2002

MANILA, The Philippines-The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has advised Smart Communications, Globe Telecom, and Digital Telecommunications (Digitel) to stop squabbling and expand customer services instead. “Instead of bickering, …

DUBLIN, Ireland-The Irish Attorney General’s office has confirmed that it will bring forward amended regulations prohibiting the use of mobile phones in cars by mid-September. Following the introduction of the …

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Singapore’s mobile market grew slightly in terms of the number of mobile subscribers during the first half of this year. According to the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), the country’s …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-M-Cell, the holding company of the mobile network operator MTN, announced trading figures for the period from 1 April to 30 June in its quarterly trading update. The …

HELSINKI, Finland-Four telecom groups, including Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa, Finnish-headed consortium Jippii/3i Venture, Radiolinja and 2G, confirmed they are vying to acquire Telia Mobile’s third-generation (3G) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System …

TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. shares dropped on the news that the company plans to cut 7,000 jobs and it expects third-quarter earnings to fall by up to 10 percent, attributing the …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless said it has signed an agreement to allow Rennaissance Ltd. to distribute within the New Zealand market its AirCard 555, which operates on cdma2000 1x networks, …

HACKENSACK, N.J.-Due to low share prices, wireless data services reseller GoAmerica Inc. transferred its shares from the Nasdaq National Market to the SmallCap Market. The company’s shares will continue under …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless Internet giant Openwave Systems Inc. announced several executive changes, including naming two new chief technology officers. Bruce Martin and Thomas Reardon will serve as the company’s new …

BERLIN-Sanmina-SCI said it has canceled its memorandum of understanding to buy three production facilities belonging to Siemens AG’s IC Networks unit. “We have determined that the acquisition of these . …

SAN JOSE, California, United States-Globalstar said it reduced prices by up to 75 percent for its registered users in Canada. The announcement comes one week after the mobile satellite services …

MORGAN HILL, Calif.-Anritsu Co. introduced its MS4624x series to its Scorpion Vector Network Measurement System (VNMS) family. The new line of products, available in 2-, 3-, and 4-port configurations, increase …

LONDON-Italy’s Vodafone Omnitel plans to upgrade its gaming platform through its deal with mobile entertainment company Cash-U Mobile Technologies. Omnitel currently uses the first version of Cash-U’s Pecan entertainment platform …

MILPITAS, Calif.-Palm Inc. jumped into the growing field of Web services with partner BEA Systems Inc., a move that again helps to position the company against personal digital assistant rival …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it will slash 700 more job in its wireless infrastructure division, revealing deeper troubles in the company and confirming union fears. “We confirm that we are …

WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. sold its 51-percent interest in its Jamaica wireless business Centennial Digital Jamaica Ltd. to partner Oceanic Digital Communications Inc. The Jamaica business includes an 800 MHz …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Nokia Corp. has received the 2002 Frost & Sullivan Market Penetration Award in the wireless segment of OSS service assurance and OSS service fulfillment. “Nokia develops wireless operations …

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HELSINKI, Finland-Tecnomen said it will supply a complete 2.2 million euros (US$2.16 million) prepaid system to Portal, a subsidiary of Am

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group Inc. named Anders Edlund marketing director where he will initially focus on increasing the worldwide focus on SIG marketing efforts, developing long-term plans …

VIENNA, Va.-mPortal Inc. announced it will provide Xerox Corp. with a wireless field service solution to allow Xerox customer service engineers to wirelessly access and update customer information, including work …

SEOUL, South Korea-With an eye to competing with Intel Corp. and Texas Instruments, Samsung Electronics said it plans to spend $3.6 billion on chips, focusing on large-scale integration for mobile …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Sun Microsystems Inc. said it has been working with Sprint PCS on providing the infrastructure technology for the carrier’s recently launched PCS Vision network. Sun’s contributions include its …

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Toshiba’s computer Systems Group said it has agreed to integrate its 802.11-based technology into iPass Global Broadband roaming service. “Ipass will work with Toshiba to ensure that their …

SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. announced it will partner with PCTEL Inc. to offer PCTEL’s Wi-Fi Roaming Clients as an option with all Novatel GPRS and CDMA 1x Merlin PC Card …