Monthly Archives: September, 2001

Handspring snags LG deal

SEOUL, Korea—Personal digital assistant (PDA) maker Handspring scored a major deal with GrandTech Korea and LG TeleCom to distribute Handspring PDAs working on LG's...

Alcatel wins Philippines contract

PARIS—Alcatel says it has won a contract to build mobile networks for Philippines operator Digitel to support 500,000 subscribers who will be able to...

Motorola wins GSM deal in India

NEW DELHI, India—Motorola said it has won a US$178 million contract to supply GSM mobile equipment to India's state-owned carrier BSNL for 1.4 million...

Pumatech execs take pay cut to help company back to profitability

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Software and services provider Pumatech Inc. announced all officers and corporate vice presidents of the company will forego 10 percent of their...

CellStar plans stock exchange to retire debt

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp., a provider of value-added logistics for wireless products, has registered to exchange half of its outstanding stock plus $20 million in...

Crisp Partners plans mobile content services company

NEW YORK—Java 2 Micro Edition company LogicChain Inc. announced Crisp Partners acquired an equity stake in the company, and plans to form a new...

TI develops faster chips

SHERMAN, Texas-Texas Instruments Inc. said it has developed the fastest family chip that can enhance the overall speed of all networking systems including broadband,...

Moody’s cuts ratings on Marconi

LONDON—Moody's Investor Services has cut the ratings of European vendor Marconi plc to Ba1 from Baa2, the second ratings agency to relegate the firm...

CPP between cellular callers postponed in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—In a new chapter of the judicial battle taking place in Argentina to implement calling party pays (CPP) between cellular callers, companies...

Microsoft releases details of Pocket PC OS upgrade

SAN DIEGO—Microsoft Corp. released details of its forthcoming Pocket PC operating system upgrade—which the company is marketing squarely at the business market—a move that...

CTIA tells GAO that Defense Department withheld information

WASHINGTON—In an attempt to get its preferred message back in the forefront, the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association sent a letter to the General...

Motorola revises 3Q expectations

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Motorola Inc. revised its third-quarter forecast for this year, saying that sales will be flat compared with the second quarter, rather than improving...

Repeater receives China Unicom order

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Days after receiving approval from the Chinese government for its CDMA repeater technology, Repeater Technologies Inc. received an $11 million order to provide...

Study finds few consumers prefer speech-recognition technology

NEW YORK—A new study shows a surprisingly small number of consumers prefer to use speech-recognition technology, results that possibly dampen recent pushes by wireless...

Ericsson wins contracts in China

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—L.M. Ericsson said it has won contracts to build out the provincial Internet backbone networks for Chinese carriers Shandong Mobile, Shanxi Mobile and...

Wireless Services, FreeRein team on wireless data apps

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Wireless data delivery solution provider Wireless Services Corp. and mobile software company FreeRein have entered a joint service agreement to commercially release new...

Adults warming up to SMS chatting

PLANO, Texas—A new study shows short message service chatting, embraced by European youth as the new cool way to communicate, is now quickly becoming...

Bankruptcy court denies FCC request in NextWave matter

WASHINGTON—A New York bankruptcy court denied the Federal Communications Commission's request to postpone NextWave Telecom Inc.'s motion to schedule a confirmation hearing in its...

Sensoria launches telematics platform

LA JOLLA, Calif.—Sensoria Corp. launched the Sensoria Telematics Environment, a standards-based telematics platform that allows drivers to share music wirelessly between their PC and...

Motorola wins GSM deal in India

NEW DELHI, India—Motorola Inc. said it has won a $178 million contract to supply GSM mobile equipment to India's state-owned carrier BSNL for 1.4...

Bitfone releases multimedia messaging product

LA JOLLA, Calif.—Bitfone Corp. released the company's flagship product, iBroker, in an effort to tap into the growing multimedia messaging market.Bitfone said its product...

Cingular selects TruePosition system for E911

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.—Cingular Wireless signed an agreement with TruePosition Inc. in which TruePosition's Wireless Location System will be deployed in Cingular's network as...

CPD becomes master agent for VoiceStream

UNION CITY, Calif.—CPD Wireless, a master agent for multiple wireless service carriers, will become a master agent and wholesale distributor for VoiceStream Wireless Corp.,...

Sendo selects PacketVideo multimedia player for smart phone

LONDON—Mobile-phone manufacturer Sendo selected PacketVideo Corp.'s mobile multimedia player software as an application for its Z100 GPRS Smartphone, enabling users to access media applications...

Nextel Partners launches in Mankato, Minn.

MANKATO, Minn.—Nextel Partners launched wireless service in Mankato, Minn., expanding the carrier's coverage in the state, which includes Duluth, Rochester and Winona.
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