Monthly Archives: February, 2002
IEEE changes WCNC date to coincide with CTIA show
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—The Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) announced it has changed the date of its annual Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)...
MTS to pay US$85 million for blocking interest in Kuban GSM
MOSCOW—The biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) is likely to pay more than US$85 million for a blocking interest in the fourth-biggest regional carrier...
Virgin sell-off to support MVNO investments
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The proceeds from a string of disposals will be used by the owner of Virgin, Richard Branson, to develop his burgeoning mobile...
P-Com receives orders from Chinese customers
CAMPBELL, Calif.—P-Com Inc. announced $3.4 million in new orders for its point-to-point products from customers in China.The orders include the company's first order for...
Wind integrates Oberthur application platform
LOS ANGELES—Oberthur Card Systems announced its SIMphonIC Application Loader and Manager platform has been integrated into Wind's Italian mobile network, allowing Wind to remotely...
AirPrime releases CDMA wireless PC cards
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—AirPrime Inc. introduced its family of CDMA wireless personal computer cards using the cdma2000 1x and 1xEV-DO wireless standards.The PC3200 series card...
Sprint launches Integrated Construction Services unit
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint Corp. launched Sprint Integrated Construction Services, a new collection of services to be coordinated by Sprint Sites USA and Black &...
DMC Stratex proposes merger with Western Multiplex
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Western Multiplex Corp. said it received an unsolicited merger proposal from DMC Stratex Networks Inc. under which DMC proposed that Western Multiplex stockholders...
Adobe announces GoLive 6.0
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Adobe Systems Inc. announced its GoLive 6.0 software Web authoring tool.GoLive 6.0 includes the Adobe Web Workgroup Server, GoLive Dynamic Content authoring...
Wireless Matrix includes MobileDispatch with base station products
CALGARY—Wireless Matrix Corp. announced the availability of Dynamic Mobile Data's MobileDispatch suite of products and services with its Mobile Base Station.MobileDispatch uses the Internet...
Cell phones, pagers to be cheaper in India
NEW DELHI, India—Mobile-phone handsets and pagers in India will cost less, following a reduction in duties announced in the annual budget presented in the...
Brightpoint, Handspring sign distribution agreement
INDIANAPOLIS—Brightpoint Inc. announced its subsidiary Brightpoint North America L.P. has entered an agreement with Handspring Inc. to provide distribution services in the U.S. Brightpoint...
NEC will supply i-mode handsets for KPN
TOKYO—NEC will supply i-mode handsets to KPN Mobile, making it the first carrier outside Japan to offer i-mode when it introduces the service later...
Phone candy offers wireless personalization content
SHEFFIELD, U.K.—Phone Candy, part of U.K.-based digital content and animation production studio Cool Beans Productions, is now offering an international service that allows cell...
Siemens, Cambridge enter location solutions agreement
MUNICH, Germany—The Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group and Cambridge Positioning Systems announced a five-year deal under which they will cooperate to support Siemens...
Hitachi gets T9 license from Tegic
DULLES, Va.—Hitachi Ltd. has received a license from America Online Inc. subsidiary Tegic Communications to integrate its T9 Text Input software for the Spanish...
Four companies show interest in Blu
ROME—Four telecom companies have filed formal offers to buy Italian mobile-phone operator Blu, which has been for sale for about 18 months since failing...
Nokia, others form new consortium
BEIJING—Nokia Corp. and Texas Instruments, as well as 15 other Chinese and foreign companies have created a consortium to be known as Commit Inc.,...
SBA reports increased revenues with larger net loss
BOCA RATON, Fla.—SBA Communications Corp. reported increased revenues for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, but the company's net loss increased as...
Telia loses battle in GSM interconnection war
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Sweden's Telia said it was not granted a stay of execution for telecom regulator National Post and Telecom Agency's (PTS) order to reduce...
Neomar adds Intelligent Client Engine to products
SAN FRANCISCO—Wireless enterprise software solution developer Neomar announced enhanced versions of its Neomar Enterprise Server software and Neomar Microbrowser with Intelligent Client Engine (ICE)...
‘Weakest Link’ to come to mobile phones
LONDON—Orange has partnered with BBC Multimedia and Digital Bridges to bring the television show "The Weakest Link" to mobile-phone users in Europe.The mobile version...
Tension continues over proposed HP, Compaq merger
NEW YORK—Barely three weeks to voting day, the tension between the Hewlett-Packard Co. and the founding family has heightened as the executives of the...
Singapore’s SingTel, M1 launch new price plans
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Singapore's two leading cellular operators recently launched new price plans to attract new customers and retain existing ones. Both SingTel and MobileOne (M1)...
Bouygues Telecom chooses Comverse MMS platform
WOODBURY, N.Y.—France's Bouygues Telecom said it has chosen Comverse's Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMSC) to run on its GPRS network.The MMSC platform allows multimedia...
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