2002

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Ernesto Vargas Guajardo, president and chief executive officer of MVS Communications, will deliver the opening keynote address at the Wireless Communications Association’s Ninth Annual Technical Symposium and Business Expo …

SAN BRUNO, Calif.-IPWireless Inc. said Clearwire Technologies will deploy its next-generation broadband everywhere technology, beginning with a major U.S. city in the first quarter of 2003. “Clearwire selected the IPWireless …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-VeriSign Inc. has finalized three new contracts for its NetDiscovery services, an outsourced solution for compliance with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). Calif.-based CLEC Arrival …

MANILA, The Phillipines-GSM technology has inherent vulnerabilities that can be exploited by hackers, a recent World Bank study has warned. According to a paper titled “E-Security: Risk Mitigation in Financial …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Australian telecommunications watchdog, the Australian Communications Authority, has returned a favorable report card for the first year of mobile number portability (MNP) with more than 400,000 users switching carriers …

NEW YORK-Citing increased competition and challenges integrating former WorldCom Wireless customers, Lehman Brothers lowered its net customer additions guidance for AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s third quarter from 300,000 subscribers to …

NEW YORK-America Online Inc. and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children announced the launch of AOL Amber Alerts, a service that will allow AOL members to choose to …

LONDON-Virgin Mobile UK said it had signed up 232,000 customers during the third quarter giving the company more than 2 million customers at the end of September, which is less …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service has assigned a speculative grade liquidity rating of SGL-3 to tower owner and operator Crown Castle International Corp. Moody’s said that the company has “ample cash …

HELSINKI, Finland-Following discussions with senior government ministers in Denmark, the Brussels, Belgium-based European Investment Bank (EIB) has drafted a proposal to loan Danish mobile operator TDC Mobile US$200 million to …

LONDON-Virgin Mobile U.K. said it signed up 232,000 customers during the third quarter, giving the company more than 2 million customers at the end of September, which is less than …

STOCKHOLM-Columbitech is adding new security features and platform support to version 1.4 of its Columbitech Wireless VPN. The new version will include Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for security and will …

WATERTOWN, Mass.- Scott Guthery has been made chairman of the Architecture Working Group of the Smart Card Platform project, which is headed up by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). …

LONDON-Mobile messaging solutions provider magic4 said its chief executive officer, Simon Wilkinson, will speak at the M Services conference, which takes place Oct. 2 in Paris. Wilkinson plans to discuss …

SAN DIEGO-Zyray Wireless’ president and chief executive officer Werner Sievers will speak on the convergence of multiple cellular and WLAN standards onto one mobile device at the 2002 International Wireless …

WELLINGTON, New Zealand-Verizon Communications has sold most of its 21.5-percent stake in Telecom New Zealand. Verizon sold its stake to Merrill Lynch, which then sold the shares to global institutional …

PLANO, Texas-Terion Inc. extended its existing contract for wireless communications supporting its FleetView trailer monitoring system with Verizon Wireless Inc. until 2005. Financial terms of the extension were not released. …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia said Vodafone Ireland has selected it as the sole supplier for its W-CDMA network. Nokia said deliveries will begin in October. The value of the agreement was not …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Despite the fanfare surrounding Nokia’s launch this week of its first third-generation (3G) handset, many insiders remain adamant that there are significant technological issues to resolve before the …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an effort to break the stranglehold of the likes of Nokia, Siemens and Sony Ericsson, Vodafone is preparing to launch a huge marketing campaign that will prominently …

NEW DELHI, India-The cellular subscriber base in India will explode during the next few years, but the average revenue per user (ARPU) will register a steep fall, an independent study …

PORTLAND, Ore.-Enhanced directory assistance provider Metro One Telecommunications Inc. said it will discontinue service for Cingular Wireless L.L.C. in California, Nevada and Washington after the contract related to the service …

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. have come together in a strategic alliance to develop camera chips for mobile applications for cellular phones, personal digital assistants …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it will no longer require cellular carriers to provide coverage maps to their customers. While other wireless carriers have not been obligated to provide coverage …

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. said it will make more cuts to its workforce and further reduce capital expenditures, blaming the telecom industry’s economic strife on regulatory practices. “Consumers now have …