Monthly Archives: March, 2001

Lucent boosted by Verizon contract win

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...

Logistics tricky for wireless industry tax relief

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...

China Mobile Hong Kong focuses on 2G

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...

Qualcomm releases VectorOne

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...

CellPoint forms strategic partnership with E-Plus

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...

Metricom launches service in LA

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...

Vodafone, C&W to trial GPRS data roaming in Europe

Vodafone Group plc has contracted with Cable & Wireless "to facilitate a European General Packet Radio Service data roaming trial," the companies said March...

TSI enters alliances for roaming, billing, location services

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...

China’s mobile carriers get fewer complaints than fixed-line carriers

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,...

Calendar

Advanced Technology Workshop on Ceramic Technologies for MicrowaveMarch 26-27 IMAPS/CII. Adam's Mark Hotel, Denver. www.imaps.org/forms/ceramic2001regist.htm.3rd Annual Tower Investment SymposiumMarch 26-27 Shorecliff Communications. New York...

Listen.com acquires Noel

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...

CelPlan promises improved capacity

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...

OmniSky service now on two new devices

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...

Minister says IS-95 doomed in Russia

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...

Cirronet signs China distribution agreement

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...

Telcordia, CTI Squared enter agreement

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...

Nexthaus provides synchronization software

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...

Verizon selects Cisco for ATM Core

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...

Venetian Hotel uses LGC product

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...

Schema’s optimization tools help find capacity

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...

Cell-Loc partners with Abercorn Group

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...

Sprint says it has ample spectrum for 3G services

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...

Turkcell introduces new tariff package

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...

Motorola transmits live video in CDMA 1xEV-DV test

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...

Verizon introduces new prepaid service in Southern California

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...
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