March 2001

BEIJING-China Mobile (HK), the Hong Kong listed subsidiary of the China Mobile, based in Beijing, has received approval from the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) for its new tariff scheme. …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Telstra has paid $3.7 million for the remaining spectrum licenses in the 800 MHz band after AAPT withdrew from the Australian auction of new spectrum currently under way. The …

SAN DIEGO, United States-Samsung Electronics selected Qualcomm’s MSM5200 Mobile Station Modem integrated circuit and system software solution for use in its new handsets. The handsets will meet the IMT-2000 wideband-CDMA …

CEDEX, France-France Telecom Mobiles added MichelinTravel.com to its Itineris WAP portal. With the new service, users will be able to access the complete database of addresses tested and classified by …

MILAN, Italy-Andala, the Italian consortium headed by Hutchison Whampoa that won a third-generation license last year changed its name to H3G and announced it will invest $3.7 million in the …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-BT Cellnet and its wireless services arm Genie are to launch a data service to allow mobile users and field workers wireless access to corporate networks. The two …

ST. LOUIS-Amdocs, provider of customer care, billing and order management solutions to the communications industry, announced its e-care and prepaid solutions will be implemented for Esat Digifone, an Irish mobile …

BUCHAREST, Romania-At the end of February, ONE began offering GPRS service throughout Austria. Billing is based on the data volume transferred. The handsets for the network are the GPRS-enabled Motorola …

BUCHAREST, Romania-Schlumberger Test & Transactions announced this week Slovakia’s leading mobile operator EuroTel Bratislava has chosen Schlumberger as its partner in delivering a new, highly secure mobile banking service to …

MOSCOW-Russian Communications Minister Leonid Reiman said a third GSM license can be issued in major Russian cities and territories only after penetration exceeds 10 percent of the population there. He …

WASHINGTON-With the Federal Communications Commission having reaffirmed last month that state courts are not prohibited under the telecom act from awarding monetary damages in lawsuits against wireless carriers, the mobile-phone …

When Verizon Wireless introduced the Kyocera 6035 smart phone last week, many were surprised by how quickly the country’s largest wireless operator brought the new phone to market. “Time to …

LINCOLN, Neb.-Transcrypt International Inc. ended the year with revenues totaling $42.2 million compared with annual revenues of $53.5 million for 1999 and is evaluating a sale of part or all …

DENVER-Daniels & Associates, a provider of financial services to media, Internet and telecommunications clients, set an all-time company record in 2000 by completing 115 transactions, totaling more than $22.7 billion. …

WASHINGTON-Government testing of potential interference between the global positioning system and ultra-wideband devices seems to be politically inconclusive, while an UWB-industry funded study shows that UWB devices do not interfere …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week retreated from its proposal to overhaul the schools and libraries Internet discount program and may be forced to backtrack on proposed budget cuts to telecom …

Following news of huge job cuts at Intel Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc., the Nasdaq tumbled 115.95 points Friday to land at 2,052.78, its lowest close since December 1998. A …

DES MOINES, Iowa-Nextel Partners Inc. was awarded the “Business of the Year” award from the Iowa Crime Prevention Association for its Nextel Partners Project Patrol the company launched last May …

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Group Inc. said it would use most of the $6.5 billion the company raised in its recent bond offering, in conjunction with the $6.2 billion it received …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Brian Tobin, Canada’s Minister of Industry officially announced a $9.9 million repayable investment in Sierra Wireless by Technology Partnerships Canada. The TPC investment is to be used for …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Palm Inc. agreed to acquire Extended Systems Inc., a mobile solutions vendor, allowing Palm to provide both handheld computers and enterprise-class mobile infrastructure software and support for multiple …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc customers on seven of the company’s networks in Europe now can use their normal “short code” dialing numbers to access services such as voicemail, directory assistance and …

With a commercial launch in full gear in South Korea, Samsung Inc. may be the John the Baptist of 3G as the first manufacturer to streak out of the uncertain …

As wireless carriers focus more and more of their resources on reducing churn, signing up new subscribers and acquiring spectrum for third-generation services, tower siting and construction is continually falling …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The arrival of a third cellular telephony operator will provide the conditions for the Bolivian market to acquire more cellular than fixed telephony users during the first half …