2002

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson finalized the sale of its stake in joint venture Ericsson Panda Mobile Terminals Co. Ltd. in Nanjing, China, to Microcell S.A., and concluded a patent license agreement …

TORONTO-724 Solutions Inc., which sells wireless alert services to financial institutions and Internet Protocol gateways to wireless carriers, announced it will cut 100 jobs in an effort to further reduce …

CINCINNATI-Convergys announced Maureen Govern has been made chief technical officer. Govern will be responsible for technology leadership for the company and will serve as the corporate spokeswoman on technology issues. …

MCLEAN, Va.-E-Pass Technologies Inc. announced it will appeal a summary judgement that found personal digital assistant maker Palm Inc. did not infringe on E-Pass’ patents. E-Pass said there were “glaring …

SAN DIEGO-Sharp Electronics Corp. unveiled a consumer edition wireless data service for its Zaurus SL-5500 personal digital assistant designed to run on Verizon Wireless Inc.’s CDPD network. The Microsoft Pocket …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia said it will supply multimedia messaging system (MMS) equipment to DTAC in Thailand. The value of the deal was not disclosed.

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo announced that it signed share exchange agreements with eight of its regional subsidiaries. Through the share exchange agreements, NTT DoCoMo will acquire all the outstanding shares of these …

TOKYO-Access, a Tokyo-based venture, announced it concluded an agreement with China Unicom to provide multimedia messaging service (MMS) software to China’s second-largest mobile operator. Based on the agreement, Access is …

BEIJING-The price war between China Mobile and China Unicom is heating up across the country, except in the big metropolises of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The Ministry of Information Industry …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Nigerian Telecommunications (Nitel) recently launched its prepaid services in the major cities of the country. However, potential subscribers have been frustrated in their efforts to gain lines, as …

BEIJING-Ericsson has granted Huawei Technologies a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable patent license for its W-CDMA/UMTS mobile telephony technology, allowing Huawei to develop, manufacture and sell infrastructure and subscriber equipment using Ericsson’s …

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OXFORD, United Kingdom-Regardless of the decision by KPN to make a 1.2 billion euros (US$1.2 billion) write-off on its 15-percent stake in Hutchison 3G, Hutchison Whampoa Managing Director Canning Fok …

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Indonesia’s wireless market faces two opposite trends from the implementation of CDMA technology. Four analog and CDMA operators, Komselindo, Mobisel, Metrosel, and Telesera, counted a 20.06-percent decrease in growth …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-While it has become accepted that Vodafone will take control of Vizzavi, its Internet portal joint venture with Vivendi, the transaction will need careful handling to ensure Vodafone …

TOKYO-The number of picture service users in Japan is growing rapidly. NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, announced that the number of subscribers of its i-shot picture phone …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Scott McGregor, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Philips Semiconductor, has added to the mounting tide of third-generation (3G) criticism by claiming the company is not convinced about …

BEIJING-China’s telecom industry is seeking more government support for China’s own third-generation (3G) technology, Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA), but so far, the government has not indicated which …

DENVER, United States-The world is watching to see which standard-GSM or CDMA-will succeed as the third-generation (3G) battle revs up in the United States, said Probe Research, but the seemingly …

DALLAS-Looking Glass Networks Inc., Oak Brook, Ill., celebrated the anniversary of its inaugural metropolitan fiber network, which went live Aug. 20, 2001, in Dallas, by announcing it has received to …

REDMOND, Wash.-Smart antenna solution provider Metawave Communications Corp. announced its common stock has been approved for listing on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market. Effective August 19, 2002, Metawave’s common stock was …

NATICK, Mass.-Sage Research Inc. announced the publication of findings from the August 5, 2002, Sage Technology Roundtable “WLANs in the Enterprise,” which covered topics including security, mobile wide area network …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-IBM announced it has been chosen to work with several public safety and transportation agencies in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. to build a public safety data communications network …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-After a year of operations in Nigeria, Econet announced it intends to have an additional 800,000 subscribers by December. The network operator currently has a subscriber base of …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-In spite of the economic crisis that has ravaged the region, BellSouth’s net profits in Latin America reached US$18 million in the first six months of this year …