March 2001

LAS VEGAS-Like fresh water on a dry rock, some good news for Lucent Technologies Inc. But how good? The $5 billion deal last week with Verizon Wireless provided a shot …

WASHINGTON-With President Bush’s high-profile push for a ten-year, $1.6 billion tax cut, the political atmosphere could not be better for wireless tax relief on equipment depreciation, sales commissions, telecom service …

NEW YORK-China Mobile Hong Kong does not need 3G to take advantage of opportunities in a populous country with rising per capita income and low penetration by personal computers and …

TOKYO-Qualcomm Inc. announced VectorOne, an integrated hardware and software solution that provides directional information for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies’ Mobile Station Modem family of integrated circuits, beginning with the MSM3300 solution. …

HANNOVER, Germany-CellPoint Inc., which provides location and wireless telemetry services, announced a strategic partnership with German mobile operator E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH. E-Plus has installed CellPoint’s network-based mobile-phone location system. The …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Metricom Inc. launched its high-speed wireless Internet access service, Ricochet, in Los Angeles, the company said. The company said the move was the largest launch of its service …

Vodafone Group plc has contracted with Cable & Wireless “to facilitate a European General Packet Radio Service data roaming trial,” the companies said March 20. Cable & Wireless will provide …

LAS VEGAS-TSI Telecommunication Services Inc., a global supplier of interoperability solutions, made announcements regarding several newly formed strategic alliances at CTIA Global Wireless 2001. The company signed a technology agreement …

BEIJING-The complaint center of China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII) last year received 6,588 complaints about phone services. Of the 1,025 cases it investigated, fixed-line operator China Telecom accounted for …

Advanced Technology Workshop on Ceramic Technologies for Microwave March 26-27 IMAPS/CII. Adam’s Mark Hotel, Denver. www.imaps.org/forms/ceramic2001regist.htm. 3rd Annual Tower Investment Symposium March 26-27 Shorecliff Communications. New York City. www.scievents.com. The …

SAN FRANCISO, United States-Listen.com announced that Listen Japan acquired Japanese mobile-phone content company Noel. Both companies provide music and entertainment content and services. One of Noel’s most popular offerings is …

RESTON, Va.-In its new Performance Plan, CelPlan Technologies, a wireless software and systems consultant, has promised its customers it will provide advanced engineering solutions that improve network capacity-or the customer …

LAS VEGAS-OmniSky’s service will run on two new devices and will enhance support for corporate e-mail. The company demonstrated its service running on the Kyocera QCP 6035 smart phone for …

MOSCOW-Russian Communications Minister Leonid Reiman, who is known to back European-developed technologies, confirmed that the U.S.-developed IS-95 standard is doomed in Russia. “I continue to believe that the standard has …

ATLANTA-Cirronet Inc., which makes wireless broadband products for residential areas, announced it signed a purchasing agreement with Sino U.S. Commercial Group Inc. to distribute Cirronet’s products in China. “The purchasing …

LAS VEGAS-Telcordia Technologies Inc. announced an agreement with CTI Squared Ltd. to offer robust, carrier-grade, scalable IP-based Unified Communications services for wireless and wireline carriers, ASPs, ISPs and other providers. …

NEW YORK-Nexthaus Corp., Raleigh, N.C., plans to help wireless carriers “squeeze as many dollars as possible from existing 2G networks” with its new SyncSuite synchronization software, said Rob Lease, co-founder …

LAS VEGAS-Verizon Wireless has selected Cisco Systems to develop and implement a new ATM Core that it said will provide extended bandwidth, quality of service and more reliability for its …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas will deliver wireless communications to guests via LGC Wireless’ LGCell and MetroReach Focus products. According to LGC, the solution, which supports five …

NEW YORK-To enhance the capabilities of existing infrastructure, Schema Ltd. has developed a network optimization tool that Yuval Davidor, company founder and president, said can increase capacity by as much …

CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc. signed an agreement with Abercorn Group to provide its LocationBroker middleware platform and its fleet tracking and L411 location services for application across Australia. The agreement includes …

LAS VEGAS-Sprint PCS used the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s Wireless 2001 show to finalize its widely rumored plans to roll out next-generation services using cdma2000 later this year. While …

ISTANBUL, Turkey-Turkcell, a mobile communications services provider in turkey that serves 10.1 million subscribers, introduced a new tariff package called “Super On Net.” The company said the new tariffs are …

LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. announced its Global Telecom Solutions Sector has successfully transmitted live video over its own third-generation CDMA 1xEV-DV solution in its lab in Arlington Heights, Ill. According to …

IRVINE, Calif.-Verizon Wireless introduced its Local Digital Prepay Phone In A Box in Southern California, allowing customers to purchase airtime on a pay-as-you-go basis. “We recognize that many people would …