KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported that its Nextel Partners Operating Corp. subsidiary is launching a $475 million senior secured credit facility that the company said would be used to repay …
MUNICH-Sun Microsystems and Siemens are inviting students worldwide to participate in the Java Masters 2004 competition. Participants are asked to develop innovative Java applications for Siemens M55, MC60 and SX1 …
OTTAWA-The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) said Canadians sent more than 32 million person-to-person text messages during the month of September, representing a tripling in monthly usage in the 18 …
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association on Wednesday morning threw in the towel and gave up fighting wireless local number portability. “This thing is moving forward. It is inevitable. We …
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it was moving towards fixing a software glitch that has prevented the carrier from activating new customers or converting its current TDMA customers to …
TEL AVIV-Partner Communications Co. Ltd. said it has signed a $93 million deal with Nortel Networks Ltd. to supply UMTS equipment for its networks. The carrier expects the network to …
CHICAGO-Regional wireless carrier U.S. Cellular Corp. said in a statement that while it applauds the Federal Communications Commission’s ruling this week providing for wireline to wireless number portability beginning Nov. …
ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Eastman Kodak Co. reported agreements with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Nokia Corp. to provide mobile imaging services and initiatives designed to help customers get more out of their camera-enabled …
NEW YORK-The world’s No. 1 handset manufacturer Nokia Corp. released its first push-to-talk mobile phone, the candy bar 5140, and said beginning in 2005 all of its GPRS/W-CDMA handsets would …
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. reported 13,200 net customer additions during the third quarter of this year compared with 18,800 net customer additions during the third quarter of 2002. …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. has agreed to use its MSM6250 for its multimedia-enabled handsets for UMTS markets. “Together, Qualcomm and Sanyo will provide smaller, attractive 3G …
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Paging and messaging carrier Arch Wireless Inc. reported net income of $6.2 million for its third quarter, down slightly from the $8.8 million it scored in the same quarter …
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Canadian operator Rogers Wireless Communications Inc., which operates as Rogers AT&T Wireless, launched a cross-border North American Corporate Digital Advantage program designed to provide …
BERWYN, Pa.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Triton PCS Holdings Inc. said it has renewed its current agreement with AT&T Wireless and AT&T Corp. to continue to use the AT&T brand …
BEIJING-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has entered into an agreement with Top Global to provide wireless service providers with a solution that links third-generation networks with Wi-Fi in the Asia-Pacific, …
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. founder Morgan O’Brien said he was leaving the company as an employee, which recently included overseeing Nextel’s spectrum acquisition program, regulatory affairs and new market development …
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse announced the Netherlands’ Telfort has purchased services from its Total Communication portfolio for use with its mobile network. Telfort plans to use Comverse’s InSight platform and services, Multimedia …
SANTA BARBARA-Somera Communications Inc. will provide Canada’s Bell Mobility with asset recovery and equipment disposition services to streamline the company’s network asset management strategy. Somera also will value and re-market …
DENVER-Ricochet Networks Inc. said it is “actively evaluating a number of options relative to its business prospects” to continue to service existing customers and to grow its network in a …
LONDON-LogicaCMG said Portuguese mobile operator Optimus has deployed its Wireless Service Broker product, which will enable Optimus to deliver mobile Internet services based on WAP 2.0 and multimedia messaging services. …
