VANCOUVER, British Columbia-In Motion Technology said it has introduced the industry’s first in-vehicle third-generation-based wireless Hot Spot known as onBoard Mobile Gateway. “By creating a proprietary, accelerated bridge between 3G …
LONDON-Christopher Gent stepped down as the leader of the world’s largest mobile-phone operator Wednesday after a six-and-a-half-year stint as chief executive. His tenure overall is viewed as one of the …
TOKYO-In its fiscal first-quarter results, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd. reported an operating profit of $166.9 million, a 27.4-percent increase from a year ago. Revenues, however, dropped to $14.7 billion, …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it signed an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to send five employees to provide technical support for AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s planned network trial of …
Verizon Wireless ranked as the highest-quality network among the seven largest wireless operators, according to the J.D. Powers and Associates 2003 Wireless Network Quality Assessment Study released earlier this week. …
Sprint PCS affiliate Horizon PCS said it plans to cut 293 jobs or nearly three-fifths of its work force and close 19 of its 41 retail stores in an attempt …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-The wireless local area network market will grow from $1.5 billion in 2002 to $3.1 billion in 2007, according to new research from the Dell’Oro Group. The group …
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom SA will supply its WISMO wireless technology for use in CEC Telecom Co. Ltd.’s new multimedia camera phone, scheduled to launch in China this fall. “Wavecom’s extensive wireless …
Telecommunications infrastructure provider Andrew Corp. has been busy this week with announcements regarding recent acquisitions and new contracts. The company has acquired the assets of ScoreBoard Inc., which supplies radio …
WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee Thursday passed a permanent ban on Internet access taxes after committee members agreed to separate the more controversial issue of state sales and use taxes. The …
WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee Thursday sent to the Senate floor a bill to reauthorize the National Telecommunications and Information Administration without considering a Bush administration proposal to reorganize the Department …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. declared a quarterly dividend of 4 cents per share, payable Oct. 15, to stockholders of record at the close of business Sept. 15.
Nextel Partners Inc. reported second-quarter results in line with analysts and company estimates and reiterated its previously announced guidance for full-year results. During the second quarter, Nextel Partners said it …
NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has reportedly agreed to purchase $1.4 billion worth of wireless spectrum licenses from bankrupt license holder NextWave Telecom Inc., according to Bloomberg News, citing people familiar …
Handset maker NEC Corp. further expanded its outsourcing agreement with electronics manufacturing company Solectron Corp., under which Solectron will provide manufacturing and after-sales services for NEC’s advanced Internet-enabled handsets. Solectron …
LONDON-The worldwide ring-tone market totals an astounding $4 billion, a number that will likely draw music companies like BMG, Sony Music, EMI, Warner Chappell and Universal into the wireless market, …
RESTON, Va.-NII Holdings Inc., which was formerly known as Nextel International Inc. and operates wireless networks in four Latin America countries, said it added 42,300 subscribers during the second quarter, …
BERLIN-Siemens AG said it plans to cut 2,300 jobs in its mobile communications division, and 500 of the cuts will take place in Germany. The company, however, said it plans …
DALLAS-Western Wireless Corp. said it has awarded Nortel Networks Ltd. a $90 million contract to deploy networks for CDMA, GSM roaming and wireless data. Nortel will deploy cdma2000 core and …
MEXICO CITY-Mexican operator America Movil said it acquired the 20 percent interest in Ecuadorian mobile operator Conecel that it does not already own from minority shareholders. The value of the …
