Yearly Archives: 2001

Nokia selects TietoEnator as R&D partner

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Networks said it has selected TietoEnator as its research and development partner effective Oct. 1.According to the terms, about 300 Nokia workers...

Verizon opens call center in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY—Verizon Wireless celebrated the opening of its newest customer service call center in West Valley City, Utah. The $42 million facility includes...

FCC set to release consumer-complaint data in mid-September

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission expects to begin releasing data on consumer complaints by the middle of next month, Rosemary Kimball, director of media relations...

NHTSA Chief says he is watching distracted driving issue

WASHINGTON—Dr. Jeffrey Runge, the newly installed administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said that NHTSA is watching closely the growing issue of...

Speedcom closes private placement

SARASOTA, Fla.—Speedcom Wireless Corp. closed an $8.4 million private placement that leaves the fixed wireless broadband products provider in the enviable position of having...

Motorola uses photolithography to create tiny chips

LOS ANGELES—Motorola Inc. has developed a product called photomasks that makes chips with integrated circuits smaller than 100 nanometers in breadth, about 10,000 times...

Synovial signs video game deal with Sega

FREMONT, Calif.—Wireless gaming company Synovial Inc. scored a major deal today with Sega of America under which the company will offer Sega's video game...

TCS completes compatibility tests with Grayson

ANNAPOLIS, Md.—TeleCommunications Systems Inc. said it successfully completed compatibility testing with Grayson Wireless' Geometrix wireless location system. The testing assures wireless carriers that the...

Kyocera to cut 20 percent of work force

TOKYO—Kyocera Corp. said it plans to cut 10,000 jobs at is branches overseas, representing 20 percent of its 51,000 work force worldwide.The company said...

Leap launches Cricket in Boise

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. launched it Cricket wireless service in Boise, Idaho, allowing customers to make unlimited local wireless calls for a fixed...

Hitachi denies rumor of DRAM plant closing

TOKYO—Hitachi Ltd. denied reports that it had decided to shut down its plant that makes dynamic random-access memory chips.A news report also had said...

China’s Development Planning Commission approves 19 CDMA handset firms

BEIJING, China—China's state Development Planning Commission said it has approved 19 firms to make CDMA handsets to cater to part of its 120.6 million...

Nokia remains market leader despite slip in market share

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. has lost some of its market share in the handset business, while L.M. Ericsson has climbed up to the No. 3...

IDC study shows 3-percent drop in phone sales

FRAMINGTON, Mass.—IDC said phone sales have dropped three percent this year, a reflection of what it described as the ongoing IT recession in the...

AirGate, iPCS agree to merge operations

ATLANTA—Sprint Network Partners AirGate PCS Inc. and iPCS Inc. have agreed to merge their operations in a deal valued at nearly $900 million.The deal...

Lucent makes cdma2000 products commercially available

MURRAY HILL, New Jersey, United States—Lucent Technologies claims it is the first vendor in North America and one of the first worldwide to make...

Vodafone sells Shinsegi stake to SK Telecom

LONDON—Vodafone Group plc reported it is selling its 11.68-percent equity stake in Korean telecommunications company Shinsegi Telecomm Inc. for an undisclosed amount to SK...

Flextronics to acquire Telecom Global

SINGAPORE—Flextronics International Ltd. said it plans to acquire Telecom Global Solutions Inc., which provides wireless networks and radio-frequency consulting services for the wireless telecommunications...

Yaahteh, North/South to provide network to Navajo Nation

PHOENIX—Under a strategic partnership, Yaahteh Communications L.L.C., a majority Navajo-owned company, and North/South Communications Corp. will work to provide a telecommunications network to the...

MIGway to offer Hotmail access in Europe

LONDON—Just days after the initial launch of MIGway, the new joint venture between TDC Mobile International and CMG Wireless Data Solutions, the companies announced...

Tele2 to offer MVNO services in the Netherlands

NEW YORK—Tele2 AB, formerly NetCom AB, today said it will be the first mobile virtual network operator in the Netherlands under an agreement with...

TDC Mobile, CMG announce plans for pan-European WAP gateway

NEIUWEGEIN, the Netherlands—TDC Mobile International and CMG Wireless Data Solutions announced their plans to create a pan-European revenue-sharing WAP gateway, which the companies said...

Major Russian carrier buys operators in Urals, Siberia, Far East

MOSCOW—Major Russian Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) carrier said it had completed a deal to buy an 81-percent stake in the Telecom 900 Company, which has...

GSM Kazakhstan claims lead in cellular subscriber numbers

BUCHAREST, Romania—GSM Kazakhstan announced that it has the largest mobile communications subscriber base in Kazakhstan with 330.000 subscribers. The company, operating under the brand...

Turkcell launches SurfCell service

ISTANBUL, Turkey—Turkish mobile carrier Turkcell today said it will launch its new mobile Internet service, SurfCell for WAP and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)...
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