Yearly Archives: 2002

Andrew to close some plants, cut jobs

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-As part of its restructuring measures, antenna maker Andrew Corp. said it plans to slash 800 jobs and shut down some of...

Socket adds Bluetooth capability to In-Hand Scan Cards

CHICAGO-Socket Communications Inc. has added Bluetooth capability to its In-Hand Scan Cards, making it possible for Pocket PCs, Pen Tablets, or other wireless devices...

M/A Com begins Interop 2002 Tour

LOWELL, Mass.-M/A Com Inc. began its multicity, nationwide Interop 2002 Tour this week in the northwestern United States to demonstrate NetworkFirst, a solution for...

Omnilux platform deployed by several ISPs

PASADENA, Calif.-Omnilux Inc.'s wireless broadband platform is now available and has been deployed with Calif.-based regional Internet service providers Sonic.net, Succeed.net and RedWire Broadband....

Motorola licenses fixed wireless products to Brightstar

LIBERTYVILLE, Illinois, United States-Motorola said it signed a licensing agreement with Latin American distributor Brightstar. The agreement allows Brightstar to develop, manufacture, distribute and...

U.S. gaming company acquires U.K. partner

DUBLIN, Ireland-Mobile games aggregator nGame has been acquired by its U.S. partner Mforma. The Cambridge, U.K.-based company will become part of what its new...

SingTel extends agreement with GRIC

MILPITAS, California, United States-GRIC Communications said that Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) is extending its relationship with the supplier to include wireless Internet roaming capabilities for...

Logica deploys prepaid solution in Greece

LONDON-Logica said it deployed its prepaid solution for Greek operator Cosmote. The system will allow Cosmote to migrate from 2.5-generation (2.5G) to third-generation (3G)...

North American carriers test text compatibility

TORONTO-Canadian and U.S. wireless carriers are planning soon to offer text messaging services across all their networks.Since April, Canadian cell-phone subscribers have been able...

Russia’s MTS eyes Armenia

MOSCOW-The biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) is negotiating a place in the telecom market of the former Soviet republic of Armenia, where the...

Globe to limit capex to US$500 million in next 2 years

MANILA, The Philippines-The Ayala group, one of the Philippines' biggest conglomerates, plans to limit capital spending for mobile-phone subsidiary Globe Telecom to US$500 million...

U.K. initiative to recycle mobile phones

DUBLIN, Ireland-A new initiative launched by the major U.K. mobile operators and retailers will, it is hoped, reduce the environmental impact of the 15...

Motorola wins software contract with LibanCell

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Motorola Inc. said it has won its first Middle East contract for its customized Network Support Program with Lebanon's LibanCell through...

DoCoMo announces ring tone to fight phone scams

TOKYO-In its continuing fight against phone scams, NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin offering a new ring tone that will remain silent for...

VoiceGenie, Vesta cooperate on CRM services for prepaid

TORONTO-VoiceGenie Technologies Inc. and Vesta Corp. are joining to offer customer relationship management services for prepaid wireless.Now, VoiceGenie's VoiceXML Gateway, which has been integrated...

Nortel snags GSM contract in China

Beijing-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed a $40 million contract to expand GSM wireless networks in the autonomous regions of Xinjiang Uygur and...

Mobilkom Austria deploys UMTS network

VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria, the largest Austrian mobile operator, has become one of the first European operators to deploy a UMTS network. About 25 percent...

U.K. company to recycle mobile phones

LONDON-A U.K. company has launched a recycling program for the country's mobile phones. All five of the country's mobile operators, along with several retailers,...

Verizon Wireless offers AOL Instant Messenger

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. introduced America Online Inc. Instant Messenger service allowing customers to send short messages to everyone on their Buddy List from...

Telia awaits bid from Virgin

HELSINKI, Finland-Telia has set US$100 million as the minimum bid price that the Swedish operator will accept for subsidiary Telia Mobile's assets and mobile...

Cramer software to be used in MmO2 service

VIENNA, Va.-Systems integrator TRW will integrate software from Cramer Systems into MmO2's Airwave public-safety wireless service in Britain. Cramer's software will be part of...

Telephia, Oracle offer application testing solutions for the enterprise

SAN FRANCISCO-Telephia Inc. and Oracle have joined to offer enterprise customers a solution for testing and analyzing wireless application performance.According to their agreement, Telephia...

Zyray to show platform at design conference

SAN DIEGO-Zyray Wireless said it will show off its SPINNERchip 1.0 WCDMA baseband development platform in the Xilinx booth at the 2002 Communication Design...

Telus closes public offering, garners US$214 million

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Canadian wireless operator Telus Corporation closed its previously announced public offering of 34.25 million non-voting shares in Canada and the United States...

Ciena eliminates 17% of staff

LINTHICUM, Md.-Telecom equipment maker Ciena Corp. said it will cut 450 jobs, or 17 percent of its work force and will likely take a...
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