Yearly Archives: 2002

Minorplanet enters agent agreement with Cingular

RICHARDSON, Texas-Minorplanet Systems USA Inc., a fleet management solution provider, said it entered a wireless agent agreement with Cingular Wireless L.L.C."Until now, Minorplanet has...

Alltel to launch Exego application in three markets

RALEIGH, N.C.-Summus Inc. reported an agreement with Alltel Corp. to launch its Exego application in three Alltel markets this month. The service will allow...

VoiceGenie opens offices in London, Connecticut

TORONTO-VoiceGenie Technologies Inc. opened two new offices in New Haven, Conn., and London to provide local sales support. Alan Weaser will run the London...

Arbitrator orders Leap to pay $41M to MCG PCS

SAN DIEGO-A binding arbitrator said Leap Wireless International Inc. will have to pay an additional $41 million in cash or approximately 21.5 million shares...

T-Systems adds switches for mobile interconnect

NEW YORK-T-Systems International, a division of Deutsche Telekom, said it added switches in New York and London, which will enable it to increase its...

Wavecom signs manufacturing agreement with Elcoteq

ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wireless modules maker Wavecom SA said it has signed an agreement to allow Elcoteq to manufacture its WISMO Quik Q2400 modules at its...

CTIA : Carriers don’t need exit regs

WASHINGTON-The wireless market is competitive so the Federal Communications Commission should not impose exit regulations on mobile-phone carriers, the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association...

Crown slashes earnings expectations

HOUSTON-Although Crown Castle International Corp. narrowed its net loss for the second quarter ended June 30 compared with second-quarter 2001, the company slashed in...

Additional operators launch MMS

DENVER, United States-Two Asian operators and another European operator launched multimedia message services (MMS) this week.Globe Telecom in the Philippines launched MMS, making it...

ETSI partners with League of Arab States for standards

SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France-The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and the Arab Telecommunications Council of Ministers/League of Arab States signed a memorandum of understanding to...

T-Systems adds switches for mobile interconnect

NEW YORK-T-Systems International, a division of Deutsche Telekom, said it added switches in New York and London, which will enable it to increase its...

Telsur returns its WLL licenses in Chile

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-One year after being allocated four regional licenses for wireless local loop (WLL) services, Telef

China’s domestic handset makers to double production

BEIJING-China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) expects China to produce 95 million mobile handsets this year, of which 20 percent would be made by...

NTT Comm to set up JV to provide e-ticket services

TOKYO-NTT Communications, an international and long-distance business unit of NTT Group, and Pia, a ticket sales company, announced they would set up a joint...

China’s Eastcom becomes major shareholder of Interwave Communications

BEIJING-Eastern Communications (Eastcom) became the first Chinese state-owned enterprise to acquire a Nasdaq-listed company, Interwave Communications. Taking a 10.3-percent stake, Eastcom became the largest...

Two short listed for Thai CDMA expansion

NEW DELHI, India-Two consortia led by United Communications Industry (Ucom) and Lucent Technologies have been short listed at the end of the first round...

Chinese portal in the black thanks to mobile-phone services

BEIJING-Chinese Internet portal Netease reported a quarterly net profit of US$4,600 on 5 August, becoming the country's first portal to earn a tiny profit....

Russian MTS eyes third Moldovan GSM license

MOSCOW-The biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) is working to receive a third GSM license in the tiny former Soviet republic of Moldova through...

Murdoch testifies in One.Tel trial

MELBOURNE, Australia-Lachlan Murdoch, News Corporation's deputy chief operating officer (COO), appeared in the Australian Federal Court in Sydney on Wednesday to give evidence in...

3G fears push operators to consider MVNO model

OXFORD, United Kingdom-As operators in Scandinavia call for a relaxation of 3G license conditions or opt to share the cost of network deployment, the...

U.K. government portal to boost 3G market

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Fears that customers will not be attracted to third-generation (3G) networks would seem to be the motivation that has prompted the U.K....

Indian cellcos in tariff war, all incoming calls may be free soon

NEW DELHI, India-Leading Indian GSM service providers have virtually launched a tariff war, forcing industry leaders to consider a regime where all incoming calls...

Clarín Group sells Verizon its share of CTI Móvil

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KDDI signs contracts for 1x EV-DO equipment

TOKYO-Hitachi, a leading telecom vendor in Japan, is going to provide cdma2000 1x EV-DO base stations to KDDI, Hitachi announced on Thursday. KDDI is...

Vodafone announces German 3G delay

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Vodafone has joined the fast-growing group of European operators to announce delays of third-generation (3G) network deployments. The company said technical problems...
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