO-More than 500 million nodes will ship for wireless sensor applications in 2010 for an end-user market worth $7 million, according to a...

T-Mobile yearly revenues increase 47 percent

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. reported a 47 percent year-over-year increase in revenues from $5.7 billion in 2002 to $8.4 billion in total revenues last...

Consumers call for service improvements in letter campaign

WASHINGTON-Consumer Union, which publishes Consumer Reports magazine, said nearly 8,000 letters from wireless consumers were delivered this week to wireless companies by the organization's...

Cometa Networks, Barnes & Noble to offer Wi-Fi

NEW YORK-Cometa Networks Inc. reported an exclusive agreement with Barnes & Noble Inc. to offer Wi-Fi wireless Internet services at Barnes & Noble stores...
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