2002

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported it would begin marketing its FOMA T2101V 3G mobile phone designed for the carrier’s i-motion video-clip transmission service Sept. 27. DoCoMo said the handset can save …

DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc. said it will launch its unlimited local calling service plan in the San Francisco Bay Area beginning Oct. 1. The launch will complete the carrier’s planned four-market rollout …

LONDON-The GSM Association said it will continue its annual awards program into 2003 and officially called for entries. The association also said Intel will be the headline sponsor for the …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The wireless LAN industry is poised for massive growth, with 2002 shipments set to be up 73 percent and revenue increased 26 percent, according to new research from …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Wireless Communications Association announced an Intel Corp. executive, Sriram Viswanathan, managing director of strategic investments for Intel Capital, will deliver an afternoon address to open its Ninth Annual …

BONN, Germany-T-Mobile Deutschland said it is the first European operator to launch video messaging, which allows users to send video clips via mobile phones. Japanese operators have already launched video …

NEW YORK-The quarterly estimates of Texas Instruments Inc. and Micron Technology dropped in the eyes of two brokerage firms, Salomon Smith Barney and Bear Stearns respectively. Qualcomm Inc., however, enjoyed …

HELSINKI, Finland-Ericsson said it won an expansion contract with Sudanese GSM operator Mobitel. Under the contract, Ericsson will install more than 100 base stations with an overall capacity of more …

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it plans to cut 20,000 more jobs and revised its quarterly sales forecast by 10 percent, driving its stock up 10 percent. “Due to a further deterioration …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Seven Networks Inc., which offers carrier-based access to corporate information, cut 30 percent of its roughly 115 employees, a move the company said would help it better manage …

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 …

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 …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-The Swedish joint venture Svenska UMTS-nat AB signed a $1.2 billion term loan and revolving credit facility for its third-generation rollout. Margins, fees and allocations were not disclosed. Svenska …

TOKYO-The Japanese government on 18 September granted J-Phone, a Vodafone company in Japan, a license for third-generation (3G) commercial service. Based on the governmental approval, J-Phone will launch its nationwide …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Adding to the worries of potential third-generation (3G) operators are announcements from the two public broadcasting organizations in Germany, ARD and ZDF, that they want to levy a …

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Telkom, Indonesia’s incumbent information and communication services carrier, has decided to divest its non-GSM subsidiaries. Currently, Telkom has five cellular subsidiaries-Telkomsel, a GSM operator; Komselindo and Mobisel, CDMA operators; …

DALLAS-Siemens AG. said it has selected Texas Instruments to supply its system-on-chip solution for its GSM base stations. This solution supports GPRS, EDGE, GSM/EDGE Radio Network, NarrowBand-AMR and WideBand-AMR, according …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Flarion Technologies Inc., Bedminster, N.J., has contracted with Flextronics, an outsourced manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, to produce its RadioRouter and PC card products for interoperability between wireless local area …

DALLAS- Texas Instruments Inc. said it has unveiled power interface switches that will reduce power consumption and extend battery life for notebooks, personal digital assistants and other wireless devices. “As …

TOKYO, Japan-Fujitsu Ltd. said it has begun providing base transceiver station equipment for NTT DoCoMo’s IMT-2000 third-generation mobile networks since July. “The new base station equipment uses a high-speed channel …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Undaunted by the continuing turmoil in the worldwide telecom market, Kurt Hellstr

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Colombian cellular operator Comcel plans to invest US$400 million before the end of 2003 to nationalize its network, which currently serves 2.36 million customers, according to Martha …

BEIJING-China United Telecommunications Corporation launched its 11.5 billion yuan (US$1.4 billion) domestic initial public offering (IPO), the largest ever in China by number of shares and the second-largest in value, …

HELSINKI, Finland-Tele2, Sweden’s second-largest network operator, has threatened to “hand back” its Norwegian third-generation (3G) license unless regulatory authorities in Norway relax the terms under which the license was granted …

TORONTO-Capital expenditures fell and revenue growth was nearly flat for Canadian telecommunications service providers in the first quarter of 2002, according to a recent report from Statistics Canada. The government …