Yearly Archives: 2001

Nokia to supply KPN with WLAN products

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. says it has agreed to supply KPN with its Nokia Gateway products for the operator's wireless LAN networks."With the Nokia WLAN...

TeleComputing releases PDA solution

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—TeleComputing has released its new Mobile Services Powered by TECOS, a hosted application solution that enables service providers to deploy services that...

Air2Web gets USF contract

ATLANTA—The University of South Florida plans to use Air2Web's wireless platform to extend wireless services to students, faculty and staff beginning in January 2002.The...

AT&T launches GPRS in Fla.

MIAMI—AT&T Wireless launched GSM/GPRS service in several markets in Florida covering more than 11 million potential customers from Daytona Beach through South Dade County...

Comverse, NEC enter contract

WOODBURY, N.Y.—Comverse Technology says it has agreed to provide NEC System Integration & Construction Ltd. with network communications products in Japan."When selecting a system...

PCIA gives community awards

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA) announced six annual awards given to individuals and companies for outstanding contributions to their communities through the...

Bar Association to hold charity auction

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Bar Association will hold its 12th annual charity auction this week to benefit inner city schools here. Auction proceeds will go...

SkyGo adds content providers

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Wireless marketing company SkyGo Inc. announced five additional content providers have joined the SkyGo Mobile Advertising Network, including CBS MarketWatch.com, ESPN.com, Hoover's...

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...

KDDI hits 10 million mobile subscribers

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—Japanese mobile operator KDDI announced the 10 millionth mobile subscriber on its cdmaOne network has registered. The network, Japan's first CDMA digital...

Nokia, Sony cooperate on open middleware platform

LAS VEGAS—Nokia Corp. and Sony Corp. announced they are developing an open and common middleware platform with the intent of achieving interoperability between mobile...

Telephia to acquire Mspect

SAN FRANCISCO—Telephia Inc. will acquire Mspect and add the company's short messaging service QoS monitoring capabilities to the Telephia Wireless Data Network and Application...

Go Prepaid expands prepaid card line

TORONTO—Go Prepaid Inc. announced it has added Telus' Talk & Surf Card to its line of prepaid card solutions.The Telus Talk & Surf Card...

Iridium, Icarus premiere satellite communication system

ARLINGTON, Va.—Iridium Satellite L.L.C. and Icarus Instruments Inc. announced the availability of the SatTalk II, a satellite-based aeronautical voice and data communications system.All voice...

China Mobile signs Nortel for backbone networks

BEIJING—Nortel Networks said it won an approximately US$18 million contract to provide optical long-haul backbone networks to enhance the speed of China Mobile's GSM...

Vodafone opens Beijing representative office

BEIJING—U.K.-based Vodafone opened a representative office in Beijing on 9 November. Foreign operators must have a representative office for three years before they can...

Media giant unveils mobile services division

OXFORD, United Kingdom—News International, the vast media organization with outlets in most major countries, is preparing to unveil its proprietary mobile content delivery platform...

China to set up satellite carrier

BEIJING—By the end of the year, China will set up a new telecom carrier, the China Telecommunications Satellite Group Corporation, by merging the satellite...

Hutchison to demonstrate streaming services

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, United States—Luxxon announced Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) purchased its Mediator Streaming System, which Luxxon said will allow the carrier to demonstrate...

AT&T Wireless, Level 3 sign contract

BROOMFIELD, Colo.—Level 3 Communications Inc. signed an agreement with AT&T Wireless to provide network services, including private line circuits to provide transport for its...

Telstra and China Unicom expand cooperation

BEIJING—Australia's Telstra and China Unicom have signed a memorandum of understanding to further explore business opportunities covering fixed and wireless services, including voice and...

US Unwired reports subscriber figures

LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired Inc. added 35,107 personal communications services subscribers during the third quarter, ahead of the 14,574 customers added last year and...

8 million CDMA handsets to be sold in China in 2002

BEIJING—Qualcomm expects that 4 million to 8 million CDMA-based handsets will be sold in China in 2002. Worldwide, the figure is forecasted to be...

Sony Ericsson, MobileAria partner for in-vehicle Bluetooth solution

RALEIGH, North Carolina, United States—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and MobileAria announced a partnership to promote in-vehicle Bluetooth adoption.MobileAria said it will support and market...

GMPCS operators in India to share 10 % revenue

NEW DELHI, India—The Indian government has decided to award licenses for Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) services for a period of 20...
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