Yearly Archives: 2001

MobileBriefs launches audio news service via mobile

ATLANTA-MobileBriefs announced it launched a customized audio business service the company said allows users to create their own business news show and listen to...

Oberthur acquires Rapsodia Software

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...

Sendo gains Italian contract

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...

Comsearch to coordinate I.T. show frequencies

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

Chip-maker deals intended to increase mobile device processing speed

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...

Class-action filed against OmniSky for IPO

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...

Wireless carrier results healthy despite hard times

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...

Motient enters InPhonic agreement

RESTON, Va.-Motient Corp. announced a distribution agreement with InPhonic, which calls for the virtual private wireless network provider to use the Motient network...

PC-EPhone offers combination PDA phone

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...

Control of Telecom Italia changes hands

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...

Wireless messaging goes to the museum

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...

Self preservation

It was a pretty violent descent. The plane was being tossed around like an ice cube in a cocktail shaker. I decided there was...

Slowdown spreads to contract manufacturers

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...

Telus sells directory business to Verizon for $527M

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...

BTC Mobility introduces Wildfire service

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...

Horizon 3 partners with Luna

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...

Nokia to supply 3G equipment for Orange U.K.

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed $705 million contracts with Orange U.K. to supply third-generation Universal Mobile Telecommunications System and GSM network expansion...

Nokia announces Orange U.K. contract

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia said it has signed US$705 million in contracts with Orange U.K. to supply Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) and GSM network expansion...

Optimus selects Nortel for 3G equipment

LISBON, Portugal—Optimus, a subsidiary of Sonae.com and France T

Nokia signs TETRA contract in Belgium

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia has signed a contract with A.S.T.R.I.D., the Belgian public-safety and security network operator, to supply and implement a Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA)...

Wind to sell Sendo phones through retail outlets

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom—Mobile phone maker Sendo announced it signed an agreement with Italian telecommunications operator Wind Telecomunnicazioni, which calls for Wind to sell Sendo's...

Fingerprint technology aims to boost mobile e-commerce

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Consumers continue to shun mobile e-commerce because of a lack of confidence in their cell-phone operator to manage secure transactions, claimed a...

WAP 2.0 launches

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, United States—The WAP Forum officially launched the specifications for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) version 2.0, an upgrade that includes added functionality...

Siemens wins Oman contract covering rural areas

LONDON—German vendor Siemens has won a contract, worth about US$17.6 million, to design, install and integrate a GSM network and telecommunications services for rural...

Verizon upgrades some East Coast networks to 1x

BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States—While cdma2000 1x handsets are not expected to be available until the fourth quarter, Verizon Wireless upgraded its network in...
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