2002

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC says it has won the patent lawsuit against PCI Technologies and will receive monetary payment, while PCI will discontinue its Maxnet line of radio-frequency modules. The disputed RF modules …

RESTON, Va.-Actix, which provides software to optimize the performance of wireless networks, is showing its new Enterprise Advance Metrics Solution OSS software at this week’s TeleManagement World. E-AMS allows wireless …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has been selected by Operator Vesper as the sole to supplier of cdma2000 1xEV-DO networks in 17 states in the southeastern and northern …

NEW DELHI, India-United Telecom Limited (UTL), an Indo-Nepalese joint venture, will offer basic services using wireless local loop in the Himalayan kingdom. The company has deposited US$1.3 million as a …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-In order to focus on what it describes as its core competency, Motorola Inc. said it will sell its manufacturing solutions unit in Phoenix to Telco Inc. The unit …

LONDON-As part of its plan to unify all of its international interests under one brand name, Vodafone Group plc is expected to rebrand J-Phone Corp. in Japan by the end …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit and senior unsecured debt ratings on Comverse Technology Inc. from a BB to a BB-minus. At the same time, the …

The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), formed in June 2002, will either greatly help or hinder the future of wireless industry, according to a new study from the Shosteck Group. According …

MIAMI-BellSouth Corp. asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida to dismiss Supra Telecom’s bankruptcy filing, saying the company’s recent public statements suggest it is financially solvent. …

HELSINKI, Finland-In a three-year contract, Nokia Corp. said it would supply Orange Switzerland with a multimedia messaging service solution, which will begin to launch in October, 2002. Nokia will also …

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-UbiquiTel Inc. reported $60.5 million in total revenues for the third quarter, nearly double the $30.7 million the Sprint PCS affiliate posted for the same quarter last year. Net …

TOKYO-A Japanese newspaper reported the country’s largest wireless operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. plans to curtail its international investments in wireless carriers following its recent $4.7 billion write-down in overseas investments. …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Siemens Telecommunications recently announced it has been awarded a 1 million Euro contract to supply South Africa’s mobile service provider, Vodacom, with the infrastructure and applications for its …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services cut its corporate credit ratings on Sprint PCS affiliate Horizon PCS Inc. citing concern over limited headroom against execution risks under recently revised bank …

TOKYO-RSoft Design Group today opened its Japanese headquarters in Tokyo where it will provide business development and customer support to the company’s clients in Japan. Toru Ozaki was appointed president …

SEOUL, Korea-In a surprising move, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC), South Korea’s top telecom regulator, decided Monday to place business suspension orders on three mobile carriers and KT Corporation for …

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Portal Software Inc. said Poland-based Polkomtel S.A. has launched multimedia messaging service using Infranet, Portal’s convergent billing solution. “Mobile operators are finding that the key to profitability for GPRS …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Canadian wireless operator Telus Mobility and SmartServ Online Inc. launched Forbes.com Wireless as part of Telus’ Wireless Web Premium Services providing subscribers with access to real-time Canadian and …

TORONTO-Bell Canada announced its official entry into the wireless local area network (WLAN) market, through partnerships with U.S.-based Cisco Systems and Symbol Technologies . Using the 802.11b or Wi-Fi standard, …

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. said it shipped the world’s first radioOne cdma2000 1x chipset and system software for handsets, which also will begin shipment next year. “We are very excited …

PARIS-IT services firm Atos Origin and speech technology company Telisma have partnered to market speech recognition products to businesses and telecommunications firms. According to their agreement, Atos Origin will use, …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. and Re-route Corp. said they have begun migrating current Verizon Wireless Mobile Web customers to its Mobile Web by VZW with MSN service offering that was …

FREMONT, Calif.-Voice-enabled solutions provider NeoSpeech is teaming with speech technology company Conversay to offer next-generation text-to-speech solutions. The companies will combine NeoSpeech’s VoiceText technology with Conversay’s Distributed Speech Recognition architecture …

ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom has opened a representative office in China, the largest single market in its largest region. The new office is in the Zhongguancun district of Beijing, known as a …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Expanding the breadth of its HotSpot Wi-Fi service offering, T-Mobile USA Inc. reported agreements with American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines to provide wireless broadband Internet access …