HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. will attempt to raise $200 million through a public offering of convertible senior notes. The company will use the proceeds to redeem a portion of its …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. released further details and expanded their previously announced agreement to cooperate on the development and promotion of third-generation W-CDMA services. Under …
WASHINGTON-The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has expanded its tower safety program to several Eastern states, another move by federal officials to curb the unusually high rate of deaths and …
LONDON-Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. wants an independent evaluation of its U.K. third-generation business as part of its legal battle with Dutch company KPN Telecom. KPN is looking to sell its 15-percent …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-TeliaSonera said it subsidiary Overseas Telecom has completed the disposal of its 26-percent stake in Indian mobile operator Bharti Mobile. Bharti Televentures purchased the stake. TeliaSonera, which is working …
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc will cut 480 jobs in the United Kingdom, according to international press reports. The cuts will be made at Cellular Operations, a provider of customer service and …
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Bermai Inc. said it has received a $12 million B round of financing to support delivery of the company’s 802.11x chipset portfolio starting in the third quarter of …
WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee Thursday passed by voice vote a bill meant to keep the NextWave Telecom Inc. bankruptcy saga from happening again. NextWave filed for bankruptcy in 1998 after …
NANTUCKET, Mass.-Nextel Communications Inc. told investors it is achieving improved customer satisfaction, is continuing to scale capital spending and is on track to meet or exceed its full-year 2003 guidance. …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it will sponsor the Lollapalooza 2003 Concert Tour, which is scheduled to begin a nationwide 30-show tour July 5 in Indianapolis. The carrier said it will …
Research In Motion Ltd.’s earnings report beat expectations for its revenues and sales, causing several research firms to upgrade the companies stock, but investors seemed hesitant as RIM’s shares dropped …
MENLO PARK, Calif.-Startup Orative Corp. announced it scored $6 million in venture funding. The company said it would use the funds to develop software for Java and BREW phones to …
Sun Microsystems Inc. acquired wireless Java downloading company Pixo Inc. for an undisclosed sum. “The adoption of Java technology and the Java Card Subscriber Identity Module standard are unleashing revenue …
Rural Cellular Corp. said it is acquiring PCS spectrum from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and one of its affiliates covering 1.9 million potential customers in Rural Cellular’s Northeast region and …
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Symbol Technologies Inc., which builds wireless and mobile devices for businesses, again delayed the filing of its 2002 annual report due to a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into …
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it was won a copyright and design patent lawsuit filed against it by Taipei-based DBTEL. The lawsuit related to the Motorola C289 mobile phone. The prosecutor’s …
WASHINGTON-The U.S. delegation at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva said Wednesday a tentative agreement was reached to earmark nearly 500 megahertz of additional spectrum at 5 GHz for Wi-Fi …
WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee may have killed the wireless industry’s hopes of gaining much-desired frequencies in the 1700 MHz band when it amended a bill that would allow the Pentagon …
LONDON-Hutchison 3G has inked a deal with sports content distributor Extreme International under which some of Extreme’s sports video clips will be delivered to third-generation mobile handsets. Under the terms …
BOSTON-Only 28 percent of enterprises are using point-to-point user virtual private networks, 29 percent are using 802.1X, and 48 percent are using technical solutions to secure their WLANS, according to …
GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. announced the pricing of its offering of $200 million of its 1.5-percent convertible subordinated notes due 2010. The notes will be convertible into common stock …
CHESTERFIELD, Mo.-A new research report says cdma2000 1x EV-DO enables operators to launch profitable multimedia services as well avoiding the “false dilemma” of charging data users for equivalent voice resources …
The summer movie season continues to tie into wireless, with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. scoring an exclusive deal with Paramount Pictures for its upcoming “Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle …
RICHARDSON, Texas-Venture capital fund Genesis Campus, which focuses on information and wireless technologies, has appointed wireless industry pioneer Mal Gurian to its board of advisors. Gurian, who was named to …
GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. said it will offer $200 million of convertible subordinated notes due 2010, plus up to $30 million at the option of the initial purchasers, in …
