Monthly Archives: April, 2002
Brightpoint seeks reverse stock split to meet minimum bid price
INDIANAPOLIS—Brightpoint Inc. received notice from Nasdaq that it is not meeting the required $1 minimum bid price, and consequently Brightpoint is submitting for stockholder...
RMG introduces wireless bridge system for Ethernet LANs
SAN JOSE, Calif.—RadioLAN Marketing Group (RMG) released its Campus BridgeLINK Lite system, an all-in-one wireless bridge that interconnects Ethernet local-area networks.The new product is...
WorldCom CEO steps down
CLINTON, Mass.—Bernard Ebbers resigned his position as president, chief executive officer and director of WorldCom Inc. The resignation came as WorldCom's stock had fallen...
Rogers AT&T signs roaming agreement with NMI Mobility
CALGARY, Alberta—Rogers AT&T Wireless signed a roaming agreement with NMI Mobility to provide Rogers' customers in Northwestern Canada with extended wireless coverage when travelling...
ReefEdge launches broadband wireless data solution
FORT LEE, N.J.—ReefEdge Inc. released its ReefEdge Service Provider Solution (SPS), a solution that allows service providers to offer broadband wireless data services to...
AT&T Wireless adds shopping application to mMode
LOS ANGELES—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. continued to bolster the content available on its mMode wireless data service through a new deal with PriceGrabber, which...
Geoworks approved to trade on Nasdaq SmallCap Market
EMERYVILLE, Calif.—Geoworks Corp. said Nasdaq approved the company's request to have its common stock traded on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market starting in May.Geoworks recently...
Red-M announces in-building technology
LONDON—Red-M announced a new in-building mobile voice strategy and roadmap that it believes will reduce call costs, lower voice infrastructure costs and improve employee...
Symbol wins patent 802.11-related patent
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.—Symbol Technologies Inc. has been awarded a patent for its technology, which enables wireline telephony features like caller I.D. and call forwarding, transfer...
Vialto releases Server for Carriers
ORLANDO—Vialto Corp. released it Vialto Server for Carriers, which allows carriers to offer subscription services to business professionals.Vialto Server for Carriers, which complements the...
Ericsson expands CDMA contract in China
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson AB said it expanded its original CDMA equipment and services agreement with China Unicom under a $55 million contract. The contract covers...
Nokia wins 3G contract in Austria
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia said it won a contract as the sole supplier of Hutchison 3G Austria's third-generation network. The value of the contract was not...
India’s Reliance selects ADC’s convergent billing
MINNEAPOLIS—ADC said that India's Reliance Industries Ltd. has chose its convergent billing platform for its wireless, broadband, wireline and data services.Reliance plans to use...
Atlas licenses Oz product for SMS services
MONTREAL—SMS content aggregator and SMS operator Atlas Telecom Mobile (ATM) has licensed Oz Communications Inc.'s Mobile Communities Solution to power its SMS-based content services....
DoCoMo halts sales of i-mode phone model
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it halted sales of the Mova R211i mobile phone because of a technical problem. Due to a software bug, the...
ITouch settles name dispute with HiTouch
DUBLIN, Ireland—International media group Independent News & Media has settled a case taken against its subsidiary iTouch by digital media firm HiTouch. U.K.-based wireless...
Telenor to sell two Russian subsidiaries
MOSCOW—The Norwegian Telenor is going to sell two of its Russian subsidiaries, and the second-biggest Russian carrier Vimpelcom, in which Telenor holds a major...
Trexta to produce Nokia accessories
SAN DIEGO—Trexta announced it will manufacture and distribute carrying solutions for Nokia phones in the Americas.Trexta carrying case accessories, which will be designed and...
Roadpost partners with SatCom for Iridium products
LAS VEGAS—Roadpost Inc. announced a partnership through which it will offer Iridium communications products to SatCom Systems' customer base.Roadpost offers global communications solutions, like...
Nokia to expand network in China
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it signed a GSM expansion agreement with Chinese mobile operator Zhejiang Mobile Communications Corp., as well as equipment for trials...
STMicroelectronics releases DSP memory for wireless devices
GENEVA—STMicroelectronics says it has introduced its third digital signal processor memory, the 4-Mbit Flash DSM2150F5, for wireless devices. The product simplifies product manufacturing, testing...
Telia transfers paging business
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Sweden's Telia Mobile announced that it transfered its Minicall paging service to Generic Mobile Systems, which will begin running the service. Telia said...
Tecnomen, Sony Ericsson say MMS products interoperable
HELSINKI, Finland—Tecnomen and Sony Ericsson announced the successful completion of interoperability tests between Tecnomen's Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) Centre and Sony Ericsson's T68i MMS-enabled...
Rogers AT&T covers 90% of Canada
REGINA, Saskatchewan—Rogers AT&T completed the installation of its GSM/GPRS network across its Saskatchewan coverage area, and said it currently covers more than 90 percent...
Alltel plans $1.25B offering to fund acquisitions
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. said it plans to offer $1.25 billion in publicly traded equity units next week, with proceeds from the sale helping...