Monthly Archives: October, 2002
HickoryTech reports slightly lower wireless revenues
MANKATO, Minn.-Rural telecommunications provider HickoryTech Corp. reported $4.4 million in wireless revenues for the third quarter, a slight drop from the $4.5 million the...
Ztango, U.S. Cellular enter service agreement
RESTON, Va.-Ztango Inc. signed a service agreement with U.S. Cellular Corp. to provide downloadable wireless media services including ring tones, graphics and greeting card...
XO hit with shareholder lawsuit
NEW YORK-The law firm of Stull, Stull & Brody has lodged a shareholder class-action lawsuit against XO Communications Inc., Salomon Smith Barney and its...
Verizon Wireless adds 1.2M in 3Q
NEW YORK-Verizon Wireless Inc. reported 1.2 million net customer additions for the third quarter of this year compared with 752,000 net customer additions for...
Italian, German researchers link RF to disease
WASHINGTON-As the wireless industry prepares for oral argument in class-action headset and brain-cancer litigation this Friday, it was reminded that the health issue is...
Working Assets teams
with CollectiveGood on recycling programSAN FRANCISCO-Working Assets, which sells phone, wireless, credit card and Internet services, announced it will team with mobile phone recycling...
Sun division to resell Pixo server
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless provisioning company Pixo Inc. announced Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Southern Europe, Africa & Middle East business will resell the company's Mobile Download...
Russian carriers help resolve hostage drama
MOSCOW-Russian wireless carriers joined the effort to help resolve the unprecedented hostage drama in Moscow where Chechen terrorists held some 700 theatergoers hostage.Wireless traffic...
Vodafone unveils data strategy
DUBLIN, Ireland-Vodafone has unveiled the latest stage in its data strategy. Vodafone Live is a menu of services accessible from camera phones, which will...
Worldwide Wardrive to start
The second Worldwide Wardrive, a movement that poses risks to the security of WLAN access points and networks, is scheduled to occur from Oct....
Qualcomm CIO to lead Wireless Knowledge
SAN DIEGO-CDMA giant Qualcomm Inc. announced its chief information officer, Norm Fjeldheim, will take over the reigns of the company's Wireless Knowledge subsidiary, which...
AT&T, Dobson swap licenses in California, Alaska
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. signed a non-binding letter of intent with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to exchange its two remaining wireless properties in California...
Two new data networks launch in China
SEOUL, South Korea-The Mobitex Operators Association (MOA) said two new wireless data networks will begin operation in China.Telecom Digital has officially launched its Mango...
Sasken to work with Datang on TD-SCDMA software module
LONDON-Sasken Communication Technologies entered an agreement with Chinese company Datang Mobile Communications regarding a TD-SCDMA software module. The companies plan to jointly collaborate on...
Infowave revenues show momentum
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Wireless enterprise company Infowave Software reported third quarter revenues of $676,415, up from the $517,977 in its previous quarter. The company's net...
Siemens not happy with Chinese market share
SHANGHAI, China-Last year, Siemens announced big plans to increase its mobile telecom market share in China. But Lothar Pauly, board member of the Information...
Irish 3G operators near agreement on site sharing
DUBLIN, Ireland-It appears that an agreement on site sharing between the three Irish third-generation (3G) license holders might have been reached only days after...
Powell says DTV transition is progressing
WASHINGTON-The transition to digital TV is progressing, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission told a gathering of broadcasters Tuesday."Comparing today with where we...
Cell phones hit by renewed health fears
OXFORD, United Kingdom-A new study by the Italian-based National Research Council (NRC) has reawakened the long-running debate over cell-phone health hazards by claiming that...
Movicom BellSouth to be only participant in Uruguayan auction
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Movicom BellSouth was the only operator that presented the prequalification documents to participate in the spectrum auction that will take place on...
Nextel reaches 10 million total customers in 3Q
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. posted $2.3 billion in revenues for the recently completed third quarter, an increase over the $1.8 billion reported for the...
MobilCom’s 3G network attracts interest
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having built a wireless network covering nearly 20 percent of the German population, the beleaguered operator MobilCom is now said to be...
Australian mobile complaints decrease in 2002
MELBOURNE, Australia-Consumers contacted Australia's Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman 62,275 times to complain about telephone and Internet services last financial year, a drop of 13 percent...
Japanese operators continue to win next-generation subscribers
TOKYO-KDDI and J-Phone continue to expand their subscriber bases of next-generation services.KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, announced that the number of subscribers...
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