November 2002

NEW ORLEANS-Infrastructure services provider Morrison Hershfield released the DualPole, a new tower reinforcement solution, at the recent 2002 Tower Summit & Trade Show. The DualPole provides additional colocation capacity on …

BEIJING, China-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has replaced 65 of China Unicom’s CDMA base stations with cdma2000 1x in a single day in Shanghai province. The swap-out took place swiftly …

NEW YORK-Zingy, a New York-based mobile entertainment provider, has entered into an agreement with Microsoft Corp. to provide MSN members with access to content that includes ringtones, screen logos, group …

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-ARM Ltd. and M-Systems, Kfar Saba, Israel, have signed a technology collaboration agreement under which M-Systems’ SuperMAP cryptographic coprocessors will be optimized for use with the ARM SecureCore family …

FRANKFURT, Germany-Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded French vendor Alcatel’s senior debt ratings to B1 from Ba1, reflecting the company’s dwindling revenue flow, the need to downsize and lack of financial …

TOKYO-Matsushita Electric Industrial and Nokia announced they would jointly develop a platform for letting a mobile handset and an audio visual (AV) device communicate with each other. Following the agreement, …

TOKYO-Japan’s four mobile-phone operators announced plans to conduct a joint study on the possible biological effects of exposure to radio waves from mobile-phone systems. The four companies-NTT DoCoMo Inc., KDDI …

NEW YORK-The Liberty Alliance Project has released for public review on its Web site at www.projectliberty.org a draft of specifications for an open, interoperable standard for federated network identity for …

CARACAS, Venezuela-Lucent Technologies Inc. says carrier Movilnet has launched its cdma2000 1x voice and data network using its equipment, software and services. “Movilnet’s subscribers will be able to access the …

PLANO, Texas-Describing the product as the first chip that integrates CDMA and wireless local area network solutions in a single device, SyChip said Cyberbank Corp. has integrated the SyChip WLAN6060EB …

KISHINEV, Moldova-Biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) failed to win a place in the wireless market of Moldova as its major shareholder, Sistema Financial Corporation, and the Moldovan government disagreed …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Independent News and Media has strengthened its retail distribution presence through the acquisition of U.K. mobile services group M4. The deal was concluded through the company’s wireless application service …

MANILA, The Philippines-Digital Telecommunications (Digitel) expects to launch its cellular service business by the end of the month, according to the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), the Philippines’ telecom watchdog. NTC’s …

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OXFORD, United Kingdom-As calls grow for the large-scale consolidation of European-based cell-phone operators, at the top of many financial analysts’ list is U.K.-based MmO2. While the company recently announced better-than-expected …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an attempt to bring some order into the chaotic and extended fight over mobile payment standards, the European Union (EU) has stepped in and said it will …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Namibian mobile telephony market is expected to witness the entrance of a second operator within 12 months. Gabes Shihepo, deputy information minister, said in a speech the …

NEW DELHI, India-The Indian government’s plan to set up a “super regulator” along the lines of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) got a boost, with the Parliament’s Standing Committee …

BONN, Germany-T-Mobile has expanded its U.S.-originated wireless local area network strategy to Europe, rolling out the service in hot spots in Germany and Austria. The service is currently available in …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said more than 5 million gpsOne-enabled wireless devices are now in commercial use in Japan, South Korea and the United States, making it the most widely deployed …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia recently announced two contracts for its TETRA network using IP technology. Nokia will join with Moratel to implement the TETRA system in Morocco. TETRA will be the first …

LONDON-Intec Telecom Systems said it acquired L.M. Ericsson’s Settler interconnect billing product unit for a cash amount of $5.1 million. The deal also allows Intel to develop and market the …

BEIJING-Treo mobile phone/personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc. announced it will sell its Treo 270 device in China through a new partnership with CEC Telecom Co. Ltd. and GrandTech. “The …

BEIJING-Already the largest mobile-phone market in the world with more than 190 million subscribers at the end of September, China is gearing up to introduce third generation (3G) services on …