October 2001

LONDON—Marconi and Somera Communications announced a strategic partnership to deliver configuration of Marconi’s power solution combined with Somera’s OneSource services for rural carriers across the United States. “Through our supply …

WOODBURY, New York, United States—Comverse said Guangdong Mobile Communications selected it to expand its Intelligent Short Message Service Center. The new agreement increases Guangdong Mobile’s capacity to serve 14 million …

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Aptilo Networks signed an agreement to supply South Korean Internet operator Unitel with mobile access servers for a mobile network. Aptilo has delivered a test system, which will …

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless rolled out its Wireless Internet Express General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) service in a number of markets in the Southeast and in Las Vegas, following the initial introduction …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The Italian government has told its five third-generation (3G) license holders that it has no plans to follow the French government’s example of reducing the license fees or …

LONDON—Motorola Inc. says it has revised its view of when it expects third-generation mobile services to attract mass-market acceptance in Europe to 2004 instead of 2003 in line with analyst …

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, United States—CTI Squared said Israel’s Bezeq has begun a unified messaging trial called OneMail using CTI’s unified messaging application. Access to the service will be available by fixed …

TOKYO—Matsushita Communication Industrial, the leading mobile handset vender in Japan, announced that it is expecting to have a 40 billion yen (US$325 million) operational loss for fiscal year (FY) 2001 …

TOKYO—Fujitsu, a leading communications vender in Japan, announced it is expecting to have a 310 billion yen (US$2.5 billion) net loss for fiscal year (FY) 2001, ending March 2002, due …

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TOKYO—NEC, a leading communications vender in Japan, announced that the firm is expecting its revenues for fiscal year (FY) 2001 ending March 2002 to decline by 2 percent, and the …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The grand plans by Royal Philips Electronics to become a worldwide player in the cell-phone market have all but disappeared with the announcement that China Electronics Corporation (CEC) …

SHANGHAI, China—Hewlett-Packard Company and Microsoft have announced plans to expand their software business in China and have decided to hire more staff for that purpose. HP said it will hire …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish vendor Ericsson posted a loss of US$377 million in its third-quarter earnings reports just as it announced that its chairman, Lars Ramqvist, would leave the company. Ramqvist will …

DOVER, N.J.—Casio and Sierra Wireless announced their plans to jointly deliver several wireless solutions. The Sierra Wireless AirCard wireless modems will support the new Cassiopeia BE-300 and the new E-200 …

NEW YORK—Millicom International Cellular (MIC) said it will complete the final distribution of its shares to the former shareholders of Millicom Incorporated pursuant to the 1993 merger terms between MIC …

BEIJING—Qualcomm signed an agreement to allow KT Freetel to launch its Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW) to end users in South Korea on 1x networks. Both companies signed the …

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—Oracle Corp. announced its Oracle 9i Application Server, along with the company’s Oracle9i Lite for wireless devices, now allows users to centrally manage both online and offline mobile …

BUCHAREST, Romania—According Gulf News, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) newspaper, Thuraya’s services will be available in 30 countries, including Pakistan, Sudan, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Algeria, Tunisia, Iran, Greece, Bangladesh, Sri …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia signed a deal of about US$36 million to supply and install Malaysian operator TimeCel with full GSM 1800 MHz infrastructure to expand the company’s network capacity and improve …

BEIJING—Motorola said it has made its first cdma2000 1x data call successfully in a live demonstration to Chinese telecom operators at the PT Wireless & Networks Comm China 2001. “Motorola …

TORONTO—Facing tough times, Microcell Telecommunications has laid off 5 percent of its work force. The Montreal-based carrier of the Fido brand wireless service gave the pink slip to about 200 …

MURRAY HILL, New Jersey, United States—Lucent Technologies fell below market estimate as it recorded a fourth-quarter net loss of US$8.8 billion, or US$2.59 a share, as against a loss of …

LONDON—Vodafone Group said its average revenue per user (ARPU) has begun to stabilize based on its end-September financial figures. The operator said its total inactive customer base in its controlled …

MOSCOW—Sonic Duo, which has the third GSM license in Moscow, will finally start operating in the capital in late November under the Megafon trademark. Besides Sonic Duo, the pan-Russian Megafon …