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 …
WASHINGTON-Efforts to crack down on identity theft were successful when federal prosecutors announced the arrest of a man thought to be the ring-leader in a scheme that illegally obtained the …
WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association on Monday told the Federal Communications Commission that the decline in wireless capital spending has been volatile and is indicative of a growing problem with severe …
NEW YORK-The Telecommunications Development Fund, a Washington, D.C.-based venture capital fund investing in early-stage communications companies nationwide, has made available an online tutorial on good corporate governance for entrepreneurs launching …
NEW YORK-Anite, Arlington Heights, Ill., and IFC Credit Corp., Morton Grove, Ill., have entered into an agreement under which Anite’s customers nationwide can obtain wireless test and measurement equipment under …
It is time to choose RCR Wireless News’ 2002 Person of the Year. This year, RCR Wireless News, the sister print publication of GlobalWirelessNews.com, decided to let you voice an …
MANILA, The Philippines-Philippine mobile operator Smart Communications and America Online (AOL) have forged a deal that will provide the operator access to an instant messaging service known as ICQ (pronounced …
WASHINGTON-Financially troubled wireless companies and high-tech firms could face severe delays in emerging from bankruptcy, owing to a record number of bankruptcies this year, insufficient funding of bankruptcy courts and …
TOKYO-Japanese supplier 104.com said Orange’s group of companies will use its Xme (Kiss me) platform in launching several new multimedia services during the next six months. “Orange is committed to …
ALAMEDA, Calif.-U.S.-based PHS vendor UTStarcom signed a strategic partnership with Chinese vendor Datang Mobile to jointly develop and promote the TD-SCDMA third-generation standard. The companies said they will provide a …
LOS ANGELES-Verizon Wireless and New Line Cinema announced they will partner to launch a range of promotions in conjunction with the movie studio’s highly anticipated The Lord of the Rings …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-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 of Lucent were …
WASHINGTON-The Securities and Exchange Commission said it settled its investigation of Motorola Inc., determining that the company’s director of investor relations did violate disclosure regulations, but did so under direction …
