Yearly Archives: 2002

ArrayComm demonstrates interoperability with 802.11 WLAN

SAN JOSE, Calif.-ArrayComm Inc. reported it has demonstrated seamless interoperability between a 802.11 wireless local area network and its i-Burst personal broadband system.ArrayCom said...

AirNet receives $1.5M in expansion orders

MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp., developer of software-defined base station products for the wireless industry, announced it has received expansion orders totaling $1.5 million from...

HillCast starts User Group

AUSTIN, Texas-Mobile financial software company HillCast Technologies launched its new HillCast User Group, which the company said will serve as a platform for users...

Telefonica Moviles completes Pegaso integration

MEXICO CITY-Telefonica Moviles SA completed its integration of recently acquired Mexican wireless operator Grupo Pegaso, becoming the country's second-largest wireless carrier with more than...

Bell Mobility launches Audiovox Thera

TORONTO-Canadian operator Bell Mobility launched the Audiovox Thera, a high-end mobile phone/personal digital assistant running on Microsoft Corp.'s Pocket PC operating system."Many customers have...

Zingy announces mobile Voicecards

NEW YORK-Tired of trying to find the right greeting card? How about firing off a quick mobile greeting, curtsey of musicians such as Nickel...

S&P lowers ratings on Sanmina-SCI

NEW YORK-Standard and Poor's Rating Services said it has lowered the corporate credit and senior secured bank loan ratings of Sanmina-SCI Corp to B...

Telemac, SchlumbergerSema expand relationship

LOS ANGELES-Telemac Corp., which provides network-edge real-time accounting and billing technologies for the wireless industry, announced it expanded its agreement and joint marketing efforts...

STMicroelectronics to showcase chip that reduces mobile-phone power consumption

GENEVA, Switzerland-STMicroelectronics said it will present at the Diskcon Exhibition in San Jose next week a new read/write chip called Leonardo that cuts consumption...

Yankee Group finds half of large U.S. companies plan to implement wireless solutions

BOSTON, United States-A new report from the Yankee Group reveals 50 percent of large U.S. enterprises have plans to implement a wireless solution by...

Mobilaris, MapInfo enter partnership

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-MapInfo Corp. announced a new partnership with Swedish mobile Internet positioning company Mobilaris. Under the deal, the companies will combine MapInfo's miAware location-based...

WebLink emerges from bankruptcy

DALLAS-Paging and messaging carrier WebLink Wireless Inc. announced it has officially emerged from bankruptcy, and that the company's president and chief executive officer, N....

MTN snubs South Africa’s second fixed line network

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-M-Cell, the holding company of mobile network operator MTN, announced that its board has deliberated on the business opportunity presented by South...

Wireless Knowledge confirms Mobilocity buy

SAN DIEGO-Wireless enterprise company Wireless Knowledge, a Qualcomm Inc. subsidiary, confirmed it acquired the majority of rival Mobilocity's assets, including some of the company's...

Moody’s downgrades Ericsson

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Barely a week after its rights issue, telecom equipment maker L.M. Ericsson said the company's downgrade by Moody's Investors Service will increase its...

Apple releases Rendezvous networking software

PARIS-Apple Computer Inc. released a new software called Rendezvous, which the company said is a networking technology that can incorporate consumer electronics, printers, enterprise...

FCC seeks comment on re-auction opt out

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment on whether bidders in the re-auction of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.'s PCS C- and F-block licenses should...

Divided views on MobilCom’s future

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The long-running dispute between MobilCom, the financially troubled German third-generation (3G) license holder, and its major shareholder, France T

China’s handset market heats up

BEIJING-China Eastcom, one of China's 19 licensed CDMA handset manufacturers, has reached an agreement with carrier China Unicom to offer CDMA handsets to consumers...

Finnet to go head to head with Sonera on home turf

HELSINKI, Finland-Finnet, the Helsinki-based umbrella association for 40 local telecom operators in Finland, has adopted an aggressive position to competing with rival operators Sonera...

Hutchison offers 3G content prize

OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an attempt to stimulate the third-generation (3G) content market, Hutchison 3G, which now wants to be known simply as 3, has...

Collapse of roaming deal forces Vodafone to expand

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having been a late entrant into the Hungarian market, Vodafone is being forced to speed up the expansion of its cell-phone network...

Indian cellcos cry foul over possibility of additional competition

NEW DELHI, India-The Indian cellular industry has opposed a proposal by Communications Minister Pramod Mahajan to allow unrestricted competition in mobile telephony, saying it...

Venfin considers HCI’s 5% stake in Vodacom

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Technology and telecommunications holding group Venfin announced that it would not be prepared to spend more than 1.5 billion rand (US$143.4 million)...

Technology war spills over to Latin America

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-A strong discussion has started in Argentina about what platforms will prevail in Latin America. On the one hand, the 3G Americas...
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