2002

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Royal Philips Electronics and Sony will jointly develop a new near-field radio-frequency technology called Near Field Communication, which will enable short-range communication between mobile phones, digital cameras, personal …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Following market research, the Belgian GSM operator Mobistar has revamped its call charges. The company said it has launched a new tariff designed for families based on the …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Ecuadorian National Telecommunications Council (Conatel) has decided to delay the auction of a national personal communications services (PCS) license, which was supposed to take place on 26 …

TOKYO-SpeedNet, a telecom venture company in Japan, on Wednesday announced it launched an experiment for its wireless local area network (WLAN) services using the 5 GHz band. The experiment will …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Telephone Cooperative in La Paz (Cotel) announced it will soon launch its new service, Cotel M

LONDON-Messaging company Logica reported a 25-percent drop in profits, about US$181 million, for the current fiscal year compared with the previous year, and it said the outlook is bad for …

LONDON-Rumors abound regarding the possible sale of Vivendi Universal’s stake in French mobile operator SFR to Vodafone Group. Vodafone has said it is interested in taking control of SFR, but …

TOKYO-Keiji Tachikawa, president of Japanese giant NTT DoCoMo, on Thursday said the firm might be forced to revise its target customer figure for FOMA. NTT DoCoMo launched FOMA, its third-generation …

MANILA, The Philippines-The Philippine National Telecommunications Commission (NT) said Express Telecommunications (Extelcom) will have to make do with its existing digital frequency initially before setting its sights on seeking additional …

BEIJING-China’s number-two mobile operator, China Unicom, reported a profit increase of 2.7 percent in the first half of the year to 2.25 billion yuan (US$272 million) compared with the same …

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario-Certicom Corp.’s fourth quarter and year-end results for fiscal 2002, ended April 30, 2002, exceeded previous guidance-marking the third consecutive quarter the company has done so. For the quarter, …

LONDON-Messaging company Logica plc reported a 25 percent drop in profits, about $181 million, for the current fiscal year compared with the previous year, and it said the outlook is …

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DUBLIN, Ireland-A group of engineers at a U.K. university have apparently developed a mobile handset design that protects users concerned about radiation emissions from their phones. The team from the …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African mobile network operator Cell C announced it will not increase its call tariffs in the near future as it strives to gain market share from the …

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular (MIC) said it sold its GSM license in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Orton Investment Holdings for an undisclosed sum. Orton is a previous …

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario-Rugged mobile device and wireless local area network system provider Psion Teklogix announced it has added an enhanced Symbian operating system, an upgraded PC card slot ISDN, and GPRS …

TOKYO-The Japanese government on Wednesday announced it would allocate additional 1.5 GHz band spectrum for mobile carriers providing second-generation (2G) services. The 1.5 GHz band has been used by taxi …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Looking to gain market share in an increasingly saturated market has seen the Dutch arm of cell-phone operator MmO2 scrap all handset subsidies and cut mobile call charges …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Orange claims to have set a trend other U.K. mobile operators will likely be forced to follow by abolishing its range of tariff plans and introducing “build your own” …

PHOENIX-Verizon Wireless launched its Express Network service throughout Arizona, providing customers in metro Phoenix, northern Arizona and Yuma with access to the carrier’s high-speed data network. Verizon Wireless launched service …

DALLAS-Samsung Telecommunications America and RadioShack Corp. announced they will launch a joint marketing campaign based on the Indy Racing League team Treadway Racing to promote Samsung’s newest SPH-a500 and SPH-n400 …

TROY, Mich.-AirIQ Inc. and Delphi Corp. said they are co-developing a vehicle interface module. With the standard interface, AirIQ’s telematics devices will be able to provide vehicle information such as …

FRANKFURT, Germany-Instead of trying to sell off its U.S.-based VoiceStream Wireless Corp. holdings, analysts said German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG may choose an early public offering of its T-Mobile …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics and Ericsson Mobile Platforms signed an agreement under which Philips will source semiconductor devices for Ericsson reference designs. This will give Ericsson access to Philips’ …