Yearly Archives: 2002

Wireless users willing to pay $10 or more for location capabilities

LOS ANGELES—Driscoll-Wolf Marketing & Research's latest survey on consumer interest in location-based services found, among other things, that 53 percent of those surveyed who...

W-Link chooses SiGE amplifier for Bluetooth products

OTTAWA, Ontario—SiGe Semiconductor announced its RangeCharger-based PA2423MB power amplifier has been chosen by W-Link for use with it's Class 1 Bluetooth products.SiGe's power amplifier...

Relm takes orders for tracking system

WEST MELBOURNE, Fla.—Relm Wireless Corp. announced it is now taking orders for its EarthLoc Tracking Systems, which monitor the location of individual radio users...

XtremeSpectrum encourages global UWB rules

VIENNA, Va.—XtremeSpectrum announced it plans to begin working toward the global adoption of ultra-wideband rules.To further its initiative, the company appointed Veronica "Roni" Haggart...

Roadpost adds satellite products to services mix

TORONTO—Roadpost Inc. said it will make three additions to its satellite product and services portfolio: the Iridium Global Paging Service; SatTalk II Aircraft Satellite...

Gabriel signs distribution agreement with Sabre

SCARBOROUGH, Maine—Antenna solution research and development company Gabriel announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Sabre Communications Corp. authorizing Sabre to market and...

Xora Platform 4.1 validated with Siebel

MOUNTIAN VIEW, Calif.—Xora Inc. announced the Xora Platform version 4.1 has been validated with Siebel eBusiness Applications version 6 and Siebel 7.With Siebel's validation,...

Sprint upgrades CPE-VPN offering to include wireless access

LAS VEGAS—At this week's NetWorld + Interop show in Las Vegas, Sprint announced it is upgrading its CPE-VPN offering to include wireless access for...

RF Micro Devices ships power amplifiers for GSM handsets

GREENSBORO, N.C.—RF Micro Devices Inc. said it has started to ship its RF2173 and RF2174 power amplifiers for two additional handsets of a top-tier...

TI introduces converter for wireless

TUCSON, Ariz.-Texas Instruments said it has introduced a 14-bit, 62-MSPS CMOS analog-to-digital converter for wireless communications as well as imaging and instrumentation applications."Specific applications...

Agere unveils 802.11a kits for ORiNOCO access point

LAS VEGAS—Agere Systems said it has unveiled its 802.11a, 5 GHz radio and antenna kits for the ORiNOCO AP-2000 dual-radio wireless network access point."These...

SmartServ partners with North American carrier for financial messaging

STAMFORD, Conn.—SmartServ Online Inc. said it will partner with "one of the largest wireless carriers in North America" to offer the carrier's subscribers access...

Newspaper report says Orange looking for U.S. partner

PARIS—A French newspaper reported European mobile operator Orange is interested in launching a branded service in the United States and is currently in talks...

Repeater wins order in Guatemala

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Repeater Technologies Inc. said it shipped the first of several deliveries of its dual-directional repeaters for cdma2000 1x networks to Sercom, a CDMA...

Stevens calls NextWave, carriers to settlement table

WASHINGTON—Representatives of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. and re-auction winners of NextWave's PCS C- and F-block licenses are set to meet on Tuesday afternoon in...

Motorola poised for more cuts

CHICAGO—Motorola Inc., which has been laying off workers in waves for the past 18 months, has one more round of cuts to make before...

House passes Auction Reform Act to delay 700 MHz auction

WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives on Tuesday night passed by voice vote the Auction Reform Act of 2002, which directs the Federal Communications Commission to...

Hollings to introduce legislation to promote broadband Internet in rural areas

WASHINGTON—Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) is expected today to introduce legislation to foster broadband Internet deployment in rural and unserved areas. On...

Utilities study offers hope for telecom equipment vendors

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The United Telecom Council's recently released report "What Utilities Buy: Evaluating the Market for Telecom Equipment and Services Sold to Utilities" covers the...

LGC names Sugarbroad CEO

SAN JOSE, Calif.—LGC Wireless announced Ian Sugarbroad has been named president and chief executive officer. "I'm confident about my ability to steer this company...

TDK adds three software apps for its Bluetooth products

BOSTON—TDK Systems announced it has added three new software applications for its Bluetooth products: TDK Mobile, TDK Dialer and TDK blueDial, which all allow...

LocatioNet wins Austrian contracts

NEW YORK—U.S. supplier LocatioNet Systems Ltd. announced it received two contracts from Austrian mobile operator One. LocatioNet will supply its location-based services middleware platform,...

Siemens confirms Belarussian contract

MUNICH, Germany—Siemens has confirmed that it won an order to supply the equipment for the second GSM network in the Republic of Belarus owned...

Nortel secures T-Mobile UMTS contract

DUBLIN, Ireland—Following similar deals signed earlier this year with Nokia and Siemens, T-Mobile International has chosen Nortel Networks to supply Universal Mobile Telecommunications System...

Markets begin to open in Eastern Caribbean

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts—St. Kitts and Nevis has announced two telecommunications licenses as Eastern Caribbean governments continue to make good on a pledge to liberalize...
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