Yearly Archives: 2003

Oil Fund to decrease telecom holdings on poor returns

HELSINKI, Finland-Norway's National Oil Fund (NOF), capitalized at US$100 billion and the largest of Europe's state-managed investment funds, has resolved to downgrade investments in...

Telecsa to begin cellular service in Ecuador

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Ecuadorian government assigned a national personal communications services (PCS) license at 1900 MHz to Telecommunication M

China’s Little Smart goes national

BEIJING-China's fixed-line operators have received approval from the all-powerful Ministry of Information Industry (MII) to roll out the "Little Smart" or "Xiaolingtong" PHS service...

Sweden likely to concede 3G-free zones

OSLO, Norway-An increasingly strident campaign to keep third-generation (3G) telephone masts out of protesting communities won surprising backing from Sweden's regulator National Post and...

Alliance Tower, Central Wireless partner for tower services

DALLAS-Alliance Tower Corp. and Central Wireless Inc. have entered a partnership under which Central Wireless will provide all tower construction services on behalf of...

Hubbard named VP at Daniels

DENVER-Steve Hubbard has been made vice president of Daniels & Associates, providing mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance and financial advisory services to clients in...

S&P lowers Rural Cellular’s credit rating

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Ratings Service lowered its corporate credit rating on Rural Cellular Corp. from 'B+' to 'B' due to the potential the...

Sprint PCS preparing multiplayer games

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS said it plans to launch multiplayer wireless games in early April that will allow customers to compete against each other...

Nextel launches Inciscent software

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. launched Inciscent Inc.'s Java-based Command & Control network and systems management software for the Blackberry 6510 device.Inciscent said the software...

FT, Orange to offer Wi-Fi through hotels

PARIS-France Telecom and Orange France have entered into an agreement to deploy their Wi-Fi hot spots at 900 Accor hotels, including Sofitel, Mercure, Libertel,...

Action Engine closes financing

REDMOND, Wash.-Action Engine, whose customers include Orange SA and MmO2, has closed a $15.5 million Series C round of venture financing, led by Baker...

New Motorola UMTS phone may use Symbian OS

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-A filing on the Federal Communications Commission's Web site seems to have inadvertently revealed details and pictures of an unannounced Motorola Inc. mobile...

AT&T Wireless, Cingular launch Roadrunner venture

REDMOND, Washington, United States-AT&T Wireless Services and Cingular Wireless officially formed their previously announced "Roadrunner" joint venture to build out GSM/General Packet Radio Service...

18 Japanese carriers opposed to interconnection charge hikes

TOKYO-A total of 18 telecommunications carries in Japan 10 March lodged complaints against the Japanese governmental plan to let NTT companies raise their communication...

Ministry expert calls for issuance of 3G licenses in China

BEIJING-An expert of the State Radio Regulation Organization (SRRO) of China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) was quoted in the China Daily newspaper as...

J-Phone increases market share to 18.3% in February

TOKYO-J-Phone, a Vodafone company in Japan, gained 164,800 new subscribers in February, according to a survey compiled by the Telecommunications Association of Japan.Due to...

Vendors to develop 3G handset technology

TOKYO-T-Engine Project, an industry association consisting of virtually all major Japanese vendors, including NEC, Fujitsu and Mitsubishi Electric, will jointly develop a standardized platform...

Nextel COO moves to NTL

NEW YORK-Former Nextel Communications Inc. chief operating officer James Mooney was named chairman of Britain's largest cable television operator NTL Inc., which recently emerged...

Rogers AT&T Wireless offers Motorola T720

TORONTO-Canadian wireless operator Rogers AT&T Wireless Inc. introduced Motorola Inc.'s T720 handset onto its network. As part of an introductory promotion for the...

Nortel to supply T-Mobile, MmO2 with next-gen gear

HANNOVER, Germany-Nortel Networks issued separate announcements with two carriers, T-Mobile International and MmO2.T-Mobile selected the Brampton-Ontario-based vendor as a preferred supplier to deliver GPRS...

POMALS aligns with Igicom

WESTPORT, Conn.-Peace of Mind at Light Speed Inc., a developer of location-based and location-aware services, has entered a strategic alliance with New York-based Igicom...

SMC to release Wi-Fi adapter this month

IRVINE, Calif.-SMC Networks will make commercially available at the end of March the SMC EZ Connect Universal Wireless CardBus Adapter, which enables connectivity to...

Ceragon launches ultra-high-capacity connectivity solution

TEL AVIV, Israel-Broadband wireless system provider Ceragon Networks Ltd. launched FibeAir 3128, a new ultra-high-capacity network connectivity solution.According to Ceragon, the new system enables...

IONA product to support Centrino

WALTHAM, Mass.-IONA, provider of Rapid Integration software, said its Mobile Orchestrator will support Intel's Centrino technology to provide uses with an "occasionally connected computing"...

Intel launches Centrino chips

HANNOVER, Germany-Intel Corp. finally launched its much-publicized set of wireless chips known as Centrino to enable end users to access the Internet through their...
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