LONDON-U.K. fixed-line operator British Telecommunications announced plans to focus on the consumer wireless market with a wireless product called BT Mobile Home Plan targeted at families. The carrier will resell …
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens said it will expand the mobile network for Turkish operator Aycell. The value of the contract is $26.2 million. Under terms of the deal, Siemens will increase the …
Rugged handheld device maker Symbol Technologies Inc. said it purchased wireless enterprise company Covigo Inc. for an undisclosed amount. The move is the latest in the wireless enterprise front, which …
LUXEMBOURG-Gemplus International reported gross profits of $54 million, up 27 percent from the prior quarter. The maker of smart cards for mobile phones said it had a net loss of …
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Mobile e-mail will drive the growth of mobile data services for Western European businesses during the next five years, according to advisory firm Analysys. Analysys predicts 40 percent …
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-ARM Ltd. said it has added a new member to its foundry program, and it is the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., which has also licensed the ARM7TDMI microprocessor …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said its unified messaging system known as AnyPath has surpassed 8 million active subscribers in service provider networks, 16 times more since last November. “A …
BOSTON-American Tower Corp. has priced the public note offering and the convertible note offering it announced earlier this week. The company will sell $175 million principal amount of its 3.25-percent …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-A class-action lawsuit filed against chip maker Intel Corp. has been dismissed on grounds of insufficient proof. U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel said the plaintiffs could not demonstrate …
MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-Even without wireless local number portability, churn continues to increase, according to a recent study by Solomon-Wolff Associates that says annual churn is currently 17.7 percent, reflecting an …
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.-POSA Tech Inc. recently launched Freedom to Speak, a nationwide prepaid wireless program. “We created a program that pays the retailer up to $100 for each activation, along …
WASHINGTON-The Pentagon on Tuesday bowed to political and public pressure and stopped a proposed terrorism future market from being established by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency. “The FutureMAP research …
MANKATO, Minn.-Rural telecommunications provider HickoryTech Corp. reported $3.968 million in wireless revenues during the second quarter, which was a slight improvement compared with the $3.963 million the company reported for …
Motorola Inc. could have plans to build a disposable mobile phone through a new licensing deal with disposable phone company Hop-On. Officials for neither Motorola nor Hop-On were immediately available …
In what industry experts see as a counterpunch to WinTel, a Microsoft-Intel partnership, some major industry players have a formed a new alliance that focuses on peripherals, microprocessors and software …
TOKYO-Mobile-phone maker Sharp Corp. said net income was up about 13 percent to $117 million, and sales of its camera phones helped spur sales in a down worldwide economy. Sharp …
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. released positive second-quarter 2003 financial results, reflecting an upturn in demand in the Asia-Pacific region. The company recorded revenues of $379 million, up 25 percent from the year-ago …
Sprint PCS continued to improve on last year’s difficult quarterly results, posting 360,000 net customer additions during the second quarter of this year, which was a 17-percent increase compared with …
Wireless took another major step toward third-dimensional technology with the ratification of the OpenGL ES application development standard for wireless devices. The 3D graphics forum Khronos Group said it ratified …
PARIS-After previous struggles, French vendor Alcatel told a story of hope in its second-quarter result with a net loss of $776.25 million as against a loss of $1.64 billion a …
