Monthly Archives: February, 2003

Navini to deploy Liberty service in Panama

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA- Liberty Technologies, which owns data, Internet and spectrum licenses covering the country, has deployed a non-line-of-site wireless broadband network using the...

Palm cuts 19% of staff, suffers downgrade and stock drop

MILPITAS, Calif.-Palm Inc. said it cut 19 percent of its total work force. The news, combined with a downgrading from JP Morgan, sent the...

Public safety, private wireless must use 12.5 kHz equipment

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission set deadlines for private-wireless and public-safety groups to migrate to more spectrally efficient equipment.Private-wireless licensees have a little less than...

Verizon launches consolidated billing

TAMPA, Fla.-Verizon Communications Inc. launched its Veriations One-Bill service in Florida allowing customers to consolidate their local, long-distance, wireless, digital subscriber line and optional...

Vodafone announces details of Telecel offer

LONDON-Vodafone announced details of its public offer for the outstanding shares of Portuguese operator Vodafone Telecel that it does not already own. The unconditional...

Judge asks RIM, NTP to begin negotiations in patent case

WATERLOO, Ontario-Adding a new twist in a complicated legal drama, a U.S. judge ruled that Research In Motion Ltd. and NTP Inc. must begin...

NTT DoCoMo to launch flat-rate PHS service in April

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, will launch flat-rate PHS service in April, NTT DoCoMo said Thursday. DDI Pocket, a PHS operator...

T-Mobile cuts Starbucks Wi-Fi access fees

NEW YORK-T-Mobile USA has cut the price of its Wi-Fi Internet access service at 1,200 retail locations, including Starbucks coffee shops, to $30 for...

Microsoft, Unicom to develop CDMA 1x business model

HONG KONG-Microsoft Corp. and China Unicom signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the business model and technology for cdma2000 1x services on the...

Data on Air to change name, focus

ORLANDO, Fla.-Data on Air Inc., which for the past seven years has worked in wireless data networking, carrier billing, provisioning, WAP hosting and reporting,...

KDDI selects HP, Opsol for messaging backbone

PALO ALTO, California, United States-Hewlett-Packard said Japan's KDDI has selected it NonStop server and the Opsol Integrators' OmniMessaging system to support the high-speed, high-volume...

Panama sees first NLOS service

PANAMA CITY-Liberty Technologies said it deployed the first non-line-of-sight (NLOS) wireless broadband networks in Panama under a US$3 million contract with Navini Networks for...

Court denies Next Level appeal in Motorola takeover

ROHNERT PARK, Calif.-Delaware Supreme court declined to hear Next Level Communications Inc.'s appeal requesting it to block majority shareholder Motorola Inc.'s takeover bid of...

Celestica to cut jobs with plant closing

OKLAHOMA CITY-Celestica Inc. said it plans to cut 450 jobs as it shuts down its plant here as part of its strategy to cut...

Casio, Alps develop fingerprint scanner for device security

DOVER, N.J.-Casio Computer Co. and Alps Electric say they have developed a small fingerprint scanner to enhance security in cell phones and other mobile...

Telia Denmark begins charging for MMS service

COPENHAGEN, Denmark-Telia Denmark is introducing a charge of 44 U.S. cents for its multimedia messaging service following a free introductory period, which ends at...

Cut-price 802.11b opens U.K. coffee shop wars

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having seen the U.K. fixed-line incumbent British Telecommunications (BT) deploy nearly 100 Wi-Fi hot spots around the country, Internet Exchange, the European...

Contec signs on Middle East sales agents

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada-Canadian mobile Internet company Contec Innovation said it signed agreements with six sales agents in the Middle East covering Bahrain, Jordan...

MTN Nigeria puts prepaid sales on hold due to capacity constraints

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-MTN Nigeria announced it has suspended sales of its prepaid starter packs (SIM Packs) and handsets to the public. The network's contract...

Telefónica Móviles’ Latin America income falls 15% in 2002

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Latin American subsidiaries of Telef

SEC discontinues Lucent probe

MURRAY HILL, New Jersey, United States-Lucent Technologies Inc. has announced an agreement in principle with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff to close an...

Iospan ceases operations

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Iospan Wireless, a provider of fixed wireless broadband antenna technology, has ceased operations and its assets have been acquired by Intel Corp....

Alcatel snags 2 follow-on contracts

PARIS-Alcatel announced two new mobile infrastructure contracts, one in Latin America and one in Europe.In Argentina, Telecom Personal, a subsidiary of Telecom Argentina, contracted...

NTT DoCoMo to launch flat-rate PHS service in April

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, will launch flat-rate PHS service in April, NTT DoCoMo said Thursday. DDI Pocket, a PHS operator...

Hutch rolls out CDMA service in Bangkok

NEW DELHI, India-Hutchison CAT Wireless MultiMedia, a joint venture of Hutchison and the Thai government's Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT), has formally rolled out...
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