2002

CAMBRIDGE, England-Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. said its latest trial results show enhanced observed time difference systems are making progress, with 81 percent of calls now being located to within 150 …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Expanding the coverage of its Wi-Fi-based HotSpot service, T-Mobile USA Inc. announced a partnership with Borders Group Inc. to provide wireless Internet access in Borders Books and Music locations …

TORONTO-Canada’s Research in Motion (RIM) is facing allegations that it agreed to pay New York broker Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) to ensure analyst coverage. CSFB could face prosecution as …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Alvaro Uribe’s Colombian government has decided to postpone the national-level auction of three regional personal communications services (PCS) licences until January and has added to the conditions of …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Witness Mangwende, Zimbabwean minister of transport and communications, has informed parliament that the regulatory body, the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ), has been dissolved amid …

NEW YORK-The Marconi Foundation announced Andrew Viterbi, who developed the interference suppression algorithm used for major digital standards, will be a panelist at its Nov. 8 conference, “WWW Redux: Trends, …

OSLO, Norway-A surprise tax bill of 2.4 billion crowns (US$323 million) is the latest bit of bad news for Norway’s leading telecom operator and just part of the recent gloomy …

WASHINGTON-XO Communications Inc., the FBI and the Department of Justice last month entered an agreement which will allow XO’s fixed-wireless licenses to be transferred to a new ownership group, 40 …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Barely a week after its parent company British Telecommunications (BT) revealed plans to re-enter the U.K. consumer mobile market, there are indications that Ireland’s number-two telecommunications provider Esat BT …

SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea’s mobile payments made for purchases of digital content or other inexpensive products may face a disruption as the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), the country’s top trade …

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African mobile network operator MTN claimed it has paid back more than US$370,000 in funds to prepaid subscribers since the relaunch in June of it payback incentive …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, gained merely 2,200 new subscribers for its third-generation (3G) services in September, which brought NTT DoCoMo’s total FOMA or 3G service subscribers …

HELSINKI, Finland-BrainHeart Capital, a Stockholm-based group dedicated to investments in wireless technologies, has decided against investing in the third-generation (3G) industry, 3G company stocks and 3G projects, in what amounts …

FOSTER CITY, Calif.-Inktomi Corp. announced it will cut about 20 percent of its staff, or about 85 positions, a move the company said would better align it in the current …

AMAZON STATE, Brazil-Citizens of Brazil will use the Globalstar satellite phone system to cast votes in the upcoming presidential elections. Votes are cast on battery-operated voting machines, then transmitted back …

OTTAWA-Nortel Networks Ltd. and Qualcomm Inc. announced the successful test of an UMTS voice and data call across commercial cell sites using live 1.9 GHz radio spectrum, Qualcomm chipsets in …

RALEIGH, N.C.-Summus Inc. announced it will make online picture service Snapfish available to wireless carriers that support WAP. The companies said wireless users will be able to view, store, manage …

CHICAGO-Motorola Inc.’s stock fell 15-percent on Wednesday, to trade at $8.30, a new 10-year low for the infrastructure giant. By Thursday morning, shares were back up almost 10-percent to trade …

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-The Smart Card Alliance announced its 2003 board of directors and executive committee as well as the appointment of Randy Vanderhoof as the new executive director. In addition to …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Tabloid newspapers in the United Kingdom have used banner headlines to alert readers that hundreds of cell-phone transmitter masts have been secretly installed in petrol stations throughout the …

FAIRFIELD, N.J.-Kyocera Mita introduced a 802.11b network interface print controller for its printers and multi-functional devices designed to allow companies to deploy printing capabilities into a wireless local area network …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The U.K.-based consumer magazine Which has called on prepaid cell-phone users to consider saving money by switching to yearly contracts with their mobile operators. The magazine claimed that …

TOKYO-Fujitsu Research Institute, a research arm of Fujitsu Limited, has developed a home-use robot controlled by a mobile phone, the company announced. According to the firm, users of the robot …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Handset manufacturer DBTEL, which already has contracts to produce phones for a number of leading European operators including British Telecommunications (BT), is to start selling phones under its own …