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DENVER, United States-After several months of fruitlessly chasing the horizontal market of international roaming business users, Iridium announced a refocused marketing plan aimed at the vertical industrial segments and a new pricing plan featuring flat-rate airtime costs and cheaper handsets. …

CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. announced its sixth-generation Personal Digital Cellular chipsets are featured in Kyocera Corp.’s Digital Minimo 533G handset. Available from IDO Corp. in Japan, the Digital Minimo 533G is designed using DSPC’s latest PDC baseband chipsets and offers …

HOUSTON-Seven Seas Communications announced it will unveil a new line of satellite communications products at the Offshore Technology Conference this week, which will include products from Iridium L.L.C., Inmarsat and American Mobile Satellite Corp.’s Oceancell venture. Devices include Iridium handsets …

Iridium L.L.C.’s first full quarter of operation was marked with handset production delays, distribution problems, low subscriber numbers and a deepening net loss, the aftermath of which has led the company to re-evaluate its strategic focus and upper management team. …

TOKYO-Yoshiaki Shioda, senior manager for NEC, recently visited Kirgiz, a republic south of the Commonwealth of Independent States, to help local people get connected with each other. In Kirgiz, only one out of every 100 people have access to a …

PASADENA, Calif.-Emultek Ltd. announced Kyocera Corp. of Japan has developed a fully functional prototype cdmaOne phone using Emultek’s RapidPLUS software, which graphically models, simulates and tests virtual product interfaces and automatically generates C code and the documentation needed to begin …

Unwired Planet Inc. last week filed a registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of common stock in June, and also announced the first commercial launch of its technology by a Global System for …

Early cellular carriers did it. Early paging carriers did it. Mobile data carriers are doing it now, and according to analyst Tim O’Neil of SoundView Technology Group Inc., Iridium L.L.C. should do it as well. That is-subsidize handsets to promote …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Iridium Brasil reports it has 1,000 subscribers and that next month it will reduce the cost of its Motorola satellite handset to make the service more attractive to potential subscribers, said Pedro Schvinger, sales manager for Iridium’s Brazilian …

South Korea Centigram Communications Corp. announced it signed a $2.4 million agreement with South Korea-based Shinsegi Telecomm Inc. to expand the voice-messaging capabilities on Shinsegi’s Code Division Multiple Access network. Shinsegi purchased three additional servers for its Pusan, Kangnan and …

INDIANAPOLIS-Inadequate product supply in the Asia-Pacific region, price instability and the devaluation of the Brazilian real will cause Brightpoint Inc.’s quarterly and annual net income to fall below expectations, said the company. The company anticipates revenue for the first quarter, …

Based on first-quarter operating results projections, Iridium L.L.C. likely will fall short of the revenue and subscriber addition targets stipulated in its bank loan agreements, and the company said it expects to modify its future milestones to avoid defaulting on …

Iridium L.L.C. announced that Kyocera Corp. has completed its handset testing process and has been approved to begin volume distribution of its single-mode satellite phones and dual-mode adapters, as well as terrestrial cellular phones. Kyocera had reported several problems with …

Despite a five-week service launch delay and continued handset production problems, Iridium L.L.C. finished the fourth quarter with results that beat analysts expectations. The quarter, ended Dec. 31, marked the long-awaited launch of the company’s 66 low-earth orbit satellite global …

Paging Network Inc. announced it is offering the Iridium World Page Service commercially in the United States as the country’s exclusive paging carrier offering Iridium service. The paging portion of Iridium’s 66 low-earth-orbit satellite system was activated in November, after …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Iridium L.L.C. launched its global mobile satellite service last November, and demand for the service reportedly is high, but so far largely unfulfilled. Shortage of handsets is being cited as the main culprit. Such a situation is not …

WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. has activated its global paging and messaging network, about two weeks after the commercial launch of its global satellite phone system. Messaging tests have gone well, and Motorola Inc. and Kyocera Corp., which make the Iridium pagers, are …

Iridium L.L.C. announced it will delay its initial Sept. 23 service launch date to Nov. 1, citing the need to “improve operational stability of the network,” according to Ed Staiano, the company’s vice chairman and chief executive officer. In a …

Israel Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. used the code-generation technology in Jerusalem-based Emultek Ltd.’s Rapid Plus software suite to build a fully functional Code Division Multiple Access cellular phone, said Emultek. The Rapid Plus solution is designed to reduce development costs …

Iridium L.L.C. said two more of its satellites failed last week, adding to a list of concerns that caused the company’s stock price to fall about $8 following the disclosure. Of the 72 satellites placed in orbit to date, seven …

WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. reported second-quarter financial results of little surprise to anyone, fulfilling all expectations. Net loss for the quarter was $244.7 million, or $1.74 per class 1 interest. Its six-month net loss totaled $448.3 million, or $3.19 per class 1 …

SINGAPORE-Several wireless companies have formed the PHS Forum in an effort to promote the benefits of PHS (Personal Handyphone System) technology in the Americas. Charter members ADC Wireless Systems, ArrayComm Inc., Kyocera Corp., Market Tel 48 C.A., Nichimen, Nippon Motorola, …

SINGAPORE-Several wireless companies have formed the PHS Forum in an effort to promote the benefits of Personal Handyphone System technology in the Americas. Charter members ADC Wireless Systems, ArrayComm Inc., Kyocera Corp., Market Tel 48 C.A., Nichimen, Nippon Motorola, UTStarcom …

Once astounding the world with its success in 1995 and 1996, Personal Handyphone System service in Japan now has taken a turn for the worse. The number of PHS subscribers has decreased for six straight months since October, sending top …

TOKYO-The number of Personal Handy Phone System (PHS) subscribers in Japan has decreased for six straight months since last October. Suffering from a total of 590 billion yen (US$4.42 billion) in accumulated deficit, the PHS industry is being required to …