SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. filed an extension with the Securities and Exchange Commission noting its 10-K report filing would be delayed until the middle of April. The company noted …
HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. earlier this week filed an 8K announcing it has deferred a portion of the $78 million site access payment it was scheduled to pay British Telecom …
EDINBURGH, Scotland-Orange announced it is using voice service solutions from Rhetorical for an upgrade to its text-to-speech service. The new system will use two voices from Rhetorical’s rVoice text-to-speech technology …
PARIS-Alcatel has announced a much-needed third-generation contract win with Austria’s Tele.ring for a turnkey UMTS network. The deployment will begin in May, with the first phase covering mainly Vienna, Graz …
SAN DIEGO, United States-Centennial Dominicana has launched cdma2000 1x services in the Dominican Republic, according to a statement released by Qualcomm. The company, owned by U.S.-based Centennial Wireless, is one …
BEIJING-China Unicom launched its cdma2000 1x service nationwide, according to a Qualcomm statement. “With cdma2000 1x, China Unicom can offer its customers cost-effective, advanced voice and data wireless services, delivered …
WASHINGTON-House Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) today said federal agencies and the private sector-including the telecom and high-tech sectors-must to do more to protect their facilities from future attacks. …
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio-Sprint PCS affiliate Horizon PCS Inc. said it has hired investment banking firm Berenson & Company to assist it in renegotiating and restructuring its equity, debt and other contractual …
WARREN, N.J.-Mobile virtual network operator Virgin Mobile USA is looking to tap into the hype surrounding the Fox TV show “American Idol” with its own text messaging campaign. The move …
WASHINGTON-Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), chairman of the Senate communications subcommittee, called for a universal-service summit to determine whether legislation is necessary to save the universal-service fund from going bankrupt. Burns …
TOKYO-Japanese carriers J-Phone and NTT DoCoMo will begin selling camera phones in May with resolution four times that of current camera phones, according to Reuters. The move would put mobile …
ATLANTA-Messaging service company Glenayre Technologies Inc. has been ordered to pay $12 million in damages in a patent infringement lawsuit, a verdict the company said it plans to appeal. A …
MINNEAPOLIS-Retail outlet Best Buy Co. Inc. reported net earnings for the fourth quarter of $311 million, or $0.96 per diluted share. The company said sales of wireless devices, as well …
LAS VEGAS-Damax International, which develops noise-free antennas for mobile phone users with hearing aids, announced it hired David Woodbury as its new vice president of business development and industry relations. …
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. presented Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company with a design for excellence award for contributions in new process development, manufacturing technology and engineering support for the calendar year. …
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it has signed a contract to build GPRS network for Thai operator Advanced Info Service plc. “This will allow AIS to offer its customers a large …
BEIJING, China-China Unicom launched its cdma2000 1x nationwide in record time according to Qualcomm Inc. “With cdma20001x, China Unicom can offer its customers cost-effective, advanced voice and data wireless services, …
PORTLAND-Eleven Wireless has deployed Wi-Fi networks at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, Hotel Vintage Plaza and 5th Avenue Suites Hotel. Hotel guests will have access to Wi-Fi in hotel rooms, …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-As expected, the merger of Sweden’s Telia and Finland’s Sonera will see layoffs in the second quarter of 2003, and TeliaSonera’s Swedish and Finnish operations said they have both …
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. has named Charlie Brogan senior director of corporate development. In the newly created position, Brogan will lead InterDigital’s strategic mergers and acquisitions activities. He …
