2002

TOKYO-Sega on Tuesday announced it would supply gaming software to FarEasTone in Taiwan and SmarTone in Hong Kong. Both Asian telecom companies launched game content distribution services on 16 December. …

BEIJING-Agilent Technologies has opened a research and development center in Beijing focused on developing software tools for designing third-generation (3G) devices and components. This includes testing solutions for China’s own …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies released a new chip the company said will work as a smart antenna for CDMA networks, doubling the networks’ capacity for voice and data traffic. The …

MILPITAS, Calif.-Personal digital assistant giant Palm Inc. posted a strong second quarter, finally managing to move into the black and capitalize on its new products. Palm’s pro forma net income …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Software company Atsonic L.L.C. announced a new wireless service to deliver live video of traffic updates and travel times information to mobile phones and personal digital assistants. The company’s …

TOKYO-Sharp, a leading vendor in Japan, launched an experiment for mobile voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) using Sharp’s popular personal digital assistant (PDA) Zaurus on 18 December. Mobile IP is …

NEW YORK-By a vote of 40-9, the city council of New York has approved a bill to prohibit the use of cell phones at public performances, including theaters, museums and …

BEIJING-Reclusive North Korea has decided to build a GSM network, initially in an area 48 kilometers around the capital Pyongyang and to be expanded to cover the whole country by …

NEW YORK-CKW Wireless Pty. Ltd., the Australian subsidiary of ArrayComm Inc., San Jose, Calif., has obtained a $14 million capital infusion from two new strategic partners, Mitsubishi Corp. and e-millennium …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Marriott International Inc. will partner with WLAN service provider STSN to deploy WLAN access at 400 hotels in Germany, the U.K. and the U.S. This deployment will enable high-speed …

BANGALORE-Motorola will expand Bharat Sandhar Nigam Ltd.’s (BSNL) cellular network in southern India according to a newly signed deal worth $33 million. According to their agreement, Motorola will install a …

BEIJING-China Netcom and China Telecom, China’s main fixed-line operators, are considering building wireless local loop (WLL) services based on the CDMA standard, but mobile operator China Unicom is expected to …

TOKYO-Hudson, a leading game software provider in Japan, announced it launched a new voice message service for NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode service. When a user of the i-mode service sends an …

DUBLIN, Ireland-As the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the awarding of the second GSM license in Ireland continues, those who advised the government at the time have been trying to …

OSLO, Norway-Mobile operator Orange confirmed Thursday it would back out of the Swedish mobile market, a move that had been widely predicted due to the financial problems of owner France …

SAN DIEGO-Mobile phone maker Kyocera Wireless Corp. will use software from Roxio Inc. to allow users of its forthcoming 7135 smart phone to edit and change images on their device. …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia will supply a GSM network expansion to China’s Henan MCC in a deal valued at more than US$100 million. Deliveries of GSM core and radio access network infrastructure …

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless (TIW) and ClearWave said they reached an agreement with Emerging Markets Partnership (WMP) on the sale of the 5.68-percent stake of Romanian operator MobiFon held by ClearWave …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Court of New York accepted Impsat’s restructuring plan, which includes the reduction of its US$990 million debt to US$270 million, the passing of the company to its …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The nation’s 18th largest law firm will be the first to use Good Technology Inc.’s new G100 wireless e-mail devices, and will equip more than 1,200 employees with the …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. chief technology officer Rod Nelson was elected chariman of the board of governors for the 3G Americas industry organization, succeeding Cingular Wireless L.L.C. CTO Bill …

BEIJING-Nine CDMA operators attended the CDMA Operators Summit 2002 hosted by China United Telecommunications, parent of New York-listed China Unicom. Vice President Wang Jianzhou called on the operators to increase …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The two major cell-phone operators in Colombia, which operate on TDMA technology, announced they are migrating their networks to different technologies. In the case of BellSouth, the company …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator Econet Wireless Zimbabwe announced it has commissioned a new switching center with capacity to carry 100,000 additional subscribers. Douglas Mboweni, Econet chief executive, said the …

DUBLIN, Ireland-A report in one of the United Kingdom’s leading tabloid newspapers suggested the Competition Commission has reached a decision on the fairness or otherwise of mobile call costs in …