Monthly Archives: September, 2001

Openwave releases new unified messaging product version

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. released its Unified Messaging product version 3.0, which is part of the company's overall Messaging Services strategy. The company...

Glenayre joins Unified Communications Consortium

ATLANTA-Glenayre Technologies Inc. said it joined the Unified Communications Consortium. The group's goal is to further the growth of the global unified communications market...

CompuCom announces evaluation program

DALLAS—Digital infrastructure solution provider CompuCom Systems Inc. announced its new evaluation program, which it said will accelerate the adoption of mobile technology for the...

Australia to propose free trade with U.S.

WASHINGTON—The prime minister of Australia will propose a free-trade agreement with the United States when he meets with President George W. Bush on Sept....

Customs arrests two men, charges another with conspiring to smuggle encryption

WASHINGTON—The Customs Service arrested two men and charged another with conspiring to smuggle encryption technology into China.The technology, embodied in two devices known as...

Decision in Microsoft Corp. case could be delayed

WASHINGTON—The penalty phase of the Microsoft Corp. antitrust case could extend beyond the Oct. 25 scheduled release date of Microsoft's Windows XP.In her first...

Vodafone launches global ad campaign

LONDON—Vodafone Group plc launched its first global advertising campaign, featuring television, movie, print and outdoor media. Each version of the campaign will feature the...

Arena Technik enters buy-out agreement for Gameplay

LONDON—Gaming company Arena Technik Ltd. announced a buy-out agreement with Gameplay plc, under which it acquired all technology assets and software associated with gaming...

Disney makes moves into wireless Web space

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Walt Disney Internet Group today announced two major content distribution deals-moves that come just one week after the company announced a distribution...

Sendo to use PacketVideo software in GPRS smart phone

LONDON—U.K. mobile-phone maker Sendo today announced it will use PacketVideo Corp.'s mobile multimedia player software as the streaming video application base for the company's...

Data Critical, Medtronic dispute continues

BOTHELL, Wash.—Data Critical Corp. said its dispute continues with Medtronic Physio-Control Corp., which distributes Data Critical's alarm notification products.Data Critical claims Medtronic failed to...

Southeast Asia demands better services

JAKARTA, Indonesia-For years, countries in Southeast Asia have achieved tremendous growth in cellular phone services. However, when economic turmoil hit the region in 1997,...

Hutchison pins mobile hopes on 3G success

HONG KONG-On the face of it, Hutchison Whampoa is a great success story. The company is among the leading international wireless operators and part...

3G plans move slowly forward in Central and Eastern Europe

BUCHAREST, Romania-Most countries in Western Europe have awarded third-generation (3G) licenses at high fees to a few operators. Companies are expecting revenue from the...

EC investigates operator collusion charges

DUBLIN, Ireland-The recent decision of the European competition commissioner to sanction raids on U.K. and German mobile operators as part of investigations into collusion...

Telesp vies to keep 3G lead

So Paulo, Brazil-Telesp Celular announced that as soon as October it will begin commercially operating a network based on the CDMA 1x technology. The...

NTT hopes to launch 36 Mbps wireless service in 2002

TOKYO-NTT Group is performing a field test for a very high-speed wireless system based on NTT's proprietary advanced wireless access (AWA) technology. Unlike conventional...

Cellcos consolidate to gain national footprint

NEW DELHI, India-The Indian cellular mobile market has always been fascinating, if only for the sheer number of players that compete here. Each of...

Fraud management

My mother always wanted to marry a millionaire. Unfortunately (for me, at least) she failed in that objective, although she did have some close...

Canadian carriers face slump

TORONTO-Canadian wireless carriers are bracing for tougher times as they gear up for faster 2.5-generation (2.5G) services. The four national carriers-Bell Mobility, Microcell, Rogers...

Jamaican market heats up

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-Jamaica's cellular market could be engaged in a fierce competition for the consumer soon. A new provider, Centennial Digital Jamaica Ltd., is set...

Wireless uptake shocks African landscape

DENVER, United States-Nearly 10 years after the introduction of cellular services in West Africa, the number of mobile subscribers has increased to such an...

Products

Handsets/devicesToshiba Toshiba plans to launch its first personal digital assistant (PDA) in Japan next month and in the United States the fourth quarter of...

Briefs

A U.S. federal appeals court rejected a Federal Communications Commission filing asking that it not be required to return personal communications services licenses to...

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CorrectionIn the Global Wireless May-June 2001, Hong Kong trunked radio article by Ross Milburn, some information about Project 23 was incorrectly stated. There is...
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