FT. LEE, N.J.—ReefEdge Inc. said it provided the wireless network for the USENIX 2002 Annual Technical Conference held in Monterey, Calif., June 10-15, allowing conference attendees to communicate with their …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Following approval from the Federal Communications Commission for its purchase of CentruyTel Inc.’s wireless assets, Alltel said it plans to offer $1.5 billion in senior notes within the …
LUBBOCK, Texas—Alamosa Holdings Inc. cut its second quarter expectations for customer additions, revised its churn estimates and increased its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization results for the year. …
ALLENTOWN, Pa.—Agere Systems said NEC has standardized Agere’s GPRS cell phone platform for new i-mode products. According to Agere, its platform, which uses hardware and software to develop and customize …
CALGARY, Alberta—Sonic Mobility Inc., a Research In Motion Alliance partner, said it is now shipping sonicadmin 2.5 RIM Blackberry Edition, a solution that allows server and network management to be …
FREMONT, Calif.—Green Packet and Nagase California Corp. have joined forces to market and sell Green Packet’s SONaccess IP mobility solutions in Japan. The SONaccess solutions allow users to roam between …
LEXINGTON, Mass.—Logica signed a multimillion dollar network services agreement with U.S. Cellular, providing the carrier with its Short Message Service Center. U.S. Cellular will use Logica’s SMSC solution to provide …
INDIANAPOLIS—Brightpoint Inc. said it has repurchased 35,077 of its 250,000 outstanding convertible notes due 2018. The 250,000 had a book value of about $133 million or $532 per convertible note. …
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday announced the availability of a wireless consumer handbook on its Web site, FCC.gov. The handbook, titled “What You Should Know About Wireless Phone Service,” …
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario—Certicom Corp. released results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2002, ended April 30, and it announced its fiscal 2003 growth strategy and guidance for the first quarter. …
NEW YORK—Still smarting from low operator demand, Lucent Technologies Inc. said it expects its quarterly revenue to fall by 10 percent to 15 percent from the previous quarter’s $3.52 billion, …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. says it has signed an agreement to deliver GSM/GPRS/EDGE radio network systems for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The deal will cover AT&T Wireless affiliate TeleCorp markets including …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. says it has signed a $75 million contract to expand the GSM networks of Yunnan MCC in China. Under the contract terms, Nokia will supply core and …
NEW YORK-Exuding good fortune in a time of stress, Texas Instruments says it expects to ramp up sales of GPRS chips by up to 50 percent in the next quarter. …
VIENNA, Austria—Mobilkom Austria said it acquired a 5-percent stake in Croatia’s VIPnet from Ingra, increasing its stake to 71 percent from 66 percent. The value of the transaction was not …
PARIS—Alcatel said it will provide maintenance and service to Austria’s Tele.ring under a three-year US$37.8 million contract. Alcatel supplied parts of the network, and the contract covers all network elements, …
NEW YORK—Motorola said it will meet or beat its guidance for the second quarter of a loss of 4 cents per share. Motorola President and Chief Operating Officer Edward Breen …
MUNICH, Germany—Swedish vendor Ericsson announced the sale of its microelectronic unit to Infineon Technologies for US$379 million in stock, ending industry speculation. “This transaction makes Infineon a strategic supplier of …
HELSINKI, Finland—Tecnomen said it was awarded a contract valued at 700,000 euros (US$662,900) by Kuwait’s Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) for paging system expansions in the country. Tecnomen will replace old …
ALISO VIEJO, California, United States—SMS Media Group said it signed a deal with European mobile entertainment company Jippii Group that enables SMS Media to provide its subscribers with a large …
