Yearly Archives: 2003

Vodafone wins several GSM awards

CANNES, France-The 2003 GSM Association Awards were presented this week in conjunction with the 3GSM World Congress being held in Cannes, France. In the...

Euronet Worldwide purchases E-pay

LEAWOOD, Kansas-Electronic payments provider Euronet Worldwide Inc. will acquire E-pay Ltd., an electronic payment processor of prepaid mobile airtime top-up services in the United...

Anadigics debuts switches, power amp modules

CANNES, France-Anadigics Inc. announced a new family of switch products and what it describes as the world's smallest GSM/GPRS quad-band power amplifier modules at...

BellSouth appeals ruling on Forsee noncompete clause

PHILADELPHIA-BellSouth Corp. asked an appeals court to overturn a ruling voiding a clause in current Vice Chairman Gary Forsee's employment contract that would make...

UbiquiTel Operating waives rights in offering

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-UbiquiTel Inc. subsidiary UbiquiTel Operating Co. said it has waived certain eligibility requirements in regards to its pending offer to exchange up to...

Dobson approved for SmallCap market

OKLAHOMA CITY- The Nasdaq Listing Qualification Panel approved Dobson Communications Corp.'s application for listing on the SmallCap Market and that it was preparing to...

Audiopoint begins commercial distribution of voice e-mail product

FAIRFAX, Va.-Audiopoint has begun commercial distribution through Simply Wireless and other resellers of its new Voice Terminal Service 2.0, which permits voice-enabled e-mail retrieval...

Cable & Wireless, France Telecom expand GRX programs

LONDON and PARIS-Two European telecommunications companies announced expansions of their GPRS Roaming Exchange programs.Cable & Wireless said it expanded its service into the Asia-Pacific...

Nextel promotes Kelly to COO

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. promoted Thomas Kelly Jr. from executive vice president and chief marketing officer to executive vice president and chief operating officer.

M1 offers free trial of wireless broadband service

SINGAPORE-M1, a cellular and paging carrier in Singapore, has commenced a free trial through March 31 of its new SunSurf wireless broadband service, available...

Anadigics to launch GSM/GPRS RF solutions at 3GSM

WARREN, N.J.-Anadigics Inc. said it will launch a new suite of RF solutions designed for GSM/GPRS applications at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes,...

CPS to show Cursor location system at 3GSM

CANNES, France-Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. will showcase Cursor Matrix, location software for GSM phones, for the first time at the 3GSM World Congress."Cursor Matrix...

Semotus reports revenue declines, smaller net loss

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless enterprise company Semotus Solutions reported declining revenues and a shrinking net loss, moves the company said are due to its streamlined...

Mobility infrastructure market shows mixed revenues results

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Mobility infrastructure revenues involving GSM/GPRS/EDGE, TDMA, CDMA and all variants of wideband CDMA dropped 16 percent to $28.8 billion in 2002 compared...

Western Wireless reports increased net adds

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it added 21,700 domestic subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2002, compared with 19,000 net additions for the fourth...

Comverse releases new wireless data gateway version

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Messaging and data company Comverse released a new version of its wireless data gateway product, which the company said supports WAP 2.0 standards.Comverse...

Partner selects Niragongo system

HERZLIYA, Israel-Israeli supplier Niragongo said Israeli operator Partner Communications launched Niragongo's Lava Smart Proxy for its Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) services.The new solution will...

Tecnomen to upgrade messaging in Kuwait

HELSINKI, Finland-Kuwaiti operator Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) has selected a messaging system upgrade from Tecnomen under a 1 million euro contract (US$1.1 million). Tecnomen...

Bangkok’s PCT service to be expanded

NEW DELHI, India-Thai fixed-line operator, TelecomAsia, has decided to expand and improve the quality of its personal cordless telephone (PCT) network. The company will...

Numerex warns of larger-than-expected losses

ATLANTA-Telemetry company Numerex Corp.'s stock dove 30 percent after the company said its losses for its fourth quarter will be more than the previous...

Nextel Partners to report 2002 results

NEW YORK-Nextel Partners Inc. said it will report positive cash flow for last year, that it added more customers than expected and spent less...

U.S. to work toward electronic numbering

WASHINGTON-The United States should work toward formally opting in on a standard for electronic numbering, which could allow a single number to be used...

Smart introduces Microsoft-powered smart phone

MANILA, The Philippines-Smart Communications Inc. has become the second operator worldwide and the first in Asia to offer a Microsoft-powered smart phone, following Orange...

MoBiTai to use Comverse for MSM services

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Messaging company Comverse announced Taiwanese mobile carrier MoBiTai will use its server to offer multimedia messaging services."Our agreement with MoBiTai emphasizes that our...

Seven adds Orange to customer list

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless corporate e-mail company Seven announced it scored Orange as a new customer, and that the carrier will offer Seven's unique network-based...
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