Yearly Archives: 2002

Tellabs revamps management team

NAPERVILLE, Ill.-Tellabs announced several changes to its corporate management team that it said will strengthen relations with customers, speed product development and grow international...

ATX, APCO launch emergency call center training

WASHINGTON-ATX Technologies and The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials International Inc. launched a program to provide formalized emergency response training and certification for...

Contec joins HP Mobile e-Services Bazaar

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Contec Innovations announced it has joined the HP Mobile e-Services Bazaar, a forum that helps operators, service providers and enterprises shop for...

Numbering crisis appears to have been averted, reports FCC

WASHINGTON-There are currently more telephone numbers available for assignment to end-users than currently assigned, said the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday.There are 480 million...

T-Mobile launches PDA

BELLEVUE, Washington, United States-T-Mobile USA, which is known as VoiceStream Wireless in most of the country, launched its T-Mobile-branded Windows Powered Pocket PC Phone...

Nortel signs GSM contract in China

BEIJING-Nortel Networks said it signed a US$26.8 million GSM contract to supply China Mobile with equipment for the carrier's cellular network in the Shaanxi...

Marconi in talks regarding mobile unit sale

LONDON-Unconfirmed reports stated telecom equipment maker Marconi has sold its mobile unit to Italian state-controlled defense and engineering company Finmeccanica. Finmeccanica has approved US$594.5...

Fujitsu to restructure overseas telecom business

TOKYO-Fujitsu, a leading telecommunications vendor in Japan, is going to restructure its overseas telecommunications business. To promote the restructuring in its telecommunications business, as...

Legend to offer wireless Internet in China

BEIJING-China's largest personal computer vendor Legend Group has teamed with Intel and China Mobile to offer mobile wireless Internet services in 138 cities in...

Singapore’s cellular operators go for China

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Singapore's mobile operators are looking to spread their services wings into the highly lucrative Chinese market. Singapore' Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) this week...

Ericsson’s Treschow forecasts survival of the few

HELSINKI, Finland-Michael Treschow, chairman of Stockholm-based vendor Ericsson, forecasted "challenging months ahead" for the world's leading telecom equipment suppliers, a battle that he contended...

LG Group to build twin towers in Beijing

BEIJING-South Korean vendor LG Group plans to build a copy of its Seoul headquarters along Beijing's Chang'an Avenue, which also passes Tiananmen Square. Investment...

Westminster workers to have real-time mobile data

SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. announced the City of Westminster, the historic heart of London, has rolled out a mobile IT solution powered by Novatel's...

WorldCom, Cingular reach agreement; WorldCom execs surrender

NEW YORK-WorldCom Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reached a tentative agreement yesterday settling the dispute between the two companies over the possible transfer of...

Nortel to expand China Mobile GSM network

BEIJING-China's largest wireless operator China Mobile selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to expand its GSM network in Shaanxi Province as part of a $26.8 million...

TV Cable, Sakon Holdings acquire WLL spectrum in Ecuador

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The National Telecommunications Council in Ecuador assigned two of the three national 3.4 GHz to 3.6 GHz bands for wireless local loop...

South African operators take aim at regulator

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Speaking at a recent technology and communications summit in Johannesburg, executives from South Africa's mobile and fixed operators reiterated their calls that...

Idea to launch service in Delhi next month

NEW DELHI, India-Idea Cellular said it will launch its services in the Indian capital next month, taking the total number of GSM players to...

Carphone Warehouse signs 1 million new customers in saturated European markets

DUBLIN, Ireland-Europe's largest mobile-phone retailer shows no signs of relinquishing its market-leading position, with Carphone Warehouse announcing a 16-percent increase in connections during the...

Movilnet launches ‘virtual’ service in Venezuela

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Venezuelan cell-phone operator Movilnet presented a new service that allows new clients to receive mobile-phone messages without actually owning their own...

Expansion of China’s PHS system put on hold

BEIJING-Expansion of China's PHS network called Little Smart in the suburbs of Beijing and Tianjin has been put on hold by the Ministry of...

Sonera’s failed 3G venture raises questions, MmO2 could be next German withdrawal

OXFORD, United Kingdom-While outsiders have praised Sonera and Telef

Dropped calls not a problem, claims Hutchison chief

OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an effort to calm the nerves of the third-generation (3G) community, Canning Fok, Hutchison's managing director, said reports of call handover...

Gartner Japan: FOMA to take off in 2005

TOKYO-Gartner Japan, a Japanese business unit of Gartner Group, has predicted the mobile handset market on a unit basis will expand at an annual...
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