BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless announced it will sell the new color-screen CDM-9500 phone, a tri-mode, CDMA 1xRTT-capable device built by Audiovox Communications Corp. and Toshiba. The phone will also include Qualcomm …
It’s time to choose RCR Wireless News’ 2002 Person of the Year. This year, we’ve decided to let you voice an opinion in this process. Who do you think was …
BATH, United Kingdom-U.K. supplier Cramer Systems said it will supply software to Pannon GSM in Hungary to automate provisioning processes and streamline network operations. Pannon GSM will use the system …
MURRAY HILL, New Jersey, United States-Shares of Lucent Technologies surged early this week on rumors of a potential takeover by aerospace and defense equipment vendor General Dynamics. Tuesday afternoon, shares …
WASHINGTON-Lawyers for Christopher Newman later today are expected to appeal last month’s dismissal of an $800 million brain cancer lawsuit against Motorola Inc. U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake of Baltimore …
WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers may receive a reprieve in deploying enhanced 911 services if the public-safety answering point is not ready at the end of the mandated six-month implementation window, said the …
HELSINKI, Finland-Wireless carrier 02 Ireland has chosen Nokia Corp. to supply its wireless local area network, which will give its customers access to the Internet and corporate intranets in such …
PARIS-Mobileway, which manages and monetizes mobile transactions, announced it will collaborate with French radio station SkyRock to offer premium text messaging services to the station’s listeners. “To help us interact …
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Messaging company Comverse Technology Inc. posted a net loss of $25 million for its third quarter, compared with a net income of $20 million for the same quarter last …
HELSINKI, Finland-Contract electronic manufacturer Sanmina-SCI Corp said it would shut its plant here and cut about 300 jobs, amounting to 30 percent of its staff in the country. The plant …
BATH, UK.-Cramer Systems said Telenor subsidiary Pannon GSM has chosen its software to automate provisioning processes and streamline network operations. “Pannon GSM is Cramer’s second customer in Central Europe in …
CORVALLIS, Ore.-Startup Pixio Corp., which provides wireless point-of-purchase sales information for retail consumers, announced it appointed Dan Whitaker as the company’s new president and chief executive officer. Whitaker is an …
HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. said it will pay the quarterly dividend on its 12 3/4 percent senior exchangeable preferred stock on Dec. 15, 2002, to all holders of record on …
BRUSSELS, Belgium-The European Union has given its nod to the semiconductor joint venture between Hitachi Ltd. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp, making the world’s second largest chipmaker. According to the JV, …
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Shipping giant FedEx Corp. announced it will begin using new wireless devices built by Motorola Inc. and running on Microsoft Corp.’s personal digital assistant operating system. FedEx said the …
CULVER CITY, Calif.-Through a new wide-ranging deal between the two companies, Sony Pictures Digital will sell screensavers, ring tones, games and other wireless content based on its movies and television …
WASHINGTON-Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association President Thomas Wheeler today urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell to auction spectrum of financially troubled mobile satellite service providers.The FCC is expected to …
LONDON-Damovo said it won the Nabarro Nathanson Most Effective Use of Technology in a Project award for developing the Metropolitan Police Service’s Silent Solution which routes silent 999-the U.K. version …
IRVING, Texas-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. will begin selling three new Nokia Corp. phones that support the carrier’s moves toward a GSM/GPRS network. The carrier will sell the Nokia 6340i phone, a …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo said sales of its i-shot handsets have topped 3 million after six months of availability. I-shot is NTT DoCoMo’s picture messaging service, which it launched to compete with …
