2002

NEW YORK-Wireless entertainment company Zingy announced it will offer ring tones through a new deal with Billboard magazine. Through the deal, music fans who visit Billboard.com will be able to …

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-Malaysia’s largest mobile operator Maxis Communications said it entered an agreement to purchase mobile operator TimeCel from TimeDotcom for as much as $340 million. The final price will …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported that its third communications satellite N-Star c, which was launched on July 6 by European space transportation company Arianespace, began operating on September 14. DoCoMo said …

SILVER SPRING, Md.-Mobile communications services company IMC Inc. launched a GSM wireless network in Iceland through its subsidiary IMC Island ehf, and has already negotiated bilateral roaming agreements with more …

SEATTLE-Virtual Wave announced it selected the Global Positioning System accessory by Airbiquity to deliver its new RoadStar GPS wireless location-based services system. Using the service, consumers across North America can …

SAN DIEGO-The agenda for the 2002 CDMA Americas Congress, to be held December 3-5, 2002, in San Diego, has been released. Confirmed speakers include Ralph de la Vega, president of …

WALTHAM, Mass.-Wipro Technologies and NetCracker Technology Corp. announced they have joined to offer their customers Wipro’s consulting services alongside NetCracker’s OSS solutions. NetCracker’s product suite allows carriers to automate and …

NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, N.J., has completed the successful seamless hand-off of a wireless data call from an 802.11 wireless local area network to a third-generation UMTS network, …

SEATTLE-First Data Corp. announced it developed a new product, dubbed PocketMerchant, which allows merchants to use a mobile phone or Palm OS handheld as a point-of-sale terminal for accepting electronic …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-If you believe the latest predictions from the handset manufacturers and market research firms, then mobile gaming is set to become a major business for mobile operators. Nokia …

PARIS-Struggling French handset vendor Sagem said it registered several new contracts for GSM modules for mobile phones and it has received orders for more than 2 million units in the …

INDIANAPOLIS-DigiTerra Inc. announced its Mobile Computing Group has received a system implementation and integration contract for seven distribution centers for Do it Best Corp. and its online hardware store, www.doitbest.com. …

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. continues to fund its 3G Reality Centers, with announcements of about a $10 million investment in a center in Cascais, Portugal, and the opening of another Asian center …

ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Performance Technologies Inc. said it has acquired a portion of Intel’s embedded communications platform division in a sale-of-stock transaction. “The acquisition provides us with a highly complementary product line …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS customers will be able to vote wirelessly every week on the Fox Sports Virtual Coach question featured every week on Fox NFL Sunday from any PCS …

TORONTO-Analysts who cover Research in Motion Ltd. are warning that the Waterloo, Ontario-based company will not likely be able to sustain sales growth for some of its new wireless products. …

CHICAGO-Struggling telecom gear maker Lucent Technologies Inc. said the company’s performance for the quarter will fall below market projections and will compel it to cut more staff and costs. Lucent, …

ATLANTA-Wi-Fi Internet access provider Sanswire Technologies Inc. announced it completed its acquisition of certain assets of Tsunami Communications Inc., a wireless Internet provider in Spokane, Wash. “This acquisition is the …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Wireless software and application provider InfoSpace Inc. announced that its shareholders approved a 1-for-10 reverse stock split. “We expect the reverse split authorized by today’s vote to raise the …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia said it signed a contract to expand Jiangxi Mobile Communications’ GSM network in China’s Jiangxi province. The agreement is valued at about US$70 million. Deliveries are under way, …

TORONTO-Canadian company Diversinet said Hong Kong’s 16 brokerage firms have seen improved productivity of 80 percent since launching an m-commerce brokerage solution in April. The service allows investors to place …

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Superconductor Technologies Inc. announced its SuperFilter flagship product has exceeded 20 million hours of operation in the field. SuperFilter, which was launched in 1997, uses high-temperature superconductor technology …

CARY, N.C.-Wireless tower operator SpectraSite Holdings Inc. announced Thursday afternoon it has sold its interest in Concourse Communications Group L.L.C., which develops shared wireless tenant infrastructure systems in U.S. airports. …

RALEIGH, N.C.-Summus Inc. and the AP Digital division of The Associated Press will collaborate to develop AP Mobile, an interactive news and photo service for mobile carriers, resellers and virtual …

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