Yearly Archives: 2001

China Telecom purchases Mirapoint messaging products

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Mirapoint announced China Telecom purchased the company's messaging products and will offer the services to customers in the Guangxi province.The announcement comes just...

Nextel launches Ensemble billing platform

RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communications Inc. launched Amdocs customer and billing platform Ensemble, which the carrier expects will improve customer service and reduce customer retention costs....

Motorola creates Thoughtbeam subsidiary

CHICAGO—Motorola Inc. said it has created a new subsidiary called Thoughtbeam Inc. to commercialize its chip technology, which combines low-cost silicon with speed-of-light.The company's...

Cingular encourages wireless courtesy in movie theaters

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless announced its Be Sensible partnership with theater exhibition company Loews Cineplex Entertainment encouraging wireless courtesy in movie theaters.As part of the deal,...

Envoy completes testing of advanced cellular architecture

BURLINGTON, Mass.—Envoy Networks announced it has completed testing of its advanced cellular network architecture by linking an IS-95 air interface with SIP.According to Envoy,...

Working Assets selects Sentori for wireless billing solution

SAN FRANCISCO—Long-distance, credit card and online services company Working Assets has chosen Sentori Inc. to provide its new wireless billing solution, Sentori 3G, which...

Leap wins Seybold award

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. won the "Most Innovative Wireless Service" award from Andrew Seybold's Outlook 4Mobility during the organization's 11th Annual Wireless Dinner...

Siemens reports 4Q loss

FRANKFURT, Germany—Siemens AG reported a fourth-quarter loss of $968 million, although it exceeded analysts' estimates.However, the company which attributes its loss to the down...

OmniSky looks at bankruptcy options, stock drops sharply

SAN FRANCISCO—OmniSky Corp.'s stock dropped by about 30 percent in trading after the company said it has been unable to raise additional capital and...

SBA revenues increase

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. reported revenues for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 of $63 million, an increase from the $45.4 million reported...

Comverse to provide unified messaging system in Portugal

WOODBURY, N.Y.—Comverse has been chosen to provide its unified messaging solution to Portugal's Vodafone, a mobile operator that has 2.6 million cellular customers and...

Dobson adds 41 K subscribers in 3Q

OKLAHOMA CITY—Dobson Communications Corp. added 41,500 net wireless subscribers during the third quarter, compared with 30,300 net additions last year, ending the quarter with...

AirGate revenues increase while net loss falls

ATLANTA-AirGate PCS Inc. reported $62.2 million in total revenue for its fourth fiscal quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with $16.6 million last year. While...

Verizon expands S.D. coverage

RAPID CITY, S.D.—Verizon Wireless launched digital wireless service in the Rapid City, S.D., area, covering Interstate-90 from Deadwood to Ellswoth Air Force base and...

Daschle recommends Bush nominate Jonathan Adelstein to fill FCC slot

WASHINGTON—Senate majority leader, Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), said on Thursday he is recommending President George W. Bush nominate his telecommunications aide, Jonathan Adelstein, to...

EMS provides wireless patient care system to Henry Medical Center

ATLANTA—EMS Technologies Inc. is providing Atlanta's Henry Medical Center with Mobile Clinical Workstations, patient care carts that allow hospitals to use wireless applications at...

CTIA survey says wireless use soaring

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Use of wireless devices is skyrocketing, according to the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's recently released mid-year 2001 data survey results.According to the...

DoCoMo to launch video clip service

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported it will launch a video-clip distribution service over its FOMA third-generation network November 19.The carrier said the I-motion service will...

Pinnacle reports quarterly net loss of $315M

SARASOTA, Fla.-Pinnacle Holdings Inc. reported revenues for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 of $46.5 million, just slightly more than the $45.3 million the...

FCC considers hearing-aid compatibility mandate

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday launched a rulemaking to consider making mobile phones hearing-aid compatible. The action, prompted by a petition filed last...

AOL, Sony partner for home networking

LAS VEGAS-AOL Time Warner Inc. and Sony Corp. announced they will explore a range of initiatives for the broadband home networking environment.The companies said...

Shosteck predicts increased sales for telecom

WHEATON, Md.—Sales in the telecommunications industry will begin to rise in the first quarter of 2002, a new Shosteck Group study optimistically predicts. "However,...

TI supports Nokia open architecture initiative

LAS VEGAS-Texas Instruments threw its support behind the open mobile architecture initiative launched by Nokia Corp. and other industry leaders."TI is pleased to support...

DoCoMo partners with Nokia on open mobile architecture

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Nokia Corp. launched a joint action plan to accelerate the development of the open mobile architecture initiative announced by wireless...

Brightstar retains top spot in Latin American outsourcing

MIAMI—Brightstar Corp. announced its third-quarter revenues showed it remains the market share leader in Latin American wireless outsourcing.The company's $161.5 million in revenues was...
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