Monthly Archives: September, 2001

TI rolls out converters that extend battery life

TOKYO-Texas Instruments said it is rolling out a family of digital-to-analog converters that extend battery life for consumer audio applications in mobile phones, personal...

Government gets extension to file NextWave appeal with Supreme Court

WASHINGTON—The U.S. government has been granted a 30-day extension in which to officially ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court's...

FCC renews 26 Winstar licenses at 39 GHz

NEW YORK—Winstar Communications Inc. announced the Federal Communications Commission renewed 26 of its spectrum licenses in the 39 GHz band."The FCC decision to renew...

FCC expected to reject industry’s request for wiretap requirement suspension

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission today is expected to reject the cellular industry's request to indefinitely suspend the Sept. 30 deadline for meeting packet-data wiretap...

Sprint PCS, XtremeSpectrum squabble over ultra-wideband

WASHINGTON—Sprint PCS and XtremeSpectrum Inc. are in a letter-writing fight regarding whether ultra-wideband technologies will interfere with PCS.Sprint claims that interference will occur while...

ITS postpones investments

MALAGA, Spain—ITS Networks Inc. said that following intense examination, it plans to refocus its investment and expansion strategy and has postponed its acquisition of...

Ciber completes Aris acquisition

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.—Ciber Inc. said it successfully completed its acquisition of Aris Corp., a consulting services firm out of Bellevue, Wash.According to the merger...

Akumiitti Telematics, CellPoint partner on solutions

HELSINKI—Akumiitti Telematics said it is partnering with CellPoint Unwire AB, a developer and manufacturer of wireless application servers, platforms and telematics terminals.Under terms of...

Orange selects Lucent for network management solution

LE PLESSIS-ROBINSON, France—Wireless operator Orange selected Lucent Technologies Inc. to provide a network management solution for its mobile network in France. Lucent said its...

Toshiba launches notebook computers with Bluetooth

TOKYO—Toshiba Corp. is launching its wireless notebooks Portege 4000 and Tecra 9000 models , which will offer 802.11b and Bluetooth technologies.Toshiba hopes to differentiate...

Millicom sells stake in Indian operator

NEW YORK—Millicom International Cellular S.A. sold its 24.5 percent stake in Indian cellular operator SkyCell Communications Ltd. to Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd."The selective sale of...

Somera appoints Darnaby CEO

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Somera Communications, which provides infrastructure equipment and support services, says it has appointed Rick Darnaby as its president and chief executive officer.He...

Veratium launches new Motivus server version

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Wireless software developer Veratium Software Ltd. has launched its Motivus Enterprise Server 2.3, which it said enables users to wirelessly access files...

CES Knowledge Circuit announces speakers

ARLINGTON, Va.—Organizers of the 2002 International CES Knowledge Circuit conference program, scheduled for January 8, 2002, in Las Vegas, announced they expect to hold...

Ecutel releases WLAN security product

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Mobile networking software developer Ecutel Inc. has unveiled its Viatores Secure WLAN edition, a new product for secure communication across all wireless LANs.According...

Convergys signs contract with TeleCorp PCS

ARLINGTON, Va.—Convergys Corp., a provider of integrated billing and customer care services, signed a contract with TeleCorp PCS Inc. to provide its Atlys solution...

Datang obtains China’s first CDMA handset manufacturing license

BEIJING—Datang Telecom obtained the first CDMA handset manufacturing license issued in China. The company also produces network equipment.Together with Germany's Siemens, Datang has developed...

Ericsson clinches US$100 million deal

BEIJING—Ericsson's joint venture Nanjing Ericsson Panda Communications will deliver US$100 million of GSM mobile network equipment to China Mobile's subsidiary in the Guangxi Zhuang...

China Unicom’s profit surges but falls short of estimates

BEIJING—Hong Kong listed China Unicom's first-half earnings surged to CNY2.19 billion (US$265 million), but fell short of analysts' predictions of CNY2.25 billion (US$272 million)....

NTT DoCoMo, Telefonica to partner on 3G

SAO PAULO, Brazil—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it plans to partner with Telefonica S.A. work on third-generation telephony projects, according to Brazil newspapers.The papers cited...

Telefonica cancels offering

MADRID—Telefonica Moviles S.A. announced that due to the terrorist events of September 11 and their effect on international capital markets, it plans to cancel...

Oracle releases earnings, comments on tragedy

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—Oracle Corp. released its earnings report on schedule Thursday but without comment. The company said it is missing seven employees in the...

NextWave hearing postponed following tragedy

NEW YORK—NextWave Telecom Inc.'s Wednesday bankruptcy hearing was postponed as federal courts were closed after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C,...

TIW reports on note tender

MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless (TIW) said the holders of its senior discount notes due 2007 have tendered 99.9 percent of the outstanding notes in exchange...

NASDAQ, NYSE set to reopen Monday

NEW YORK—Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange, whose headquarters could have been crushed had the World Trade Center buildings collapsed sideways, at press...
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