November 2001

BELLEVUE, Washington, United States—The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium (UWCC) said TDMA subscribers have increased 53 percent during the past 12 months, reaching 82.1 million subscribers by 1 October, 2001. “The …

ARLINGTON, Va.—SiteSafe Inc. announced it completed the acquisition of Communications Engineering Technology Inc., a provider of database and engineering services to the private land mobile community. Financial terms of the …

REDMOND, Washington, United States—AT&T Wireless customers can now send text messages to virtually any wireless phone, regardless of carrier, using only the recipient’s phone number. The inter-carrier text messaging capability, …

PARIS—Alcatel said Taif Telecom, a mobile operator in Russia’s Tatarstan Republic, selected it to expand its GSM 900 MHz network. The first phase of the extension should be completed by …

MOSCOW—Swedish company Tele2 launched a wireless communications project in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don just weeks after the company announced the purchase of Russian assets of the Luxembourg-based Millicom …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The telecom regulator of Uruguay, Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Comunicaciones (URSEC), has decided to postpone the auction of personal communications services (PCS) and third-generation (3G) licenses that …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The much troubled German e-commerce developer Brokat Technologies has agreed to sell its mobile business unit to EOne Global, a U.S. company specializing in payment solutions via the …

NEW YORK—Vivendi Universal has deployed MyNetonomy , developed by U.S.-based Netonomy, as the portal through which customers can purchase, activate and personalize services on Universal Music Mobile (UMM). Launched commercially …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Three Spanish mobile operators are expected to make an appeal before Spain’s National Court over a government-imposed fee for using cell-phone spectrum. The three firms, Vodafone’s Spanish unit …

BEIJING—China Unicom is expected to announce in the coming days that it will start CDMA services in January. The listed arm of the China Unicom Group is expected to lease …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.—TruePosition Inc. said it has prevailed in its patent infringement lawsuit against SigmaOne Communications Corp. SigmaOne has acknowledged that TruePosition’s wireless location patents are valid and enforceable, …

NORWOOD, Mass.—Compaq Computer Corp. selected Analog Devices’ Othello and Softfone GSM/GPRS chipsets for use in its wireless Pack for the iPAQ Pocket PC. “The field-proven Othello and Softfone chipsets allowed …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will launch a nationwide position-information service based on its Location Platform, dubbed the DLP service, on Nov. 27. The service uses information from global positioning …

DES MOINES, Iowa—HandEra Inc. will offer the AvantGo Inc. M-Business Server through its 330 handheld computer, the companies announced. The deal also includes sales and co-marketing efforts.

BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless, the nation’s largest wireless provider, and Motorola Inc. introduced the V200 Personal Communicator from Motorola, which features wireless phone functions, a speakerphone, a PC-like keyboard and a …

PARIS—Alcatel and Fujitsu Ltd. said they successfully carried out voice and high-speed data and video communications using a live third-generation Universal Mobile Telecommunication System network. The demonstration was held in …

CINCINNATI—Convergys Corp. has released version 5.0 of its Geneva Active Revenue Management (ARM) software. Convergys said the new version of Geneva addresses the needs of its clients with new functionality …

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Cricket wireless service in Jonesboro, Ark., the fourth market in Arkansas for the carrier’s service. In addition, Leap recently added Pine Bluff at …

LONDON—BT Group plc said it received court approval for the reduction of its share capital, allowing each issued BT Group ordinary share to be reduced from $1.63 to 7 cents. …

RESTON, Va.—In a move many industry observers expected, Motient Corp. distributed its remaining stake in XM Satellite Radio to its guarantors, satisfying its outstanding guaranteed loan balance for its senior …

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Cellular Technology & Internet Association (CTIA) announced the launch of its new WOW-COM Market Research Center, which will provide reports, studies, white papers and articles from research and …

WASHINGTON—An Illinois judge in Chicago today approved a partial settlement that sets up a cell-phone health registry headed by epidemiologist Dr. George Carlo. The class-action suit, which alleges privacy invasion …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Xora Inc. has unveiled version 4.0 of the Xora Platform, which offers improved voice recognition, out-of-coverage operation support for J2ME-based devices, and personalization features. “The Xora Platform 4.0 …

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission today named a former agency official and industry veteran Dale Hatfield to oversee an inquiry of technical and operational issues affecting the delayed deployment of enhanced …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. says it has licensed its CDMA technology to TCL Holdings Co. Ltd. in China to to develop, manufacture and sell cdmaOne and cdma2000 1x/1xEV subscriber equipment. “This …