2001

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—Superconductor Technologies Inc. has filed an answer and counterclaim to ISCO International Inc.’s complaint filed July 17 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The ISCO complaint alleges that STI’s SuperFilter product infringes its U.S. …

DETROIT—The recent and well-publicized crackdown on mobile-phone use and driver safety and the official launch of its “personal calling” service prompted OnStar to release last week what it claims is significant proof that using the OnStar system while driving a …

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.—Starfish Software, which provides synchronization and infrastructure solutions for the wireless Internet, announced it has been granted a patent for its method of providing simultaneous synchronization of two or more clients in a data processing environment.Specifically, Starfish said …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—L.M. Ericsson said it has decided to acquire the remaining 19 percent of its joint venture EHPT from Hewlett-Packard Co. in order to enhance its third-generation billing and business support systems. EHPT’s activities will be incorporated into Ericsson’s operations …

MUNICH, Germany—Siemens AG won a $256 million contract from Brazilian operator Telemar to supply and install GSM networks in six major cities in the northeast of Brazil.The contact, which will last two years, will cover a population of 26 million.

MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is the first vendor in North America and one of the first worldwide to make its third-generation cdma2000 equipment and software available for commercial launch.“Mobile operators that upgrade their current-generation networks to cdma2000 …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Walt Disney Internet Group today said the company’s wireless content will be distributed to Taiwanese mobile users under an agreement announced today with Taiwan Cellular Corp.Starting in October, the Disney Mobile service in Taiwan will offer wireless logos, …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Hybrid Networks Inc. announced that Andrew Corp. will provide Winbeam Inc., a Pittsburgh-based Internet service provider, with Hybrid’s head-end system and routers to deliver wireless broadband service to small and mid-size businesses in Altoona, Pa.Hybrid’s system will support …

HONG KONG-Motorola Inc. and Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Ltd. announced the commercial launch of a second-generation dual-band wireless network in Macau, a special administrative territory of the People’s Republic of China. Motorola said it has installed macro and micro GSM …

ALBANY, N.Y.—IWO Holdings Inc., a Sprint PCS Network Partner, said it added 11,006 net subscribers during the second quarter, ended June 30, ending the quarter with 102,598 subscribers. Customer churn dropped from 2.73 percent during the second quarter to 2.04 …

SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France—The European Telecommunications Standards Institute reported 440 engineers from 89 companies in 20 countries attended the sixth Bluetooth UnPlugFest in France. ETSI noted nearly half of the attendees came from Europe, with 30 percent from North America and …

MONROE, La.—CenturyTel Inc. filed a lawsuit against Alltel Corp., claiming Alltel made false and misleading statements to promote its takeover bid of CenturyTel.The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, seeks to keep Alltel …

HAWTHORNE, N.Y.—NextWave Telecom Inc. reported UBS Warburg has committed to provide the company with $2.5 billion in debt financing to fund the construction of its planned nationwide third-generation wireless network. UBS Warburg will also serve as NextWave’s financial adviser and …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—Motorola Inc. said it might sell off its chip unit if it does not generate sufficient profit within an unspecified time period, according to Ed Gams, the company’s director of investor relations.“No segment of the company is sacred …

LISLE, Ill.—Tellabs has announced about 1,000 job cuts, closure of two facilities and reduction of operating expenses as part of its effort to “align its expenses with reduced spending by major communications carriers.”“As we go forward, we are concentrating resources …

MELBOURNE, Australia—Australian wireless carrier Telstra Corp. quickly backtracked on a plan to push advertisements to its subscribers after Australia’s communications minister harshly criticized the move.Telstra recently sent its MobileNet subscribers a message advertising a new service. Customers were charged 12 …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint Corp. said underwriters of its recent offering of 70 million shares of series 1 Sprint PCS common stock and 60 million equity units exercised their 15 percent overallotment options in full, bringing the total raised through the …

WASHINGTON—A new congressional report concludes more analysis is needed before reaching a decision on whether the Department of Defense should be forced to surrender the 1700 MHz band to mobile-phone companies for third-generation wireless systems, warning that a rush to …

DUESSELDORF, Germany—German prosecutors are investigating whether executives of Vodafone Group plc and Mannesmann received illegal compensation from the companies’ $180 billion merger, according to the Associated Press.Prosecutors said in a statement they were looking at both Vodafone executive Chris Gent …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—In another vote of support for Intel Corp.’s Personal Internet Client Architecture initiative, Compaq Computer Corp. said it will work with Intel on PCA-based devices running on current and next-generation networks.The announcement comes a day after operating-system designer …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. and Nortel Networks said they have successfully conducted an end-to-end, live third-generation cdma2000 1x mobile Internet Protocol call in Nortel’s lab in Richardson, Texas.“This call demonstrated the expanded data capabilities of 3G wireless networks and the ability …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Verizon Wireless introduced an account management service for customers in Oregon and Washington allowing access to account balance information and airtime usage free of charge from their wireless handsets.The service allows subscribers to dial #BAL and then send to …

GOTEBORG, Sweden—WirelessCar is partnering with Aether Systems Inc. to create a telematics platform capable of supporting a range of wireless networks, standards and protocols, the companies said.WirelessCar’s universal telematics network will be combined with Aether Fusion, a foundation for wireless …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Under an agreement announced today, Mexican wireless carrier Telcel licensed Pumatech Inc.’s Browse-it software to give its Palm OS users the ability to surf Web content in HTML format, both on and offline.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—L.M. Ericsson said it has licensed its technology for smart card transactions over the mobile Internet to France-based Xiring, which designs and markets personal card readers and secures transaction solutions for consumers.“Xiring and Ericsson share the same vision of …