2001

LOS ANGELES-June cell-phone service costs are down 3.3 percent, the largest monthly decrease seen in a year, according to Econ One’s latest cost survey. For once, the reason is not …

MOSCOW-Sonic Duo, which has the third GSM license in Moscow, finally received Extended GSM (E-GSM) frequencies for test trials, which opens a way for the start of a full commercial …

LONDON-The U.K. government has announced a plan to auction 26 fixed wireless licenses that went unsold in its original auction last November. The licenses will be placed on the auction …

BIRMINGHAM, U.K.-Microsoft has taken a stake in U.K. mobile handset newcomer Sendo Holdings. Microsoft’s smart phone platform, code named Stinger, is used on Sendo’s Z100 smart phone, set to launch …

NEW DELHI, India-The Bharti-SingTel combination has pulled out of the bidding process to acquire a stake in India’s state-owned long distance company, VSNL. The group says it will focus on …

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Taiwan plans to take third-generation license applications in the third quarter and award licenses by the end of the year. The regulator will issue five 3G licenses through an …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC has released updated third-quarter (ended July 31) earnings expectations and has laid out future plans to reduce operating expenses. The company said it now expects a loss of 5 …

DULUTH, Ga.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. released its second-quarter earnings, showing the drastic results and continued restructuring moves associated with the company’s escape from the flailing paging industry. Glenayre posted revenues from …

BOISE, Idaho-Extended Systems reported $7.9 million in net revenue for its fourth fiscal quarter ended June 30, down from the $9.8 million reported during the fourth quarter last year. Net …

DULLES, Va.-MapQuest.com announced the release of Mobile MapQuest v. 3.0, which will allow personal digital assistant users to access interactive maps anytime, anywhere, on their PDAs. The images have been …

LOS ANGELES-Oberthur Card Systems announced that with $3.3 million, it has acquired the remaining 50 percent of Rapsodia Software from French customer relationship management company, Prosodie. “We set our sights …

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-Mobile-phone maker Sendo today announced it signed an agreement with Italian telecommunications operator Wind Telecomunnicazioni, which calls for Wind to sell Sendo’s S200 phones through its retail outlets …

ASHBURN, Va.-Comsearch announced it has been selected for the fourth consecutive year as the official frequency coordinator for the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association for its upcoming Wireless I.T. & …

Two of the world’s leading chip makers last week announced deals they said would lead to the creation of faster and more efficient processors for 2.5- and third-generation mobile devices. …

NEW YORK-OmniSky Corp.’s September 2000 initial public offering of 9.1 million shares of common stock at $12 per share has led to a shareholder class-action lawsuit, which was filed late …

A trio of wireless carriers released second-quarter results last week showing ongoing strength of the industry despite the continued slowdown in the general economy. Alltel Corp.’s reliance on its wireless …

RESTON, Va.-Motient Corp. announced a distribution agreement with InPhonic, which calls for the virtual private wireless network provider to use the Motient network for data services and sell Motient’s eLink …

SAN DIEGO-Wireless start-up PC-EPhone Inc. today released its new integrated personal digital assistant/CDMA phone, a device the company said was two years in the making. The PC-EPhone initially will be …

MILAN, Italy-Control of Italy’s largest telecom company, Telecom Italia, has changed hands, with Pirelli, an Italian tire and cable company, and Edizione, the holding company for the Italian Benetton family, …

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Wireless messaging is now officially history. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History selected Motorola Inc.’s PageWriter 2000 as part of the museum’s permanent collections. Introduced Sept. 10, …

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Even the last bastion has been hit. The heat of the economic slowdown is choking contract electronics manufacturers that help the major original equipment manufacturers make their phones and infrastructure …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Telus Corp. completed the sale of its directory information services business to Verizon Information Services, a Yellow pages and online directory provider. Telus said it would use the …

WALTHAM, Mass.-BTC Mobility, a division of The Bermuda Telephone Co. Ltd., introduced Wildfire Communications Inc.’s voice-activated personal assistant service to its customers in Bermuda. The Wildfire service allows users to …

CAMPBELL, Calif.-Horizon 3, a systems integration company, announced it will partner with Luna Communications, a wireless networking solutions company, to broaden its services, product portfolio and presence. Horizon 3 will …