Yearly Archives: 2001

724 lays off 350, lowers revenue projections

TORONTO—Canadian Internet infrastructure software company 724 Solutions is reacting to the tepid wireless environment by laying off an estimated 350 employees. Third fiscal quarter...

SBA adds 210 towers in 3Q, more to come

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. said it increased its portfolio by 210 towers in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, bringing the company's total...

Paraguayan privatization draws interest from five companies

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Five companies have applied to participate in the privatization of the Paraguayan National Telecommunications Administration (Administraci

El Salvador’s Digicel contracts with Velocitel

SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR—Wireless carrier Digicel signed an agreement with Velocitel to develop its GSM network in El Salvador.The "build-to-suit" lease arrangement will allow...

Hutchison 3G signs colocation agreement with National Grid

LONDON—Hutchison 3G UK, which purchased a license to offer third-generation (3G) services in the United Kingdom last year, signed an agreement with U.K.-based electric...

Matsushita expects US$560 million loss

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

PLDT to sell mobile stake to reduce debt

MANILA, Philippines—Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) said it may sell part of its mobile-phone unit to help pay off its debt. The company plans...

Chinese operators expect further subscriber growth

BEIJING—Hong Kong-listed China Mobile (HK) and its parent company China Mobile Communications expect to have a combined 100 million subscribers by year-end. China Unicom,...

Vodafone increases its stake in Japan Telecom as planned

TOKYO—Vodafone Group, world's largest mobile operator, on Friday said it successfully purchased 693,368 shares, which represents 21.7 percent, of Japan Telecom. Due to the...

European awareness of ASPs high, but most not likely to implement services

LONDON—Although European awareness of application service providers (ASPs) is growing, enterprises still seem cautious to implement the services, according to a recent Frost &...

Ukraine’s CST Invest plans to launch 1x network

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Illinois, United States—Motorola said it won a contract to deploy a cdma2000 1x network for CST Invest in the Ukraine for an...

Telenor offers accelerated data service

OSLO, Norway—Telenor Mobile launched an accelerator that it said will make surfing the Internet faster when using a portable PC, personal digital assistant (PDA)...

Ukrainian court backs Daewoo in carrier conflict

KIEV, Ukraine—The Supreme Ukrainian Arbitration Court backed the South Korean Daewoo Corporation in its conflict with the Ukrainian RadioSystems (Wellcom) carrier, in which Daewoo...

Chronos begins packet data service via Globalstar network

GLOUCESTERSHIRE, United Kingdom—Chronos Technology began offering Globalstar's packet data satellite service in Europe, with the main applications being remote measurement and telemetry in remote...

Nortel Networks, T-Mobil enter contract

FRANKFURT, Germany—Nortel Networks said it has a contract with T-Mobil to supply it with its high-performance frame relay core network consisting of Passport 7480...

Microsoft signs up BT Viag for PDA initiative

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Cell-phone operator BT Viag, the German subsidiary of BT's MmO2 mobile division, said it plans to launch Microsoft's combined Pocket PC and...

KG Telecom to begin i-mode-like services next year

TOKYO—NEC said it will supply a mobile Internet platform to Taiwan's KG Telecom, which will begin its i-mode-like mobile Internet service in mid-2002. The...

Nokia expands GPRS in China nationwide

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia said it will expand its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) solution as part of a nationwide project for China Mobile Communications' network.The...

NTT to launch high-speed wireless LAN service

TOKYO—NTT East and NTT Corporation announced that they will launch a high-speed wireless local area network (LAN) service with a data transmission speed of...

Australia’s Optus announces layoffs

SYDNEY, Australia—Cable & Wireless Optus, Australia's second-largest mobile operator owned 52.8 percent by Singapore Telecommunications, said it would cut 250 staff and 100 contractors...

Orange adds 1.5 million users

PARIS—Orange, the mobile division of France T

Nokia ships GPRS solution to China Mobile

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. says it has begun supplying its GPRS solution as part of a nationwide project for China Mobile Communications Co.'s network.The network...

Critical Path updates restructuring progress

SAN FRANCISCO—Communication and messaging company Critical Path Inc. said its restructuring plan, initially announced in April, has been substantially completed and is successful."The progress...

Nokia to ship new handset in 4Q

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. rolled out a new category of handset with a music player, FM radio, messaging machine and games platform in the phone.The...

Sierra Wireless, Solectron ink agreement

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Electronics manufacturing service provider Solectron Corp. has set plans to offer Sierra Wireless design support, prototype, pilot and volume manufacturing services for...
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