Yearly Archives: 2001

ITA postpones Private Wireless conference

ARLINGTON, Va.—The Industrial Telecommunications Association has postponed until further notice the Private Wireless Spectrum Management Conference and Exposition that was scheduled for Sept. 19-22...

Cingular donates phones, deploys portable base stations

WASHINGTON—Cingular Wireless said has donated 1,500 mobile phones and dispatched portable base stations to aid search and rescue operations in connection with terrorist attacks...

Brightpoint signs agreement with Interactive Intelligence

INDIANAPOLIS—Brightpoint North America L.P., subsidiary of Brightpoint Inc., has agreed to market, sell and support Interactive Intelligence Inc.'s new wireless application gateway product, Mobilite...

FCC approves Space Data technology

PHOENIX—Space Data Corp.'s balloon-based technology has been approved by the FCC, which the company said will allow it to use the nationwide spectrum license...

Moody’s reaffirms TeleCorp rating, changes outlook to negative

NEW YORK—Citing plans by TeleCorp PCS Inc. to deploy a "GSM overlay network in the near future" at the same time as its cash...

Nokia expects 4Q drop

NEW YORK—Nokia Corp. said its third quarter earnings will match its earlier expectations, but its sales for the quarter will drop due to delays...

Nextel extends condolences, loans phones

RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communication Inc. released a statement shortly after the incidents of September 11 extending condolences to anyone affected by the tragic events and...

Valence announces GPS IC is now available

SALT LAKE CITY—Valence Semiconductor announced its VS7001 integrated circuit for GPS applications is now available. "The VS7001 represents a milestone in GPS design engineering...

Rogers Wireless votes no on transaction

TORONTO—Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. shareholders have voted not to approve a transaction in which Rogers Communications Inc. would acquire all outstanding class B restricted...

Wavecom names DCInextech a distributor

SAN DIEGO—Digital wireless standard modules developer Wavecom Inc., subsidiary of Wavecom SA of France, announced DCInextech will be the new distributor for its GSM/GPRS...

Hughes shows products at I.T. show

SAN DIEGO—India's Hughes Software Systems showcased several next-generation software solutions at CTIA's trade show this week.The company displayed its Mobile Application Part (MAP) protocol...

TI ships C64x series DSP

NEW YORK-Texas Instruments has begun commercial shipments of its TMS320C64x Digital Signal Processor core, which operates at up to 600 MHz and consumes less...

Metro Networks to supply information updates to Leap

SAN DIEGO—The Telephone Entertainment Network of Leap Wireless International Inc., San Diego, has contracted to obtain information updates from the Metro Networks subsidiary of...

TIW reports on note tender

MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless Inc. (TIW) said the holders of its senior discount notes due 2007 have tendered 99.9 percent of the outstanding notes in...

I.T. Show still on, today’s keynote cancelled

SAN DIEGO—Amid the horror of yesterday's terrorist attacks in New York City and the nation's capital, CTIA's Wireless I.T. conference in San Diego is...

Cingular works to bolster coverage in D.C.

Cingular this morning said its network is operating normally following yesterday's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon...

Verizon reports on network status

NEW YORK—Verizon said its wireless network experienced congestion due to heavy calling in the aftermath of yesterday's terrorist attack on the World Trade Center...

DoCoMo plans to increase speed

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo announced it plans to increase the speed of its i-mode and DoPa mobile Internet services by almost 20 Kbps and hopes to...

Summus BlueFuel available

RALEIGH, N.C.—High Speed Net Solutions Inc. (d/b/a Summus) announced its BlueFuel Image media module for Qualcomm's BREW platform is now available.According to Summus, BlueFuel...

KPN chief steps down

AMSTERDAM—Dutch carrier KPN Telecom's chief executive Paul Smits stepped down early this week, most likely as a result of the company's failure to cut...

Verizon Wireless loses 11 sites in attacks

WASHINGTON—Verizon Wireless lost 11 cell sites in the attacks on Tuesday in New York and at the Pentagon but service has generally been restored...

Nextel donates phones

WASHINGTON—Nextel Communications Inc. said it donated 1,500 mobile phones to public safety and law enforcement officials in New York, Washington, D.C., and Boston in...

FCC commends communications industry

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission today said the communications industry is doing a heroic effort to keep the nation's wireless, TV and wireline systems operating."I...

Metrocall’s Jacoby among attack victims

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Steven D. "Jake" Jacoby, chief operating officer and executive vice president of wireless messaging company Metrocall Inc., was on board American Airlines Flight...

Zucotto licenses Sun technology

SAN DIEGO—Zucotto Wireless Inc. recently announced its has licensed Sun Microsystems' Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) technology for its XPRESSOcore processor family.With the...
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