March 2003

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-UbiquiTel Inc. reported $60.1 million in revenues for the fourth quarter of 2002, a 48-percent increase compared with the $45.8 million the carrier reported for the same quarter of …

VIENNA, Va.-David Canellos has been promoted to vice president and general manager for the Americas at Cramer Systems Ltd., a provider of inventory management and provisioning automation solutions for the …

SAN FRANCISCO-Gary Weis, formerly senior vice president of global services at AT&T Corp., has become president, chief executive officer and a director of Cometa Networks Inc. Larry Brilliant, co-founder and …

ALPHRETTA, Ga.-Verizon Wireless launched its branded service in Macon, Columbus, Griffin, Warner Robins, Augusta and Thomaston, Ga., and Auburn, Montgomery and Dothan, Ala. The markets were part of Verizon Wireless’ …

NEW YORK-Wireless marketing company Enpocket announced it will conduct a detailed text-messaging campaign through a new deal with 20th Century Fox for its upcoming movie “Phone Booth.” Enpocket said the …

IRVINE, Calif.-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group named Toshiba Corp.’s Portege 4010 Series notebook computer a Designated Profile Interoperability Tester platform for testing and verifying interoperability between Bluetooth-enabled devices. Toshiba said …

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LOS ANGELES-The winners of the “World’s Smallest Film Festival,” an event held in conjunction with last week’s CTIA trade show in New Orleans aimed at showcasing films designed for next-generation …

TOKYO and LONDON-Vodafone Group plc and J-Phone Co. Ltd. both announced strong subscriber numbers for their respective multimedia messaging services. Vodafone said it has met its target of 1 million …

DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc., which provides flat-rate unlimited local calling service in Atlanta, Miami, San Francisco and Sacramento, Calif., expanded its text messaging service offering to provide nationwide interoperability and introduced changes …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced Koichi Nishimura will join its board of directors, effective April 1. Nishimura was chairman, president and chief executive officer of Solectron Corp. until his …

BOSTON-New research from Strategy Analytics predicts the location-services market could reach $8 billion in revenues by 2008, but carriers specifically need to move ahead with their delayed investment plans. “Operators …

WASHINGTON-T-Mobile USA reportedly plans to drop enhanced observed time difference (EOTD) technology as its solution for implementing Phase II enhanced 911 service. T-Mobile’s deployments of the technology had been one …

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 …

HERZLIYA, Israel-Israeli company CellTick Technologies said China Unicom will deploy its interactive broadcast system in XinJiang state. The platform allows operators to establish interactive communications with subscribers by using a …

MONTREAL-Fido, run by Microcell Solutions Inc., announced it will offer the Nokia 7210 handset to its customers in Canada. The Nokia 7210 features a color screen, polyphonic ring tones, an …

NEW YORK-Price Communications Corp., which was acquired last year by Verizon Wireless for $1.2 billion in stock, reported that Institutional Shareholder Services issued an unsolicited proxy analysis concurring with Price …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Everypath announced its Everypath Mobile Task Automation (MTA) solution is now available. The solution, designed for use by sales, service and order management-related mobile workers, enables subsets of …

WASHINGTON-An industry-backed relocation fund bill penned by House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) failed to win strong backing from key Bush administration officials at a hearing today. Rep. John …

PLANO, Texas-MetaSolv Software Inc. announced enhancements to its service activation capabilities. Extended service capabilities include Internet Protocol services device support for Alcatel 7670 MPLS switches, Cicso Catalyst layer 2 switches …

MAITLAND, Fla.-MeshNetworks Inc. signed a reseller agreement for its mobile broadband peer-to-peer networking solutions with Viasys Corp., which provides infrastructure development and maintenance services to transportation and power companies and …

STAMFORD, Conn.-I3 Mobile Inc. announced it will shut down its Pronto voice-activated information and content service and will continue to search for a potential strategic alliance, joint venture, merger or …

NEW YORK-GuestWiFi, which provides wireless local area network access at small and mid-sized hotels, has teamed with Pronto Networks, a Pleasanton, Calif., provider of carrier-class operations support systems for hot …

LAGOS, Nigeria-Nortel Networks and carrier Multi-Links Telecommunications Ltd. said they have launched what they describe as Africa’s first next-generation wireless network with cdma2000 1x services targeting more than 500,000 customers. …

HELSINKI, Finland-Swedish unions are threatening to “block” mobile equipment vendor Ericsson’s restructuring plans if the company refuses to “provide genuine guarantees” that future cuts in the group’s workforce are carried …