Yearly Archives: 2002

Zingy to offer ring tones through deal with Billboard

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...

Maxis agrees to purchase TimeCel

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...

NTT DoCoMo’s third satellite operational

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...

IMC launches GSM network in Iceland

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...

Virtual Wave uses Airbiquity GPS for RoadStar service

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,...

CDMA Americas Congress 2002 agenda available

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...

Wipro, NetCracker enter consulting cooperation

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...

Lucent demonstrates 802.11, UMTS roaming

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...

First Data offers Palm-based POS solution

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...

It’s only a game-but a complicated one: European gaming market cautiously plays out

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...

Sagem announces new GSM contracts

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...

DigiTerra receives contract from Do it Best

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....

Alcatel announces new 3G Reality Centers

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...

Performance Technologies acquires part of Intel division

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...

Sprint PCS teams with Fox Sports for polls

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...

Analysts warn RIM’s sales may stall

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...

Lucent to report higher-than-expected loss, cut staff

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...

Sanswire completes purchase of Tsunami assets

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...

InfoSpace shareholders approve reverse stock split

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...

Nokia expands GSM network in China

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...

Hong Kong mobile brokerage service ups productivity by 80%

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....

Superconductor Technologies product reaches 20M operational hours

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...

SpectraSite sells Concourse interest

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...

Summus, AP develop interactive news service for mobile operators

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...

France Télécom ousts Bon, ends MobilCom support

DUBLIN, Ireland-France T
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