Daily Archives: Jan 5, 2004

Huawei to build, help finance Hong Kong 3G network

HONG KONG-Chinese equipment vendor Huawei Technologies co. Ltd. said it agreed with Hong Kong wireless carrier Sunday to supply equipment and financing to assist...

Picks, pans for '03

What were the best five things to happen to the wireless industry in 2003? What were the worst? Here are my picks (for better...

Wireless welcomed into the home

The popularity of Wi-Fi, decreasing wireless chipset prices and consumer affinity for high-tech gadgets combined with a desire for simplicity all add up to...

Symbol restates earnings, CEO steps down

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Investors appeared to cheer what seems to be the end of Symbol Technologies Inc.'s long financial restatement road. The company announced it filed...

UbiquiTel lifts 4Q financial guidance

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. released updated financial and operating guidance for the fourth quarter of 2003. The company said it expects earnings...

Subscriber growth uptick

Following years of steady decline, the wireless industry looks to have turned the corner during the past several quarters in posting year-over-year gains in...

Beyond Boost, Adderton hopes to become content MVNO for youth

Few wireless companies have been able to target the often sought-after youth market like Boost Mobile L.L.C. Despite being owned by business-focused Nextel Communications...

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...

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 in...

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...

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...

World Briefs

Qualcomm Inc. announced Pegaso Comunicaciones y Sistemas S.A. de C.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pegaso Telecomunicaciones, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican wireless operator...

AlertsUSA offers wireless homeland security updates

WILMINGTON, N.C.-AlertsUSA L.L.C. gathers information related to terrorism threats to the United States and its interests abroad and delivers them to subscribers via mobile...

Cork pops on RIM stock following 1Q forecast

Santa came a few days early for Research In Motion Ltd.The company became the star of the Nasdaq Dec. 23, the day after RIM...

Vodafone Portugal begins limited 3G services

LISBON, Portugal-Vodafone Portugal said it began a limited launch of its third-generation services, with access available only to a limited number of users in...

America Movil swaps CompUSA stake

MEXICO CITY-Mexican mobile operator America Movil said it exchanged its 49-percent interest in CompUSA Inc. for a 29.69-percent stake in US Commercial Corp. for...

Telefonica Moviles sells Austrian UMTS spectrum

VIENNA, Austria-Telefonica Moviles said last month it sold its third-generation license in Austria to market leader Mobilkom Austria for an undisclosed amount.The Austrian regulator...

M2M market set to outpace human wireless uptake

It seems the wireless machine-to-machine market is finally coming into its own.The industry now boasts a range of players including major names like Nokia...

Midwest Wireless begins 1x service in Iowa

Midwest Wireless has launched its CDMA2000 1x digital network in 17 counties in Iowa. Midwest Wireless has 28,000 customers in the counties, which the...

Schwarzenegger seeks delay on telecom bill of rights

WASHINGTON-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger-despite lacking jurisdiction over the California Public Utilities Commission-is quietly pressing regulators to follow an executive order freezing pending regulations until their...

Rooftop tower biz has believers

When tight carrier capital spending forced tower companies to focus on their primary businesses, non-core assets like managed rooftop portfolios justifiably became a second...

Korean operators ready W-CDMA networks

SEOUL, South Korea-Korean mobile operators SK Telecom and KTF launched their W-CDMA networks last week to meet a year-end deadline, although full commercial services...

Motorola wins TETRA contract for '04 Olympics

ATHENS, Greece-Motorola Inc. said it will work with Science Applications International Corp. and Siemens AG to provide a secure two-way radio communications system for...

LNP complaints to FCC triple in last half of month

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it received 2,394 informal consumer complaints targeted at wireless carriers from Nov. 24 through Dec. 24, which marked the...

Sprint PCS to sell Sony Ericsson CDMA handset

It appears Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L. P. will be able to unload some of its final CDMA phones in North America as Sprint...
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