2002

OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an attempt to reduce its crippling debt mountain of 70 billion euro (US$67.9 billion), France T

LAS VEGAS-Vendors TTPCom, 7 Layers and Analog Devices and carriers AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, and T-Mobile will take part in a seminar called “Making EDGE Real-Out of Development and into …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-While industry gurus and market survey reports continue to pour cold water on the likely success of third generation (3G) technology, Hutchison 3G and Tele2 seem determined to …

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-Sandbridge Technologies has made commercially available its new Sandblaster Baseband Processor, which uses software defined radio to enable multimode, multiplatform and multifunction wireless terminals. The company said its …

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp., which is running a customer trial of Binary Runtime for Wireless Environment in its Knoxville, Tenn., market, will offer those customers two new BREW games distributed by …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has ordered the incumbent network operator Nigerian Telecommunications (Nitel) to interconnect its mobile network with that of MTN Nigeria Limited and Econet Wireless …

LAS VEGAS-Moviso L.L.C. unveiled its new V4 technology platform, designed to support the production, presentation and distribution of mobile media content across all wireless networks, billing systems, handset protocols and …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has signed a contract with Iceland Telecom to supply its end-to-end multimedia messaging service solution. “Ericsson will supply a total MMS solution, including core infrastructure, …

LAS VEGAS-Handset maker Audiovox Corp. said its CDM-9500 handset will carry applications from eight BREW applications providers. “Now consumers using our new CDM-9500 wireless phone can take full advantage of …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless introduced new services on its vtext.com short message service companion Web site. Vtext.com includes up to 20 people in its group distribution address book, and the new …

LOS ANGELES, Calif.-Eyematic Inc. said it has built what it describes as the first wireless animated messaging service known as “Shout Messenger” on Verizon Wireless’ BREW-enabled Get It Now service. …

SAN BRUNO, Calif.-IPWireless Inc. said the latest version of its network software is now commercially available. Enhancements to the solution include Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) authentication, mobile IP and …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, Ill., reported a third-quarter net sales decline to $6.37 billion from $7.4 billion a year ago, but it also posted substantial improvements in other important performance …

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-Telespree Communications said it has developed what it calls Fast Card, an instant-use activation software for cdma2000 1x networks. “In Fast Card, device activation/provisioning, account set-up, and plan …

WASHINGTON-Saying that WorldCom Inc. is unfit to hold its licenses, the Office of Communications of the United Church of Christ Inc. filed an informal objection to the transfer of WorldCom’s …

LAS VEGAS-Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled two data and voice-enabled BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds on the opening day of CTIA’s Wireless I.T. & Internet in Las Vegas. The Java-based BlackBerry 6710 …

MAARSSEN, The Netherlands-Wireless enterprise company iAnywhere Solutions Inc., a subsidiary of Sybase Inc., announced its mobile database technology will be integrated into a wireless ticketing trial for a Dutch railway …

LAS VEGAS-Mobile content provider Cellus USA announced nReach will sell Cellus wireless content through its Mobile Content Kiosk. The kiosks allow consumers to order wireless content, including ringtones, logos, pictures, …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said late last week it has placed B-plus corporate credit ratings on American Tower Corp. and Crown Castle International Corp. and a B rating …

TAMPA-Zeosoft is releasing version 1.5 of its Zeosphere application server at this week’s CTIA Wireless IT and Internet show in Las Vegas. Zeosoft’s new solution, which was built based on …

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. said it has signed a deal to purchase Resonext Communications Inc., which makes integrated CMOS WLAN solutions for 802.11a and multi-band 802.11a/b/g platforms. “The acquisition …

WASHINGTON-The independent report on the problems associated with deployment of enhanced 911 blames everyone but the wireless industry and location vendors for the constant deployment delays. “The center of attention …

LAS VEGAS-Wavecom Inc. will showcase its new 850/1900 MHz dual-band GSM/GPRS module for plug-in wireless communications capabilities at CTIA’s show in Las Vegas this week. The company will show its …

AUSTIN, Texas-Wayport, which provides wireless and wired Internet access in airports and hotels, said it will open two Laptop Lane airport business centers at Oakland International Airport. The business centers …

ISTANBUL, Turkey-The GSM Association has announced a restructuring and renewed focus on speeding the implementation of third-generation networks amid continued W-CDMA delays across Europe. The group plans to establish a …