2002

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investor Services downgraded its senior unsecured long-term debt ratings of Verizon Communications Inc. from A1 to A2 and the long-term debt ratings of Verizon Wireless Inc. from A2 …

PLANO, Texas-Ericsson Mobile Systems CDMA said it has signed an agreement with U.S. Cellular Corp. to deploy its TEMS DriveTester tool and CDMA 1x Authentication, Authorization and Accounting solution on …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

JACKSON, Miss.-AIR2LAN and US Wireless Online, two of the largest U.S. wireless broadband Internet service providers, announced they will merge to operate as AIR2LAN Online Inc. Together, the companies operate …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. will bypass carrier sales efforts with a new online store, where Internet surfers can compare and buy phones and wireless services. The site is managed by LetsTalk, …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit ratings on Dobson Communications Corp. from B+ to B, citing the impact of lower roaming yield on revenue growth, lower …

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. reported its stock would be delisted beginning today and would begin trading on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board immediately under the “RCCC.OB” ticker symbol. Rural Cellular said …

FOREBU, Norway-Telenor Mobile said it will end its NMT 450 MHz service at the end of 2004. The company’s NMT 450 MHz license expires 31 December, 2004, and it will …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Perhaps wanting to recapture some of their “lost” wireless revenues due to 3G delays, Europe’s major telecom companies have launched wireless local area network (WLAN) hot spot services. …

CINCINNATI, United States-Convergys said it will supply an integrated billing system to Qatar Telecom. The company will use the service to bill General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Universal Mobile …

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia-St. Petersburg-based Delta Telecom, an NMT 450 MHz carrier, launched the first commercial cdma2000 1x network based on the International Mobile Telecommunications-Multi Carrier (IMT-MC) standard and operating in …

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Market research firm Analysys has released a new report warning European operators against a price war between fixed and mobile carriers as fixed-to-mobile service substitution continues. Such a battle …