2002

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 …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. said it will buy back $825 million in so-called Puttable Reset Securities (PURS) under a purchase agreement to be executed with Goldman Sachs & Co. Feb. 3. …

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 …

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Wireless enterprise company Aether Systems Inc. announced it will equip the 5,500-vehicle fleet of trucking company U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc. with its MobileMax wireless communications and tracking product. …

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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 …

WICHITA, Kansas-IFR has upgraded its 2975 radio test set to include new test patterns, the ability to control 2975 tests via the Internet and the ability to test P25 trunked …

ROME-Telecom Italia began trials this week of a public Wi-Fi service operating at 2.4 GHz. Italy’s largest fixed and mobile operator will trial the service in public locations in Rome …

MILPITAS, Calif.-GRIC Communications announced NEC and Sony Communications Network (SoNet) will offer its wireless Internet roaming service to customers, and Excite Japan will offer its wireless and dial-up roaming service …

PHILADELPHIA-Verizon Communications Inc. announced plans to lay off approximately 3,500 employees this week in an attempt to cut costs, according to Reuters. The layoffs come on top of 5,000 job …

MUNICH, Germany-PCTEL Inc. recently announced the availability of its new Segue Network Gateway, capable of performing routing, IP addressing, security and billing access for 802.11 networks. “We will continue to …

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas-Sprint PCS launched its Rhapsody 411 music service providing its PCS Vision customers with access to Listen.com’s library of digital music and information services. The service reportedly allows …

TOKYO-J-Phone said it has requested permission from the Japanese regulator to unify its regional company price plans into six national price plans and seven discount services for its PDC networks, …

TORONTO-Canadian carrier Bell Mobility announced it will begin offering basic location-based services through its new MyFinder application and that it plans to expand the service with additional features. The service …

BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States-Flarion Technologies announced a field trial with Korean Internet service provider Hanaro Telecom using Flarion’s Flash-OFDM wireless broadband system. This will be Flarion’s second trial in …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. continued its march to help grow the nascent market for Wi-Fi technology, announcing two new investments in companies operating in the space. The Intel Communications Fund …

NEW YORK-Shipments of wireless local area network chipsets likely will reach between 23 million and 25 million units this year, up from 7.9 million last year, due to strong growth …

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 …

NEW YORK-Walker Wireless, which owns spectrum throughout New Zealand, has contracted with U.S.-based IPWireless to build a broadband wireless network that covers the country’s three largest cities and about half …

TORONTO-With a view to better financial flexibility, Nortel Networks said it will terminate its $1.8 billion in undrawn credit that expires in April next year. The wireless vendor said it …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Contec Innovations said it is acquiring Clearigo Solutions Inc., which develops mobile server software. The software will integrate with Contec’s mobile application server. “As Contec grows, we will …

DENVER-Cambridge Silicon Radio, Intersil Corp. and Smart Modular Technologies are cooperating on development of a mini-PCI board that combines 802.11b wireless local area network and Bluetooth technology, according to published …

WASHINGTON-Rather than relying on industry-supplied data-much of it from the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association-the Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment on the state of competition in the mobile phone …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. has filed patent infringement law suits against Maxim Integrated Products Inc. in federal court over inventions that cover transmission, reception and processing of radio signals by wireless …

DENVER, United States-AT&T Wireless confirmed that it has won a license to offer mobile services on the Caribbean island of Dominica. The U.S.-based operator will compete against Cable & Wireless, …