TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has settled its patent dispute with Ciena Corp. in which the Brampton-Ontario-based company sued the defendant for infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets. The infringement …
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. said it was notified by the Nasdaq Listing and Hearing Review Council that its stock will be relisted on the Nasdaq stock exchange following a reversal …
UXBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Brunel University announced it has received commercial support for its mobile-phone technology and computing degree course from companies, including BT Brightstar, Research In Motion, Digit Wireless and TTP …
PROVIDENCE, R.I.-Private tower company Bay Communications L.L.C., founded in November 2002, has secured private equity funding from Boston-based Housatonic Partners. Bay Communications will use the funding to support the development …
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems said it had a fourth-quarter loss of $146 million, or 9 cents per share, in contrast with a loss of $375 million, or 23 cents per share, …
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Wireless solution provider Aether Systems Inc. has joined with TransCommunications Inc. and the Mobilacomm Eagle division on BOT Engineering to launch GeoLogic, an event-driven, exception-based satellite asset monitoring …
NEW YORK-Mobile TeleSystems, which has 6.7 million subscribers in Russia, plans to raise $400 million in a private placement of dollar-denominated bonds to finance business development, including possible acquisitions of …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Nigerian President Olsegun Obasanjo has cautioned GSM mobile operators against charging too-high tariffs for their services. Obasanjo made the remarks while at the official opening of the national …
NEW YORK-Siemens AG reported a 10-percent decrease in first-quarter sales, to $20.28 billion, and a decline in net income to $561 million from $579 million during the same period a …
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. reported that Cingular Wireless L.L.C. lost 121,000 net customers during the fourth quarter of last year, below analysts’ expectations of between 100,000 and 200,000 net customer additions for …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it will unify its range of wireless Internet, e-mail, text messaging, picture sharing and games under the Axcess brand, which will be available in all …
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. suffered a fourth-quarter loss of $589 million, or 34 cents a share, on revenue of $2.1 billion. This contrasts with a $116 million loss, or seven cents …
NEW YORK-American Tower Corp. announced it will receive $420 million following the sale of 12.25 percent senior subordinated discount notes due 2008 of newly formed and wholly owned subsidiary American …
WASHINGTON-House Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) has launched an investigation into mounting evidence of widespread fraud in the $2.25 billion government program to link schools and libraries to the …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced Donald Schrock, executive vice president and group president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, will retire effective August 1, 2003. Sanjay Jha, who has been with Qualcomm since …
NEW DELHI, India-In the ongoing price war in the Indian wireless market, leading GSM companies have announced plans to make cell-to-cell incoming calls free, in a phased manner by end-February. …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-After having suffered a fall of 2 percent in incomes during 2002, Pyramid Research forecasts that this year will see an increase of 13 percent in the U.S. …
BEIJING-China’s TCL Mobile Communications sold 6.21 million mobile phones last year, exceeding its sales target of 5 million units. The company is China’s largest domestic handset maker. Sales surged almost …
SURABAYA, Indonesia-Lippo Telecom (LippoTel), Indonesia’s first regional GSM 1800 MHz mobile operator, announced this week it was awarded a license for nationwide operation by acquiring the licenses of five regional …
BEIJING-China’s outgoing Minister of Information Industry Wu Jichuan announced at a national telecom conference that China would add 52 million new mobile subscribers this year, compared with 61.39 million in …
