2003

ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom SA will supply its WISMO wireless technology for use in CEC Telecom Co. Ltd.’s new multimedia camera phone, scheduled to launch in China this fall. “Wavecom’s extensive wireless technology offering provides the flexibility, functionality and reliability we need …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-The wireless local area network market will grow from $1.5 billion in 2002 to $3.1 billion in 2007, according to new research from the Dell’Oro Group. The group expects most WLAN products to transition from 802.11b to 802.11g …

Sprint PCS affiliate Horizon PCS said it plans to cut 293 jobs or nearly three-fifths of its work force and close 19 of its 41 retail stores in an attempt to improve its balance sheet, which the company said is …

Verizon Wireless ranked as the highest-quality network among the seven largest wireless operators, according to the J.D. Powers and Associates 2003 Wireless Network Quality Assessment Study released earlier this week. The study employed a network quality index rating based on …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it signed an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to send five employees to provide technical support for AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s planned network trial of W-CDMA services in Dallas. DoCoMo said the agreement runs from …

TOKYO-In its fiscal first-quarter results, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd. reported an operating profit of $166.9 million, a 27.4-percent increase from a year ago. Revenues, however, dropped to $14.7 billion, a decrease of 1.7 percent. The company’s net profit was …

LONDON-Christopher Gent stepped down as the leader of the world’s largest mobile-phone operator Wednesday after a six-and-a-half-year stint as chief executive. His tenure overall is viewed as one of the few long-term successes in the mobile industry, as Gent watched …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-In Motion Technology said it has introduced the industry’s first in-vehicle third-generation-based wireless Hot Spot known as onBoard Mobile Gateway. “By creating a proprietary, accelerated bridge between 3G and Wi-Fi, our objective is to allow Wi-Fi-centric consumers to …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and Canadian telecom regulator Industry Canada have reached an interim agreement that will allow for the deployment of wireless communications service-mostly fixed broadband-to be offered along the Canadian border. The agreement calls for coordination and cross-border …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. savored a victory in its fraud lawsuit against Turkish carrier Telsim as a U.S. federal judge ordered the Uzan family to pay the vendor $4.26 billion, plus post-judgement interest. Both Motorola and Nokia Corp. filed fraud and …

InterDigital Communications Corp. said it has acquired all the assets of Tantivy Communications Inc., which develops data-enabling products. The assets cover patents, patent applications, know-how, state-of-the-art laboratory facilities and other technologies related to cdma2000, smart antennas, wireless local area networks …

Sprint PCS launched Samsung Telecommunications America’s SPH-A600 camera-enabled handset featuring a rotating screen that allows the color display to swivel 180 degrees and face outward to serve as an external display. The $350 handset’s camera functions include a 4X zoom, …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said SingTel selected it as the sole supplier for its W-CDMA network in Singapore. Ericsson will expand and upgrade SingTel’s current nationwide system under a $125 million contract. Under the contract, Ericsson will supply the operator’s third-generation …

FRANKFURT, Germany-ComArch said O2 Germany will use its flagship platform to supervise network elements from L.M. Ericsson, Marconi and Alcatel Corp. The contract is valued at $2.8 million. The system will be deployed in the network surveillance center, and all …

Rugged handheld device maker Symbol Technologies Inc. said it purchased wireless enterprise company Covigo Inc. for an undisclosed amount. The move is the latest in the wireless enterprise front, which has seen a significant amount of activity under the tightened …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens said it will expand the mobile network for Turkish operator Aycell. The value of the contract is $26.2 million. Under terms of the deal, Siemens will increase the capacity of the operator’s mobile switching centers, the switch commander, …

LONDON-U.K. fixed-line operator British Telecommunications announced plans to focus on the consumer wireless market with a wireless product called BT Mobile Home Plan targeted at families. The carrier will resell wireless service from T-Mobile for the offering. BT also has …

MEXICO CITY-Mexican operator America Movil said it acquired the 20 percent interest in Ecuadorian mobile operator Conecel that it does not already own from minority shareholders. The value of the transaction was not disclosed. America Movil now owns 100 percent …

DALLAS-Western Wireless Corp. said it has awarded Nortel Networks Ltd. a $90 million contract to deploy networks for CDMA, GSM roaming and wireless data. Nortel will deploy cdma2000 core and radio access networking equipment, which will cover markets in Kansas, …

BERLIN-Siemens AG said it plans to cut 2,300 jobs in its mobile communications division, and 500 of the cuts will take place in Germany. The company, however, said it plans to step up its UMTS investments. “The world market for …

RESTON, Va.-NII Holdings Inc., which was formerly known as Nextel International Inc. and operates wireless networks in four Latin America countries, said it added 42,300 subscribers during the second quarter, ending the first half of the year with 1.33 million …

LONDON-The worldwide ring-tone market totals an astounding $4 billion, a number that will likely draw music companies like BMG, Sony Music, EMI, Warner Chappell and Universal into the wireless market, according to new research from consulting company Strategy Analytics. The …

Handset maker NEC Corp. further expanded its outsourcing agreement with electronics manufacturing company Solectron Corp., under which Solectron will provide manufacturing and after-sales services for NEC’s advanced Internet-enabled handsets. Solectron will manufacture NEC’s third-generation handsets for markets outside Japan and …

NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has reportedly agreed to purchase $1.4 billion worth of wireless spectrum licenses from bankrupt license holder NextWave Telecom Inc., according to Bloomberg News, citing people familiar with the situation. The report said both companies plan to …

Nextel Partners Inc. reported second-quarter results in line with analysts and company estimates and reiterated its previously announced guidance for full-year results. During the second quarter, Nextel Partners said it added 89,000 subscribers, which was slightly below the 90,500 customers …