Yearly Archives: 2003
2003 Person of the Year: The Consumer
Editor’s Note: Each year, RCR Wireless News chooses the person who has most impacted the wireless industry. Our choice for 2003 is the consumer,...
Vodafone selects search technology from FAST
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc announced it will use search technology from Fast Search & Transfer (FAST), which the companies said will allow users to search...
Sanyo selects Zi text entry for Taiwanese market
CALGARY, Alberta-Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. will use technology from Zi Corp. in its new wireless phones for the Taiwanese PHS market. The phones are...
Cellebrite offers contact transfer between phones
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J.-Cellebrite said its recently released RealSync/UME 12T, which transfers phonebooks, names and numbers between cellular phones, offers advantages to consumers using new...
Turkcell fined $64.1M by Turkish regulator
ISTANBUL, Turkey-Turkcell said Turkey's Telecommunication Authority has fined the mobile operator $64.1 million, claiming Turkcell made inadequate annual frequency usage fee payments. TA has...
Swedish 3G-license holder takes on second license
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Swedish company Svenska UMTS-nat AB, jointly owned by TeliaSonera and Tele2, has agreed to purchase the fourth third-generation license in Sweden from Orange...
Nortel wins $56M contract in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it will expand Pakistani mobile operator Pak Telecom Mobile Ltd.'s GSM 900 MHz national network under a $56 million...
Hang Gear releases cell-phone holder
LAS VEGAS-Hang Gear has released its Universal Phone Thong cell-phone holder. The device consists of an adjustable clear band that wraps around any cell...
Airspan completes buy of Nortel’s fixed-wireless business
BOCA RATON, Fla.-Airspan Networks Inc. announced last week the completion of its acquisition of Nortel Networks' fixed wireless access business. The purchase price of...
American Tower subsidiary files for Chapter 11
BOSTON-American Tower Corp. announced last week its Verestar Inc. subsidiary has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. American Tower had planned to sell the...
Nortel files amended financial reports
Nortel Networks Corp. announced last week amended financial reports for full-year 2002 and the first two quarters of 2003, following up on a previously...
Verizon Wireless to pick up American Wireless licenses in Ark.
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless signed a definitive agreement to acquire 10 megahertz PCS licenses from American Wireless License Group L.L.C. covering 1.1 million potential customers...
Dobson to acquire Michigan properties
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. said it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of NPI-Omnipoint Wireless L.L.C., which provides GSM service...
IPO, merger speculated for Cingular Wireless
NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s parent companies SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. are reportedly looking at an initial public offering for their wireless division...
Business Briefs
Wireless local area network aggregator Boingo Wireless Inc. reported a roaming agreement with WorldCom Inc., providing the telecommunications provider's MCI customers with remote access...
New challenges
Ah, the sweet promises of a new technology. A recent report by the New Millennium Research Council, an organization of academics and private business...
Dobson declares dividend
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. declared a $31.31 per share cash dividend on its outstanding 12.25 percent senior exchangeable preferred stock that is scheduled to...
2004: Disruption, dancing
Even with the promise of a tech recovery and emergence of new applications for wireless gadgets aimed at free-spending teenagers, information-starved road warriors and...
Edge Wireless deploys Alcatel MMS system
DALLAS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network partner Edge Wireless L.L.C. deployed Alcatel's Multimedia Messaging Services system designed to enable Edge Wireless customers to send and...
Nokia inks $125M expansion contract in China
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a $125 million GSM expansion contract that will increase the network capacity of Henan Mobile Communications Corp....
Boingo Wireless makes deals
SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Wireless local area network integrator Boingo Wireless Inc. reported a deal with Motive to jointly offer service-provisioning solutions designed to ease the...
Amdocs to acquire XACCT
ST. LOUIS-Billing and customer retention management provider Amdocs Ltd. said it has reached an agreement to acquire privately held mediation software provider XACCT Technologies...
Verizon Wireless, Vodafone to launch transatlantic text messaging
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and minority interest parent company Vodafone Group plc said they plan to launch transatlantic text messaging capabilities between Verizon Wireless' CDMA...
DoCoMo invests $350M in FOMA handset development
TOKYO-In an attempt to further spur handset development for its next-generation FOMA network, Japanese wireless operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will invest approximately...
Wi-Fi roaming takes giant step forward
The segregated world of wireless local area networks took a giant step toward integration as the nation's largest Wi-Fi hot spot provider T-Mobile USA...