Yearly Archives: 2002

Damax develops new antenna technology

WATSONVILLE, Calif.-Damax International announced it has developed a new antenna technology that doubles handset range and reduces handset radiation up to 95 percent below...

Intel CEO to speak at CES

ARLINGTON, Va.-The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) announced Craig Barrett, chief executive officer of Intel Corp. will deliver a keynote address on the opening...

Palm uses Access browser for new Palm OS version

TOKYO-The new version of Palm Inc.'s operating system will use the same wireless Internet browser technology that NTT DoCoMo's i-mode wireless data service uses.Palm...

Oracle releases developer tool kit for voice, data integration

COPENHAGEN, Denmark-Database technology provider Oracle Corp. released a new tool kit for developers to integrate wireless voice and data services into its application server,...

Motorola to cut 7,000 more jobs, take US$3.5 billion charges

SCHAUMBURG, Illinois, United States-Motorola said it will shed 7,000 jobs and take charges of about US$3.5 billion, 90 percent of which will come out...

South African mobile network opts for local software solution

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South Africa's third cellular network operator Cell C has reportedly implemented a suite of locally developed business critical software solutions. The suite,...

Philippine NTC asks to proceed with new mobile billing scheme

MANILA, The Philippines-The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has asked the Philippine Supreme Court (SC) to affirm a Court of Appeals decision allowing it to...

Operator boosts capacity ahead of World Summit

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African mobile network operator MTN announced that it is boosting its network capacity to ensure uninterrupted cellular services are available to...

Despite CDMA advantages, Chinese still not convinced

BEIJING-A story in the Chinese language Economic Daily on 27 June analyzed the advantages of CDMA, but none had anything to do with benefits...

Mobile-phone output doubles in Shanghai

BEIJING-During the first five months of the year, output of mobile phones jumped 108 percent in Shanghai. Exports of information technology products by foreign-invested...

Indonesian cellular operator expands to WLAN services

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Confronting the fierce competition in its core business, Excelcomindo, Indonesia's GSM 900/1800 operator, spread its wings to provide wireless local area network (WLAN)...

China’s mobile subscribers top 170 million

BEIJING-China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) announced the country had 170 million mobile subscribers and 196 million fixed-line users at the end of May.During...

Telecom Argentina declares complete default on its debt

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Telecom Argentina announced on Monday it cannot pay even the interest on its debt of US$2.4 billion, further extending the default declared...

First GSM service launches in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-Oi, the new GSM operator owned by fixed-line operator Telemar, entered the country's mobile market on Tuesday, offering the country's first...

Airtel, Escotel offer high-powered SIM cards in India

NEW DELHI, India-After consolidation of operations and brands, Indian GSM players are now turning to more competitive services by adding new features. This week,...

First MVNO in South America launches in Bolivia

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Telecommunications Cooperative of Santa Cruz (Cotas) has become the first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in the region by launching its...

Ad execs pan European mobile rebranding efforts

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The rebranding that is being implemented by some of the large European cell-phone operators as they push toward a worldwide identity seems...

Russian MTS launches in Belarus

MOSCOW-The biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) finally launched a GSM 900/1800 MHz network in Belarus, thus making its first step into the Commonwealth...

Retail Decisions to provide payment solutions for Virgin Mobile

HAZLET, N.J.-Retail Decisions said it signed a contract with Virgin Mobile to provide payment authorization and settlement services.Financial terms of the deal were not...

Gtran ships dual-band cdma2000 1x EV-DO data card

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-Wireless modem maker Gtran Wireless Inc. has said its dual-band cdma2000 1x EV-DO data card known as the DotSurfer 6200 is now...

Fonix announces speech offerings based on OMAP

SALT LAKE CITY-Fonix announced it will offer automatic speech recognition and text-to-speech capabilities on devices using Texas Instruments' OMAP platform.Fonix Speech Solutions, to be...

FieldCentrix delivers FX e-Service

IRVINE, Calif.-FieldCentrix announced it is now offering FX e-Service to allow customers of field service companies using FieldCentrix systems to request service and access...

Cingular opens Cingular Zone in New York City

ATLANTA-Ahead of its planned launch of wireless service in New York City next month, Cingular Wireless opened a Cingular Zone in Rockefeller Center allowing...

Comverse releases MMS developer kit

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands-Messaging company Comverse Technology Inc. released a new developer took kit for multimedia messaging services, which the company said would help developers...
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