Yearly Archives: 2003

Alvarion solution in use by Utah police

CARLSBAD, Calif.-Wireless broadband solution provider Alvarion Inc. said its BreezeACCESS solution, being used by police officers in Helper, Utah, has helped in the recovery...

Siemens Mobile Acceleration opens U.S. headquarters

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens Mobile Acceleration, an early-stage wireless venture investor wholly owned by Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group, Munich, Germany, has opened an American...

PCTel releases roaming software

CHICAGO-PCTel Inc. has made commercially available its new Segue Roaming Client, which it said would help "resolve the problems that service providers and subscribers...

Wayport to provide wireless Internet at L.A. hotel

AUSTIN, Texas-Wayport Inc. will provide wireless Internet access in meeting rooms and common areas and wireline access in the 1,354 guestrooms of The Westin...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Telefónica Móviles’ Latin America income falls 15% in 2002

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Latin American subsidiaries of Telef

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...

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...

European operators try to kick-start m-payments

OXFORD, United Kingdom-With as many as six mobile payment "standards" competing to gain acceptance, four European mobile operators have clubbed together in an attempt...

Swedish operators extend free MMS trials

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Despite the hype surrounding the success of multimedia messaging service (MMS), the Swedish cell-phone operator Comviq has joined Vodafone and Telia by...

New government moves forward with PCS auction in Ecuador

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-After several months of indecision caused by the change of pesidents in Ecuador, Freddy Rodr

Semiconductor companies cooperate on CMOS development

CROLLES, France-Three semiconductor companies STMicroelectronics, Philips and Motorola Inc. opened a research and development center to pioneer CMOS technology from 90 nanometer processes to...

Security company says Nokia 6210 vulnerable to hackers

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Computer hackers could use a text message to crash a Nokia Corp. 6210 mobile phone, said security company @stake Inc. in a security...

Sanmina-SCI, Fujitsu align to market fingerprint sensor technology

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Sanmina-SCI Corp. and Fujitsu Microelectronics America Inc. have established an alliance to co-market products using Fujitsu's fingerprint sensor technology.The technology will focus...

J-Phone to launch location service next week

TOKYO-J-Phone, a Vodafone Group company in Japan, will launch a new location information service 3 March. The new location service, called Loco Guide, will...

CDMA service possible on high-speed Chinese train

BEIJING-Experiments prove that CDMA service is available on the magnetic levitation (maglev) train between Shanghai's Pudong International Airport and the center of the city's...

Hughes to acquire Lucent’s wireless software business

NEW DELHI, India-Hughes Software Systems (HSS), a subsidiary of Hughes Electronics Corporation based in India, announced an outsourcing relationship with Lucent Technologies.Under the agreement,...

Nigeria awards contracts for Nitel GSM expansion

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Nigerian government announced it has awarded several contracts valued at US$202 million total for the expansion of the Nitel GSM network.Ojo...

China’s handset makers facing trust crisis?

BEIJING-As China's domestic handset makers gain market share from their foreign competitors, analysts warn that they should address quality and service issues, following reports...

Toshiba to launch video messaging handset in China

TOKYO-Toshiba, via its local joint venture business in China, will launch a mobile video messaging handset in China in early March, Toshiba announced Thursday....
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