SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. completed its previously announced sale of 15 MHz of spectrum in Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah to Cingular Wireless L.L.C. for $140 million in …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. says that it has won a contract with Vodafone Hungary to supply its complete GPRS core network as well as the upgrade of both the existing radio …
RAPID CITY, S.D.—Verizon Wireless launched digital wireless service in the Rapid City, S.D., area, covering Interstate-90 from Deadwood to Ellswoth Air Force base and the cities of Piedmont, Sturgis, Deadwood …
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—Apriva Inc. has received certification by Paymentech for its point-of-sale readers and POS system, allowing Apriva customers the option of processing credit card transactions using the Paymentech system. “Apriva …
WASHINGTON—A former Motorola Inc. employee today has filed a $1.5 billion lawsuit against the mobile phone industry, claiming cell phone use caused his brain cancer. In dollar terms, the suit …
WASHINGTON—Senate majority leader, Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), said on Thursday he is recommending President George W. Bush nominate his telecommunications aide, Jonathan Adelstein, to fill the Democratic seat on the …
LUBBOCK, Texas—Nextel Partners Inc. launched digital service in Amarillo, Lubbock, Midland, Odessa and surrounding areas in West Texas. In conjunction with the launch, Nextel Partners donated 10 wireless phones and …
SAN FRANCISCO—OmniSky Corp.’s stock dropped by about 30 percent in trading after the company said it has been unable to raise additional capital and that it is “evaluating the potential …
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported it will launch a video-clip distribution service over its FOMA third-generation network November 19. The carrier said the I-motion service will allow users to obtain video …
LOS ANGELES—Qualcomm Inc. said it has committed $266 million of equity financing in support of Vesper, a Brazilian CDMA wireless carrier. “With a footprint of more than 120 million pops …
SAN DIEGO-Microsoft Corp. selected Silicon Wave Inc. to provide Bluetooth solutions for its Windows CE .NET operating system. Silicon Wave said its solution will allow original equipment manufacturers to produce …
ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless announced its Be Sensible partnership with theater exhibition company Loews Cineplex Entertainment encouraging wireless courtesy in movie theaters. As part of the deal, Cingular produced a 15-second on-screen …
SAN FRANCISCO—Long-distance, credit card and online services company Working Assets has chosen Sentori Inc. to provide its new wireless billing solution, Sentori 3G, which will be hosted by billing and …
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Comverse has been chosen to provide its unified messaging solution to Portugal’s Vodafone, a mobile operator that has 2.6 million cellular customers and holds 35 percent of the market …
ATLANTA—EMS Technologies Inc. is providing Atlanta’s Henry Medical Center with Mobile Clinical Workstations, patient care carts that allow hospitals to use wireless applications at the patient point of care. “Utilizing …
ATLANTA-AirGate PCS Inc. reported $62.2 million in total revenue for its fourth fiscal quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with $16.6 million last year. While revenues increased, net loss dropped from …
FRANKFURT, Germany—Siemens AG reported a fourth-quarter loss of $968 million, although it exceeded analysts’ estimates. However, the company which attributes its loss to the down market in telecom equipment, said …
LONDON—British Telecommunications plc received final court approval for its demerger of the mmO2 business. The demerger will create two new holding companies—one for the BT Group businesses and one for …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless unveiled www.vtext.com, a short text messaging Web site designed to help customers send text messages to individuals and groups and set up information alerts. The service works …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Sprint PCS affiliate iPCS Inc. said it added 27,515 customers during the third quarter, bringing its subscriber base to 134,927 customers. Average revenue per user increased from $56 during …
