2003

SEATTLE-Miniature wireless camera company X10 Wireless Technology, known for its pop-up Internet advertisements, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this week. The bankruptcy filing comes two weeks after a jury ordered X10 to pay $4.3 million in damages to three brothers …

MORRISVILLE, N.C.-Tekelec said it was awarded a contract by France’s Cegetel Group for its fraud protection and equipment. Cegetel’s mobile subsidiary, SFR, will deploy Tekelec’s Equipment Identity Register and its flexible numbering solution, the G-Flex home location register manager, in …

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. said it earned a net income of $59.1 million, or 46 cents per share, compared with a net income of $30.8 million, or 27 cents per share, in the year-ago period. Its net sales rose 44 percent …

WASHINGTON-Conventional wisdom in Washington is that spectrum is scarce, while in reality 60 percent to 80 percent of the prime spectrum in Washington is not being used, said Michael Calabrese, vice president and director of spectrum programs at the New …

LAS VEGAS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. plans to relaunch its mMode wireless data offering in November, although details of the carrier’s plan are unclear. Andre Dahan, president of AT&T Wireless’ multimedia services, announced the carrier’s intent during the CTIA Wireless I.T. …

NEW YORK-Sierra Wireless said it beat market expectations in its third-quarter results with a net loss of $.9 million, or 5 cents per share. It had revenues of $26.2 million and operating expenses of $11.5 million. The company said its …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Tuesday said that OnStar Corp.’s ancillary voice calling service is a mobile phone and is subject to the FCC’s wireless enhanced 911 rules. But the commission then waived the rules until 2006. “We agree with OnStar …

As the Nov. 24 deadline to implement wireless local number portability closes in, carriers are hashing service level agreements to smooth the porting of consumers’ phone numbers between them. The latest agreements are among T-Mobile USA Inc and the five …

Within a year of the Nov. 24 implementation of wireless local number portability, 30 million consumers will switch providers, according to new research from The Management Network Group (TMNG) Inc. Of those, 18 million will switch because of WLNP, while …

Motorola Inc. has unveiled an architecture that will enable original equipment manufacturer developers to bring many features into smart handhelds at limited cost, within a small space and more rapidly than currently possible. Known as the Mobile Extreme Convergence architecture, …

LAS VEGAS-Following signs of “astronomical” growth in its wireless data offerings in the United States, Walt Disney Co. plans to add a new Internet promotional site, as well as new wireless content based on Disney’s Pixar movies, including “Finding Nemo” …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association today launched a new campaign to bring awareness to its own phone recycling program and the recycling efforts of several of its members. “The wireless industry has been a leader in encouraging the safe …

LAS VEGAS-Airborne Entertainment and Buzztime Entertainment announced an exclusive agreement to port the Buzztime trivia game to next-generation real-time downloadable wireless technologies, including BREW and Java. Under the terms of the agreement, Airborne Entertainment will distribute Buzztime’s trivia games under …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it will begin installing “pico-basestations” on its network in an attempt to improve in-building coverage. The base stations, which were developed by TTP Communications plc subsidiary ip.access ltd., are expected to join a list of …

NEWARK, N.J.-IDT Corp. this week launched IDT Global Access to allow U.S.-based cell-phone users to make international calls with rates it said are up to 80 percent less than those charged by wireless operators. According to IDT, the international rates …

PARIS-The WLAN Smart Card Consortium said it has released an updated smart card specification known as WLAN-SIM V1.0, which will allow hot-spot operators to extend subscriber identity module technology for authentication. “This specification utilizes industry-endorsed standards for authentication-802.1x and EAP-and …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported 229,000 net subscriber additions during the third quarter of this year, which was well below analysts estimates of more than 300,000 net customer additions, but ahead of the 201,000 subscribers the carrier added during the …

CAIRO, Egypt-Motorola Inc. said it will supply GSM base stations and transmission equipment for Orascom Telecom Iraq Corp.’s new mobile network in Iraq’s central region. The value of the contract is worth up to $40 million, Motorola said. Motorola said …

Sprint PCS reported mixed third-quarter results, including disappointing customer growth and churn results, but better-than-expected financial metrics. The carrier reported 184,000 net customer additions during the quarter, which was below the approximately 300,000 subscribers forecast by analysts, but ahead of …

BALTIMORE-Industry pioneer and founder of TESSCO Technologies Inc. Robert Barnhill Sr. died Oct. 16 at the age of 86. Barnhill’s involvement in the radio industry began in 1942 when he was in the Navy. He later worked for Aireon and …

SAN DIEGO-Wireless Facilities Inc. and TruePosition Inc. have signed a multi-year agreement under which Wireless Facilities will support the installation and commissioning of TruePosition’s enhanced-911 solution with wireless carriers in the United States. According to TruePosition, its Finder location solution …

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-U.S. Wireless Online Inc. said it has activated its non-line-of-sight high-speed wireless Internet access service in New Albany, Ind., and northwestern Jefferson County in the Louisville, Ky., area. The launch is the first phase of the rollout of the …

GENEVA-STMicroelectronics said it suffered a net loss of $49.1 million, or 6 cents per share. In the year-ago period, it had net income of $131 million, or 15 cents a share. The net loss for the quarter was after restructuring …

WASHINGTON-Bruce Mehlman, the No. 2 official at the Technology Administration, is leaving the Bush administration to become executive director of a major high-tech advocacy group. Mehlman, whose brother Ken is a political advisor to President Bush, will be executive director …

WASHINGTON-The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday unanimously affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of an $800 million brain-cancer suit against Motorola Inc. and others. The decision puts in further jeopardy nine pending brain cancer suits against the mobile-phone industry …