Yearly Archives: 2001

Relm signs OEM agreement with Shenzhen HYT

WEST MELBOURNE, Florida, United States—Relm Wireless, which manufactures, develops and distributes wireless land mobile radio products, announced an original equipment manufacturer agreement with Shenzhen...

Moxze releases SMS game for Chinese users

BEIJING—Moxze released a new interactive short message service (SMS) game for Chinese mobile users, hoping to tap into the potentially huge Chinese mobile market.Moxze's...

Banda 26 evaluates Radiant fixed wireless technology

LONDON—Banda 26, a subsidiary of broadband provider Jazztel Group, said it is evaluating technology from Radiant Networks for broadband fixed wireless access.

Operators urged to adopt D2’s SMS example

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The 50 short message service (SMS) content channels being offered by the German cell-phone operator D2 Vodafone are being seen as the...

Intel announces Telematics Design Center

BADEN, Germany—Intel Corp. introduced the Intel Telematics Design Center, a program that provides Web-based development and technical support for designing navigation, multimedia, hands-free and...

Nokia wins Saudi contract

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Nokia said it has won a contract from Saudi Telecom Company (STC) to supply a GSM network valued at US$200 million. The...

Oftel imposes U.K. price controls

LONDON—U.K. telecom regulator Oftel imposed price controls on the country's four mobile operators, saying British consumers would save $1.2 billion during the next four...

SchlumbergerSema, Microcell partner on m-commerce services

AUSTIN, Texas—SchlumbergerSema announced it will offer mobile commerce services to wireless carriers through a deal with Microcell i5, a subsidiary of Microcell Telecommunications.Under the...

Canadian wireless access to Internet to increase

TORONTO—Canadian household Internet accounts will average annual growth of 16 percent between year-end 2000 and 2003, down from a yearly growth of more than...

VoiceStream selects Nortel, Ericsson for GSM/EDGE

DALLAS, United States, and STOCKHOLM, Sweden—VoiceStream Wireless signed contracts with both Nortel Networks and Ericsson for its next-generation services.Nortel said it signed a US$300...

Alcatel wins US$70 million in Chinese business

PARIS—Alcatel said it won two separate GSM network expansion contracts with China Mobile subsidiaries valued at US$70 million total.Shanghai Mobile's eighth GSM expansion will...

Telkomsel selects GSM vendors

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia said it signed an agreement with Indonesian carrier Telkomsel to supply radio access network equipment and services to expand its GSM dual-band...

MoviStar implements wireless location system

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—MoviStar Puerto Rico, a joint venture between Clearcomm and Telef

Korea Telecom to introduce BREW services

SAN DIEGO, United States—Qualcomm said that Korea Telecom Freetel is the first carrier worldwide to introduce data application services based on its Binary Runtime...

Columbitech launches WVPN product

NEW YORK—Stockholm-based Columbitech began a full-scale commercial launch Sept. 28 in Europe of its wireless virtual private network product, which allows mobile device users...

Infrastructure spending to rise over next few years

BOSTON—The Yankee Group predicts that wireless infrastructure spending will increase from $99.4 billion in 2001 to a maximum of $120.2 billion in 2004 before...

Alcatel supplies Mediterranean Games network

PARIS—Alcatel said it completed the supply and installation of a GSM network for Tunisie Telecom, which covered the sports infrastructure during the XIVth Mediterranean...

Nokia, Tieto Enator enter product development agreement

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-The Finnish Competition Authorities have given the green light for Nokia Networks and TietoEnator to collaborate in developing mobile network products.Under the arrangement,...

BT takes US$728 million charge

LONDON—British Telecommunications (BT) said it will take a charge of US$728 million on investments in its half-year results. In addition, BT said it may...

Study says infrastructure spending to increase by 2004

BOSTON, United States—The Yankee Group predicted that wireless infrastructure spending will increase from US$99.4 billion in 2001 to a maximum of US$120.2 billion in...

CTIA again calls for end of spectrum caps

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must eliminate the spectrum cap as an interim measure while government and industry representatives attempt to find harmonized spectrum...

EMS Wireless receives two Brazilian qualifications

ATLANTA, United States—EMS Wireless said its Brazilian subsidiary achieved two operational milestones.Its three product lines have received certification by Brazil's national telecom agency, Anatel....

Webraska, AirFlash merge

SARATOGA, Calif.—Webraska, a provider of wireless navigation services and technologies, and AirFlash, a provider of location-based technologies and services, announced they are merging. The...

Two men arrested, another charged with conspiring to smuggle encryption

WASHINGTON—The Customs Service arrested two men and charged another with conspiring to smuggle encryption technology into China.The technology, embodied in two devices known as...

SAP for cellular phones and PDAs

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—SAP Regi
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