Yearly Archives: 2001

Mitsubishi to offer speech recognition phones

NEW YORK-Mitsubishi Electric Telecom Europe, the sixth largest handset maker, this month will introduce its new Trium series of mobile phones, incorporating into two...

French government sweetens 3G license terms

PARIS—The French government has dramatically reduced its upfront cost of third-generation (3G) licenses and extended the license terms to 20 years from 15 years.The...

NGame, Telus Mobility partner for games

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.—nGame Ltd. announced a new partnership with Telus Mobility to provide eleven wireless games for Telus subscribers with web-enabled mobile phones.The games are:...

Toshiba, Matsushita enter JV for LCD business

TOKYO—Toshiba Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. have announced a joint venture for liquid crystal display and next-generation display businesses for personal digital...

Jataayu releases WAP 2.0

BANGALORE, India—Jataayu Software released WAP 2.0, the company's gateway and browser software that meets the WAP Forum's specifications for the second generation of Wireless...

Ericsson to cut 2,000 jobs

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

Vodafone to lay off 600 U.K. staff

LONDON—Vodafone Group said it will cut about 600 jobs in the United Kingdom by January. The world's largest mobile carrier said it does not...

NTT DoCoMo issues bonds

NEW YORK—In its fourth debt deal of the year NTT DoCoMo Inc., Tokyo, plans to pay off maturing short-term debt with a new issue...

Sirius CEO steps down

NEW YORK—Sirius Satellite Radio said David Margolese has stepped down as chief executive officer of the company and his duties will be assumed on...

Mentor Graphics to use Infowave solution

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Infowave Software announced that Mentor Graphics has purchased its Infowave Wireless Business Engine and will deploy it in its European operations.Mentor Graphics will...

Convergys, Logica demo prepaid solution at UMTS Congress

CINCINNATI—Convergys Corp. and Logica plan to demonstrate an integrated prepaid and postpaid billing system this week at the 2001 UMTS Congress in Barcelona.According to...

Siemens, Motorola JV talks on hold

NEW YORK—Siemens AG and Motorola Inc. have halted their joint-venture talks for now, according to the Wall Street Journal.The report says no significant announcements...

Hong Kong carrier to use SmartServ SMS app.

STAMFORD, Conn.—SmartServ Online Inc. announced it will provide its SmartServQ wireless SMS application to a major wireless service provider in Hong Kong.SmartServQ provides subscribers...

Lucent appoints Bell Labs president

MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has appointed Bill O'Shea as president of Bell Labs and chief technology officer.He replaced Arun Netravvali, who...

Bluetooth SIG releases Hands-Free Profile

NEW YORK—The Bluetooth Special Interest Group Inc.'s Car Working Group released a definition for how Bluetooth wireless technology will enable hands-free use of mobile...

Marconi meets estimates

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

Matsushita expects net loss

TOKYO—Matsushita Electric Industrial Co says its expects a net loss of $560 million in the second half of this year, 50 percent more than...

Report forecasts telematics ten-year growth

NEW YORK—Telematics has the potential to create $20 billion to $40 billion in revenues during the next ten years, according to a recently released...

Carriers, gov’t, NextWave reach deal

WASHINGTON—All of the principles in the negotiations for bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.'s PCS C- and F-block license have signed off on a concept agreement...

Leading vendors create SALT forum

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—A broad spectrum of technology companies, including Cisco Systems Inc., Comverse Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp., Philips Speech Processing and SpeechWorks International...

Certicom ships VPN 2.0

HAYWARD, Calif.—Certicom Inc. says it is shipping its virtual private network solution called movian VPN 2.0 for wireless devices using 802.11b, or WiFi, networks."movian...

Sierra Wireless beats 3Q expectations

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Sierra Wireless Inc. posted better than expected third-quarter numbers, noting the introduction of new products during the fourth quarter should help it...

Singapore regulator establishes m-commerce trials

SINGAPORE—Singapore's telecom regular Infocomm Development Authority has selected four consortia to trial mobile payment solutions through a $11 million initiative.The trials will run from...

Extended Systems, Compaq enter agreement

BOISE, Idaho—Extended Systems signed an agreement with Compaq Global Services allowing Compaq to resell Extended's XTNDConnect Server software as part of its mobile solutions...

NMS acquires Lucent voice business

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—NMS Communications announced it has acquired Lucent Technologies' voice enhancement and echo cancellation business.According to the agreement, expected to close by year-end, NMS...
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