Yearly Archives: 2001

U.S. 700 MHz auction rescheduled again

WASHINGTON-Yet again the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rescheduled the auction of spectrum licenses being made available by the television transition to digital to...

Report: Roaming to hamper postpaid card market

LONDON—Frost & Sullivan has released a report stating that roaming could further hamper the expansion of Europe's postpaid calling card market. In fact, postpaid...

SmartServ wins Hong Kong contract

STAMFORD, Connecticut, United States—SmartServ Online announced it will provide its SmartServQ wireless short message service (SMS) application to a major wireless service provider in...

Ericsson announces 2,000 work force reduction

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson has announced 2,000 job cuts as part of what it describes as its efficiency program in response to the slowdown in the...

Samsung, China’s Kejian to jointly produce CDMA handsets

BEIJING—South Korea's Samsung Electronics plans to join Kejian and two other Chinese companies to set up a joint venture in China's southern city of...

Siemens to provide GPRS network in China

MUNICH, Germany—Siemens said China Mobile selected it as a major supplier to expand its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-based mobile Internet services in nine...

Monaco Telecom selects Portal Software billing system

CUPERTINO, California, United States—Portal Software said that Monaco Telecom is deploying its Infranet customer management and billing platform to supply GSM and later third-generation...

Jordan’s MobileCom announces new GSM services

BUCHAREST, Romania—MobileCom announced it will showcase some of its latest mobile services at METS 2001, being held from 23-27 October. MobileCom will offer hands-on...

Sharp partners with SOMA for next-generation devices

TOKYO-Sharp and SOMA, a U.S.-based venture, tied-up over the next-generation wireless communications business. Based on the agreement, Sharp will provide "several million" U.S. dollars...

Standards body sets ‘global circulation’ standards

TOKYO-An international standards body agreed on methods to support the unrestricted movement of third-generation (3G) terminals, called global circulation. The sixth meeting of the...

Marconi meets third-quarter estimates

LONDON-European vendor Marconi said its third-quarter results met its projections with an operating profit of US$7.5 million.The company, which announced the resignation of its...

Forum formed to develop wireless Web services

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, United States-A broad spectrum of technology companies, including Cisco Systems, Comverse, Intel, Microsoft, Philips Speech Processing and SpeechWorks International, agreed to...

Lucent demonstrates 1x in China

SHANGHAI, China—Lucent Technologies said it has demonstrated its first cdma2000 1x call for voice and data in China.Lucent said it is collaborating with China...

Ericsson garners GSM contract in Thailand

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it won a GSM network expansion order from Thailands' AIS mobile operator worth US$60 million. The order covers network infrastructure and...

Holley Group acquires CDMA technology from Philips

BEIJING-The U.S. subsidiary of China's largest electric meter producer, the Holley Group based in the eastern province of Zhejiang, has acquired the design operations...

Cable & Wireless monopoly to end in Barbados

DENVER, United States—The Barbados government has agreed with Cable & Wireless for the U.K.-based telecom company to give up its monopoly on telecom services...

Mexico’s Alestra expands its broadband wireless network

TEL AVIV, Israel—Alvarion said Mexico's Alestra is deploying its base stations and terminal equipment in the 10.5 GHz frequency band. The equipment will address...

CANTV board offers repurchase plan

CARACAS, Venezuela—CANTV's board of directors agreed on a plan to repurchase 15 percent of its stock at US$30 per American Depositary Receipt (ADR) to...

TI, AMD warn of more losses

DALLAS-Texas Instruments and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. posted quarterly losses, while warning of more losses in the next quarter.TI posted a net loss of...

Ericsson wins GSM contract in Thailand

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it won a GSM network expansion order from Thailands' AIS mobile operator worth US$60 million. The order covers network infrastructure and...

TI unveils power supply solution

DALLAS-Texas Instruments has unveiled a power supply solution that offers low noise for personal digital assistants and other handheld devices.The new 1.8-volt input low...

Schema launches network planning product

ROCHELLE PARK, N.J.—Schema launched its UMTS OptiPlanner network planning product as part of its network optimization solution designed to allow operators to plan third-generation...

WatchMark to work with Motorola on service assurance software

BELLEVUE, Wash.—WatchMark Corp., a provider of service assurance products, said it will begin working with Motorola Inc. to provide Verizon Wireless with service assurance...

Companies target business leaders with mobile computing seminars

ATLANTA—Some of the top companies in the wireless space are planning a nationwide series of seminars to educate business leaders on the critical components...

AirGate proxy statement declared effective

ATLANTA—AirGate PCS Inc. reported the Securities and Exchange Commission declared effective the proxy statement for its proposed merger with fellow Sprint PCS Network Partner...
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