2002

BOSTON-The Asia-Pacific region continues to thrive, even during a down economy, and both wireless subscribers and service revenues are continuing to expand at a “steady pace,” according to the Yankee …

HELSINKI, Finland-Network upgrades continue the world over, as carriers in the United States, Taiwan and Denmark announced plans to upgrade to faster wireless technologies. In Taiwan, Taiwan Cellular Corp. said …

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-British mobile-phone maker Sendo filed a lawsuit against its former business partner Microsoft Corp., a move that further illuminates the reasons behind Sendo’s decision to dump Microsoft’s smart …

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Kenneth Jaeggi, the senior vice president and chief financial officer for Symbol Technologies Inc., resigned from the company. William Nuti, the company’s president and chief operating officer, will take …

MUMBAI-Reliance Infocom announced it launched limited mobility telecom service in 673 towns and cities across India with three schemes including a three-year Dhirubhai Ambani pioneer offer at US$62.50 (Rs 3000). …

ASTANA, Kazakhstan-Leading Kazakh carrier GSM Kazakhstan said the Finnish Sonera has granted it a US$55 million loan for further development in 2003 and the introduction of new technologies, such as …

TOKYO-Hitachi Ltd. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. will merge most of their semiconductor operations April 1 into a new company, Renesas Technology Corp., whose goal is to turn on profit its …

NEW YORK-Following an unsuccessful court challenge by some bondholders, Denver-based Qwest Communications International Inc. reduced its outstanding debt by $1.9 billion to $22.6 billion through an exchange offer. Qwest offered …

BALA CYNWYD, Pa.-Rural Cellular Corp. is being sued by the law firm of Schiffrin & Barroway in a shareholder class action lawsuit. “The complaint charges Rural Cellular Corp. and certain …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics launched its new fisio 825 and 625 mobile phones, which use technology from Cellon International. “Our partnership with Philips represents a case study for the …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson said it scored a deal to supply PT Telkomunikasi Indonesia in Bali with CDMA 1xRTT gear. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Separately, Ericsson said it will …

TORONTO-Microcell Telecommunications Inc. said its secured lenders have agreed on the terms of a recapitalization plan for the struggling company. Microcell missed a US$29.3 million interest payment that was due …

RESTON, Va.—Daniel Akerson, chairman and chief executive officer of XO Communications Inc., will quit the company following the completion of XO’s financial restructuring. The company will move into the hands …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Reliance Infocom selected Comverse to enable prepaid and voice mail services for its cdma2000 wireless local loop wireless communications network in India. The system initially will support 900,000 subscribers.

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will delay and scale back the planned rollout of its W-CDMA network, pushing back the date by six months to December 2004 and …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Microsoft Corp. purchased reference design software from Intrinsyc Software Inc., a product the companies said will help original design manufacturers to create devices based on Microsoft’s range of …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS announced it will begin selling Samsung Telecommunications America’s new SPH-i330 personal digital assistant/mobile phone device. The device is much like the Samsung SPH-i300, but includes support …

HELSINKI, Finland-Network upgrades continue the world over, as carriers in the United States, Taiwan and Denmark announce plans to upgrade to faster wireless technologies. In Taiwan, Taiwan Cellular Corp. said …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service has lowered the speculative-grade ratings of the $962 million in outstanding Millicom International Cellular S.A. debt to Caa3 and assigned a negative outlook to the company. …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc., which provides wireless applications and software in addition to its Internet software business, announced it fired Naveen Jain, the company’s former chairman and chief executive officer, and …

WASHINGTON-As the Federal Communications Commission was preparing for Christmas it was being pressured by a senator and state regulators to remove the bona fide request requirement for the implementation of …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Corp. has lowered to CCC from B-minus the speculative-grade ratings on approximately $860 million in outstanding debt issued by Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc., based …

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-British mobile phone maker Sendo filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corp., marking another chapter in the companies’ tumultuous relationship. Details on the lawsuit are unclear. Sendo officials declined …

LEXINGTON, Mass.-ThinkingBytes Technology announced it changed its name to Adesso Systems, which means “now” in Italian and said it will continue to work to extend corporate information to mobile devices. …

Grayson’s Geometrix 911 system now supports 1xRTT RESTON, Va.-Grayson Wireless said its Geometrix 911 wireless caller location system now supports wireless networks that use 1xRTT technology. According to Grayson, Geometrix …