2002

RALEIGH, N.C.-Summus Inc. and ZIO Interactive announced their jointly developed mobile billiard game, Nineball, has received the TRUE BREW designation from the National Software Testing Laboratories (NSTL). Nineball, which was …

NEW YORK-Price Communications Corp. reported the sale of its wireless assets to Verizon Wireless Inc. is complete. In exchange for its sixteen licenses covering approximately 3.4 million potential customers in …

FAIRFAX, Va.-Xybernaut Corp. announced it has received a patent for leaving and retrieving messages and data within a commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) provider network or other networks, including cellular, …

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. launched a nationwide service, which it calls Voice Services, providing its subscribers with voice activated dialing and voice information services. Customers who sign up for the service …

SAN FRANCISCO-Video game giant Sega.com Inc. released its first ever mobile phone game, Sega Monkey Ball, which will work over Sprint PCS’ newly launched Vision network. Sega Mobile, a recently …

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-TTP Communications plc announced a new partnership with Siemens Information and Communication Mobile that will put TTPCom’s GSM platform in new Siemens products. “This agreement demonstrates the changing nature …

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Paging and messaging carrier Arch Wireless Inc. reported consolidated net income of $1.7 billion for the second quarter, ended June 30, 2002. The carrier’s revenues for the second quarter …

WATERBURY, Conn.-MTS Holdings L.L.C. announced it has purchased American Tower Corp.’s MTS Wireless Components, Vancomm, Site Advantage and S&S Dynamic operations throughout the United States and Asia. The investor group …

TOKYO-Japan Telecom, a Vodafone company in Japan, announced it sold a base station business unit to Bovis Lend Lease, an Australian company. It is the first time that an overseas …

PARIS-Alcatel said it signed a GSM expansion contract with OPT in New Caledonia. The expansion will increase OTP’s network, which operates under the Mobilis brand name, from 75,000 subscribers to …

NEW YORK-Tele2 said it signed a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) agreement with Connect Austria, allowing it to use Connect’s network to provide an alternative mobile service. “This MVNO will …

DENVER, United States-Metricom will be officially reincarnated on Thursday when Ricochet Networks launches high-speed wireless Internet service in Denver. Ricochet will charge US$45 per month for the service and US$100 …

TORONTO-Telesystem International Wireless (TIW) shares fell to a record low after the company posted a large second-quarter loss and took a charge against its Brazilian wireless operation. The company’s shares …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-SkyOnline signed a letter of intent stating that it will buy Diveo Broadband Networks’ Argentine and Uruguayan branches for about US$7 million. This decision is in line with …

TOKYO-The recycling rate for Japanese mobile phones, including PHS units, in fiscal year 2001 was up 5.5 percent on the year to 35.2 percent, according to a survey compiled by …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Mobile operator Orange announced this week it is on course to record a profit by the fourth quarter of 2002. A subsidiary of Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia), Orange also declared …

NEW DELHI, India-The ongoing tariff war in Indian cellular markets is seeing operators designing new packages to attract customers. Spice Telecom in Karnataka has launched a special package for women, …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Trying to divert criticism about its third-generation (3G) strategy away from itself, Vodafone said the shortage of fully capable 3G handsets will now mean the launch of its …

DUBLIN, Ireland-While its major competitor O2 Ireland has accepted the terms of its third-generation (3G) mobile license, Ireland’s largest mobile operator, Vodafone, has further delayed a decision on whether to …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-KPN Mobile looks likely to miss its target for i-mode subscribers in the Netherlands and Germany by a considerable margin. The company, which recently announced it had a …

TOKYO-J-Phone, a Vodafone Group company in Japan, announced the number of users of its popular picture phone service exceeded 6 million as of the end of July. The service, known …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Pyramid Research does not expect Nextel to launch its digital service in Chile within the next 12 months, according to a report conducted by Carlos Rodriguez and Daniel …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Ericsson has warned the financial market that it may need to invest another 530 million euros (US$520 million) into its cell-phone joint venture with Sony. The company also …

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MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is not the target of the U.S. Attorney’s office investigation of a 2000 accounting error on a software licensing agreement with Winstar Communications …