2002

HELSINKI, Finland-DNA Finland, the Finnish regional telecom group, has displaced Virgin Mobile as the lead contender to acquire Telia Mobile’s network operations in Finland. DNA is reported to have placed …

SAN JOSE, Calif.- Matsushita Communication Industrial Co. Ltd. will license over-the-air application provisioning technology from DoOnGo Technologies Inc. for use in the company’s Panasonic FOMA mobile phones. Using the new …

NEW DELHI, India-The wireless market in India could be set for an upheaval. As large basic service operators plan to roll out economical CDMA-based wireless local loop (WLL) services across …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. and Motorola Inc. announced the 10 year anniversary of the first lab test of Nextel’s Direct Connect push-to-talk service allowing customers to instantly talk with each …

MORRISTOWN, N.J.-Celerica Inc. said Israeli-based wireless operator Cellcom has completed a successful trial of the Celerica 500 System. Celerica’s system allows carriers to deploy new cell sites and to extend …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc., which makes chips for mobile phones, said it expects revenues in the fourth quarter to decline only 2 percent, not the previously expected 5 percent, mostly due …

BETHESDA, Md.-The Mobitex Operators Association announced it created a new standardized procedure the group said will allow developers more quickly gain worldwide documentation for their Mobitex-enabled devices. “The continued introduction …

PARIS-Vivendi Universal said it plans to buy BT Group’s 26-percent stake in Cegetel for $3.985 billion, removing control from Vodafone. In response, Vodafone withdrew its previous $6.75 billion offer to …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobility Network Systems Inc. announced its ipRAN products are compatible with the Generic Interface Specification (GIS) developed by iPass Inc., which allows mobile operators to add wireless LAN …

RESTON, Va.-SuperShuttle, which provides shuttle services to 22 airports nationwide, deployed mobile field service and sales applications provider Vettro’s mobile Fleet Optimization application on Nextel Communications Inc.’s packet data network. …

SAN DIEGO-Spirent Communications has teamed with Minneapolis-based TestQuest to provide completely automated testing for applications embedded into most commercially available CDMA handsets. “Right now, applications testing is very labor intensive, …

BOSTON-TDK Systems introduced its Bluetooth application version 1.3 software designed to allow Bluetooth devices to exchange voice, images and data in support of advanced applications including MMS and imaging applications.The …

ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom SA released its new tri-mode CDMA WISMO Quik module-the WISMO Quik Q2438 at this week’s CDMA Americas Congress. The module incorporates CDMA digital 800 MHz, CDMA 1900 MHz …

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. signed a five-year outsourced billing services contract with Convergys Corp. to use Convergys’ Atlys billing and customer care product operating in a Convergys data center to …

WASHINGTON-Jonathan Adelstein, former telecommunications aide to Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle (D-S.D.), was sworn in on Tuesday as a member of the Federal Communications Commission. President Bush signed his appointment …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s inspector general says allegations of fraud and corruption continue to plague a multibillion-dollar government that gives Internet-access discounts to schools and libraries. In a semi-annual report …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. launched Thumbworks Inc.’s Suzuki Motocross Challenge game for its Get It Now service allowing customers to download the game over the air to their Get It …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Public access solutions supplier Nomadix Inc. reported wireless local area network hot spot aggregator Boingo Wireless certified its Universal Subscriber Gateway II for its Boingo Ready Program for …

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Portal Software Inc. announced Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) has chosen Portal’s Infranet convergent billing product as the billing solution for its wireless voice, data and content and to replace …

PARIS, France-Cegetel affiliate SFR has selected L.M. Ericsson to supply, install and integrate its MMS platform, according to a press release. “MMS will play a leading role among consumers, increasing …

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. said it has signed an agreement to create a joint venture with China Unicom to foster the growth of a BREW developer community in China. “The …

MONTREAL-Canada’s smallest wireless operator, Microcell Telecommunications Inc., said it will not make a scheduled $29.3 million interest payment this week as it continues to evaluate possible alternatives to reduce its …

DALLAS-The future of GSM-based next-generation services are being demonstrated this week as AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Ericsson Inc., Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp., Nortel Networks Ltd. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications …

NEW YORK-Semiconductor companies like National Semiconductor Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. witnessed stock declines on the downgrade handed out by Morgan Stanley to that sector. In a research note, …

LONDON-Mobile commerce company Magex Ltd. released its new mobile payment platform that supports mobile-phone payments through interactive voice response systems, text messaging and WAP technology. “This new capability gives users …