March 2003

NEW ORLEANS-AirWalk Communications Inc., a radio access network developer for CDMA networks, launched an integrated base station and base station controller to meet demand for hot spot, blindspot and in-building …

WASHINGTON-Informal complaints regarding wireless to the Federal Communications Commission increased by nearly 53 percent over the previous quarter with the bulk of these being in the areas of billing, early …

NEW ORLEANS, United States-The second day of keynote speeches at this year’s Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association show in New Orleans had a similar theme to last year’s event with …

BEIJING-UTStarcom is expected to launch a dual-mode handset in May, capable of operating on the Little Smart networks of fixed-line operators and on the GSM networks of the wireless carriers. …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-With a budget of US$54 million to install a national GSM network, Siemens has won the contract with the new cell-phone operator in Colombia. The German company will …

BEIJING-China’s parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), has appointed a new minister of Information Industry. Wang Xudong is succeeding outgoing minister Wu Jichuan, who was appointed vice chairman of the …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Although the investment fund Coinvest bought CTI M

TOKYO-KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, announced it will launch a new location service for its “au” brand mobile handset users starting 17 April. Using the service, an au …

MANILA, The Philippines-Mobile-phone operator Smart Communications is targeting at least 11 million subscribers by year-end, according to company legal and carriers division head Rogelio Quevedo. He also said the company, …

NEW ORLEANS-IpUnplugged AB, which develops secure seamless roaming solutions, released the third generation of its software, which delivers communications across multiple radio, cellular and wireless local area networks. The solution …

NEW ORLEANS-Tracfone Wireless Inc., a nationwide prepaid wireless service provider, added the Motorola v120 Series handset to its current offerings. The new handset will incorproate TracFone’s debit technology software that …

NEW ORLEANS-Royal Philips Electronics and LogicaCMG announced an agreement to jointly supply multimedia messaging technology to mobile operators. The original equipment manufacturer umbrella agreement calls for the integration of Philips’ …

NEW ORLEANS-Anritsu Co. introduced cdma2000 1x hardware and software options that enable its MT8820A Radio Communication Analyzer to test wireless mobile terminals according to IS-2000 and 3GPP2 standards. With the …

NEW ORLEANS-Advantest America Measuing Solutions introduced the R4870, a single-instrument solution that can perform both radio-frequency and interoperability tests in accordance with the Bluetooth Special Interest Group specifications. The solution …

NEW ORLEANS-UbiNetics launched its LG200 Load Generator technology for the U.S. market. The LG200 is a 3G network “stress tester”, which brings real-world interface conditions into the lab, said the …

NEW ORLEANS-ArcSoft Inc., which provides digital imaging software, said it is providing its PhotoBase Mobile Edition to Nokia 3650 and 7650 imaging phone users. The product brings image managment, editing …

ATLANTA-Intec Telecom Systems announced the availibility of its Intec WLAN Solution, which allows the network usage capture, pricing and billing for a broad range of wireless local area network services …

SAN DIEGO-Hands-free product maker Jabra Corp. announced shipping dates for its two newest corded headsets, the EarSet WindUp and ProBoom. The EarSet WindUp began shipping earlier this month, and the …

BEIJING-China Mobile (Hong Kong), the listed arm of mobile carrier China Mobile Communications is to pay its first dividend since listing on the Hong Kong stock market in October 1997. …

SURABAYA, Indonesia-The Mega Asia consortium won a contract for building 700,000 CDMA-based wireless local loop (WLL) lines in Indonesia under a revenue-sharing scheme with Indosat, the WLL operator. Bakrie, an …

TOKYO-DDI Pocket, the largest PHS service provider in Japan, will launch international roaming services with Taiwan PHS provider FITEL. DDI Pocket announced. Users of the DDI Pocket PHS service will …

TOKYO-Access, a Tokyo-based embedded browser manufacturer, announced it will provide its flagship product NetFront version 3.0 for BREW-based handsets. Like JAVA, BREW is a platform that lets handset users download …

Based on feedback from approximately 100 corporate IT directors in eight European countries, Frost & Sullivan has concluded that increased enterprise adoption of wireless technologies depends primarily on improved security …

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced William Wheeler has been made vice president and general manager of the Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia region, overseeing all wireless sales and operations for the …

NEW YORK-LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy and Newark airports, all operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, will have public and private wireless local area network access …