Monthly Archives: January, 2004
DoCoMo to waive consultation rights for AWS transaction
NTT DoCoMo Inc., which owns a 16-percent stake in AT&T Wireless Services Inc., said it has agreed to a temporary waiver of its consultation...
TI enjoys quarterly profit
DALLAS-Texas Instruments signaled the chip industry's assured return to good times with a net profit of $512 million, or 29 cents per share, in...
American Tower to sell notes through private placement
BOSTON-American Tower Corp. announced it will sell $225 million principal amount of 7.5-percent senior notes due 2012 through an institutional private placement. Net proceeds...
Siemens to supply UMTS gear in Poland
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it will supply a third-generation UMTS network for Polish operator Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa. The agreement also includes UMTS handsets.The value...
GSM users to hit 1 billion during 1Q
LONDON-GSM operators will count 1 billion users by the end of the first quarter 2004, according to predictions from the GSM Association. More than...
Radio stations use text messaging for listener interaction
EVANSTON, Ill.-Mobile marketing company Vibes Media released its new iRadio product, which the company said allows radio stations to conduct interactive polls and campaigns...
T-Mobile tops 1M subscriber adds in 4Q
T-Mobile USA Inc. posted just more than 1 million net subscriber additions during the fourth quarter of 2003, surpassing the 670,000 customers the carrier...
AT&T Wireless leads FCC list of consumer complaints
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. received the most consumer complaints registered with the Federal Communications Commission during the third quarter of last year according to...
Agilent releases micro duplexer for wireless devices
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies Inc. said it has unveiled a micro-size electronic component known as film bulk resonator duplexer for handsets, data cards and...
Orange expands enterprise agreement with Extended Systems
BOISE, Idaho-The wireless enterprise market continues its march with Extended Systems announcing an expanded agreement with European operator Orange to offer wireless e-mail services...
RIM scores $900M in public offering
WATERLOO, Ontario-BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. said it scored $907 million in its recent public offering, with shares selling at $78.25 per share.Lehman...
Duplicate sales channels likely to be eliminated
AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s admission that it was looking at strategic alternatives for its operations is expected to have broad implications for the carrier's...
Life (mostly) good for handset makers
Most of the world's top mobile-phone makers celebrated major fourth-quarter victories, with record numbers of shipments and revenues boosted by the holiday season, but...
Alltel 4Q revenues up 6% from 2002
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. posted $1.2 billion in wireless revenues for the fourth quarter of 2003, which was a 6-percent improvement compared with the...
T-Mobile USA to drop AOL for OMA-compliant IM company
T-Mobile USA Inc. is replacing its America Online Inc. instant-messaging service in favor of a more open, standards-based offering. The carrier signed a deal...
Antenna slighting
One day soon, perhaps after Justice Antonin Scalia and Vice President Cheney return from their next weekend hunting trip, the Supreme Court will be...
Tower players to suffer only in short-term
The sale of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is unlikely to have a long-term negative effect on the tower industry, according to tower companies and...
Stet Hellas to begin UMTS service soon
ATHENS, Greece-Greek mobile operator Stet Hellas Telecommunications reported it will launch commercial third-generation services Tuesday. Two Nokia UMTS handsets-the 6650 and 7600-along with the...
Equipment biz back in favor
Going by the quarterly reports of major vendors, wireless equipment business is whirring back to favor. Putting panic behind them, Lucent Technologies Inc. and...
Marketers see potential in mobile phones
Although mobile-phone marketing is relatively new in the United States, a new survey of more than 400 marketers reports that a majority already highly...
Merger could boost W-CDMA uptake in U.S.
Industry observers believe that infrastructure vendors favor a tie-up between Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. Both companies have deals with the...
Abernathy calls for light VoIP regulation
WASHINGTON-The experience of the wireless industry as it grew from an elite service to mass-market acceptance shows both the benefits and challenges of a...
Second plaintiff drops brain-cancer lawsuit
WASHINGTON-U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake approved a request to drop a brain-cancer lawsuit filed by Atlanta's Brian Barrett against Nokia Corp. and others. Barrett,...
Nokia's N.A. dominance may be at risk
The reverberations from a mega-merger involving AT&T Wireless Services Inc. could easily spark repercussions in Illinois, Finland, South Korea and a number of other...
Kyocera faulty smart-phone batteries recalled
WASHINGTON-Reports of exploding mobile-phone batteries finally hit a high note with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announcing a voluntary recall of 140,000 of...