2002

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 its plants. “Delayed network buildouts and …

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 to incorporate bar code scanners with …

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 communications interoperability between public-safety agencies. At …

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. Omnilux’s platform provides high-speed Internet access …

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 sell CDMA and TDMA 800 MHz …

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 owners claim will be the largest …

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 customers in Singapore. The agreement will …

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) technologies. The system offers customer care, …

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 to send text messages to …

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 national operator is likely to lose …

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 for the next two years, as …

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 million mobile phones replaced in the …

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 a $5 million GSM/GPRS deal. “By …

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 a few moments at the beginning …

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 into Vesta’s suite of applications …

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 Ningxia Hui, the Shanxi province and …

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 of Austria, including most major urban …

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, have pledged support to the program …

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 their wireless device. The two companies …

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 business operations in Finland. The Swedish …

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 the Network Management Center used by …

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 will provide its Wireless Data …

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 Conference this week in San Jose, …

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 for aggregate gross proceeds of US$214.2 …

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 charge of $75 to $80 million …