Yearly Archives: 2002

MVS chief to keynote WCA symposium

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...

Clearwire uses IPWireless broadband technology

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...

VeriSign finalizes three CALEA contracts

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...

World Bank study says GSM susceptible to hackers

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...

MNP gets good grades in Australia

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...

Lehman lowers customer guidance for AT&T Wireless

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...

AOL launches Amber Alert service

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

Virgin Mobile UK tops 2M customers

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...

Moody’s gives speculative grade rating to Crown Castle

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...

EIB to partially finance Danish 3G network

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...

Virgin Mobile U.K. tops 2 million customers

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...

Columbitech adds security features to Wireless VPN

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...

Mobile-Mind founder named chairman of ETSI smart card group

WATERTOWN, Mass.- Scott Guthery has been made chairman of the Architecture Working Group of the Smart Card Platform project, which is headed up by...

magic4 CEO to speak at M Services show

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...

Zyray CEO to speak at 2002 IWS

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...

Verizon sells most of Telecom New Zealand stake

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...

Terion extends monitoring contract with Verizon

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...

Nokia wins W-CDMA contract in Ireland

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...

3G handsets still face technical challenges

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...

Vodafone to offer ‘own brand’ cell phones

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...

India: Subscribers to rise, ARPU to fall

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...

Metro One loses Cingular, adds AT&T Wireless as customer

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...

Samsung, Mitsubishi partner for camera chips

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...

FCC says maps not required for cellular carriers

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...

SBC cuts 11,000 workers, capital expenditures

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...
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