PLANTATION, Fla.-Motorola Inc. announced a teaming with Bobby Jones Sportswear to offer a mobile phone branded with the golfer’s signature and logo for Nextel Communications Inc. subscribers. “Motorola designed the …
WASHINGTON-Former U.S. Rep. Stephen Largent (R-Okla.) confirmed to RCR Wireless News that he is the leading candidate to replace Thomas Wheeler, president and chief executive officer of the Cellular Telecommunications …
SAN DIEGO-Samsung Electronics said it will work with chip maker Staccato Communications to develop ultra-wideband products, a short-range technology with a data-transfer rate of up to 480 megabits per second. …
WASHINGTON-FCC Chairman Michael Powell invited all state officials responsible for deploying wireless enhanced 911 to the Federal Communications Commission in late October for the second part of the E911 Initiative, …
MANKATO, Minn.-Rural wireless operator Midwest Wireless launched a range of entertainment applications and communications services on its recently deployed CDMA2000 1x network using Qualcomm Inc.’s BREW platform. The applications will …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said Aug. 11 that California could change its allocation of numbers in the 310 and 909 area codes, but not statewide. The California Public Utilities Commission …
The camera-phone craze appears to have officially hit the United States, with Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless both boasting of millions of picture messages passing over their networks every month. …
WASHINGTON-The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau said Aug. 8 that the 15 licenses owned by Airadigm Communications Inc., a bankrupt PCS C- and F-block licensee in Iowa and Wisconsin, did not …
CARY, N.C.-SpectraSite Inc. released solid second-quarter 2003 results, reflecting improved revenues and decreased losses. The company said total revenues were $80.9 million, up from $73.2 million recorded in the second …
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems released an advanced messaging interface (AMI) for high-speed communications and applications processing in next-generation mobile phones. “With the continued growth in mobile-phone use and the convergence of …
SPOKANE, Wash.-Itronix, which specializes in ruggedized mobile computing systems, announced it has been awarded new project contracts worth $14 million. The company is involved in the Dismounted Intelligence Situation Mapboard …
HONG KONG-China Mobile reported a 13-percent increase in profit in its first-half results, but noted declining average revenue per user and warned on increased competition. For the six months to …
Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. reported $66 million in total revenues during the recently completed second quarter, a 23-percent increase compared with the $53.6 million the carrier reported last year. …
WASHINGTON-WorldCom Inc. said Monday that its suspension from doing business with the government could cost the company as much as $137 million by 2005. In a filing with the Securities …
WASHINGTON-In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Skyworks Solutions Inc. said it will periodically sell up to $250 million in common and preferred stock and debt securities. The …
LONDON-Just a day after affirming its rating on L.M. Ericsson, ratings agency Standards & Poor’s has upgraded its outlook for Alcatel Corp. to stable, which is a B+. The rating, …
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp.’s entry into the smart-phone market continues to gain steam, with European carrier Orange and Asian manufacturer MiTAC International Corp. offering glimpses at potential upcoming products using the …
Nextel Communications Inc. launched a marketing and sales initiative targeting the U.S. Hispanic community that will include the carrier’s first Spanish language advertising campaign in broadcast television, radio, billboard and …
The head of Motorola Inc.’s China business, Tim Chen, quit the company to join software giant Microsoft Corp., a move that could impede the progress of one of Motorola’s most …
NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc., which has barely recovered from lawsuits related to vendor financing and alleged fraud, now confronts an unlikely lawsuit from an unlikely place-bribery in Saudi Arabia. A …
