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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …