BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. reported $413.6 million in consolidated revenues during the fourth quarter of 2003 compared with $305 million during the previous year. Net income also increased from a loss of $22.9 million during the fourth quarter of 2002, a loss of 29...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it beat market expectations in its first-quarter results with a net profit of $352 million, up 21 percent over the last quarter. This represented 43 cents per share, 23-percent higher sequentially.Revenues were $1.2 billion for the quarter, a 37-percent jump...
China is a land of enormous opportunity for wireless infrastructure makers and the like, no doubt about it. A land with more than 1 billion people can yield a lot of cell-phone users. Motorola Inc. recently scored a $1 billion contract in China, and...
WASHINGTON-A key Senate lawmaker who pushed for technology neutrality in efforts to build wireless infrastructure in Iraq, today said he is satisfied with the process that awarded three mobile-phone licenses, which will all use European GSM technology, and does not plan to pursue congressional...
While many industry observers applauded Verizon Wireless' introduction of its Push to Talk service as a way for the carrier to attract high-end business customers interested in a walkie-talkie services, some were disappointed with certain latency issues in Verizon Wireless' CDMA-based service that failed...
WASHINGTON-A consortium with investors from Iraq, the United States, South Korea and the United Kingdom applied last week to construct U.S.-engineered CDMA technology mobile-phone networks in Iraq, according to sources, despite indications the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority and new telecom ministry may be leaning...
Most people agree China offers a lucrative wireless landscape. It is already the world's largest market with one of the lowest mobile penetration rates. The opportunities for vendors and operators alike are enormous.China has its drawbacks as well. Doing business in China is different...
NEW DELHI-India's Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal has dismissed a petition from the Cellular Operators Association of India to stop the operation of CDMA technology in the country. The COAI is now considering whether to appeal to the Supreme Court.GSM-based companies were challenging the...
Instilling further proof of their strong partnership Verizon Wireless and minority interest parent company Vodafone Group plc reported plans to develop a dual-branded "Verizon Vodafone" laptop data card service designed for business customers who travel between the United States and Europe.The companies said the...
WASHINGTON-The U.S.-led occupational force in Iraq today said it will seek bids for three regional mobile-phone licenses in a war-ravaged nation whose continued instability could undercut telecom reconstruction and economic development generally.The Coalition Provisional Authority, led by Paul Bremer, said it will issue a...
WASHINGTON-U.S.-led coalition officials are expected within days to issue a tender for a regional mobile network in Iraq and schedule a conference in Amman, Jordan, on July 31 for prospective bidders, according to an administration source.The Iraq wireless solicitation, subject of much speculation and...
Rural Cellular Corp. said it is acquiring PCS spectrum from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and one of its affiliates covering 1.9 million potential customers in Rural Cellular's Northeast region and 200,000 pops in the carrier's Northwest region.In connection with the purchase, Rural Cellular said...
Rural Cellular Corp. said it is acquiring PCS spectrum from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and one of its affiliates covering 1.9 million potential customers in Rural Cellular's Northeast region and 200,000 pops in the carrier's Northwest region.In connection with the purchase, Rural Cellular said...
Bucking an anti-investment tide generated by the SARS epidemic, two major wireless players, Qualcomm Inc. and Nokia Corp., announced initiatives to pursue CDMA investments in the Chinese market.Qualcomm said it has committed up to $100 million in venture investments in early- to mid-stage Chinese...
MADRID, Spain-The largest mobile operator in Brazil will commence operations under the Vivo brand next week, joint venture partners Portugal Telecom and Spain's Telef
Regarding your 3 April article, "Issa softens CDMA-only message," the commotion stirred by the Congressman's letter and the reaction to it by the GSM community as indicated by this statement in your article caught my attention."The wireless world was up in arms last week...
FALLS CHURCH, Va.-The Latin American mobile market is poised to double during the next six years, growing from 98.7 million subscribers in 2002, to 209 million subscribers in 2008, according to a report from market research firm Telecom Trends International. A total of 59.5...
WASHINGTON-Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who late last month led the charge for the military to deploy CDMA technology in post-war Iraq, on Wednesday seemed to step back from his CDMA-only position when he urged the Semiconductor Industry Association to ask the U.S. Agency for...
China's homegrown technology, TD-SCDMA, may not enjoy the kind of traction its proprietors dream. Datang Mobile Communications Equipment, one of TD-SCDMA's major supporters, fears the technology will not be chosen by the country's biggest carrier, China Mobile Communications."As the world's largest GSM operator, for...
WASHINGTON-The congressman representing San Diego, hometown of CDMA developer Qualcomm, introduced legislation that would require the Department of Defense and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to deploy CDMA wireless technology in post-war Iraq."In entering into any contract with a private entity to...
BEIJING-At a national conference on wireless telecommunications management, China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) vowed to strengthen frequency management, which will limit CDMA technology to China Unicom.Fixed-line operators have been ordered to dismantle some of their wireless local loop operations, called Little Smart or...
WASHINGTON-The congressman representing San Diego, home of CDMA developer Qualcomm Inc., introduced legislation that would require the Department of Defense and the United States Agency for International Development to deploy CDMA wireless technology in post-war Iraq."In entering into any contract with a private entity...
NEW DELHI, India--India, one of the fastest-growing wireless markets in the Asia Pacific region, is set for a churn. But it is unable to decide which way it will go--toward GSM or CDMA or perhaps both.The battle lines are clearly drawn between full mobility...
NEW YORK-Carriers worldwide acquired about 54.7 million new subscribers last quarter, down 5.9 percent from the same period of 2001, bringing the total to nearly 1.132 billion and penetration to 19 percent, reported FastTrack Wireless Inc., a New York-based market forecasting firm.Globally, net additions...
