Monthly Archives: September, 2001

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...

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...

BellSouth expands in Chile

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—During this year's first semester, the BellSouth branch in Chile obtained a higher growth rate than the company's average in Latin America....

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)....

Ipse 2000 signs network-sharing agreement with Omnitel Vodafone

MADRID, Spain—Ipse 2000, an Italian mobile-phone operator controlled by Spanish Telef

EU gives OK to 3G network sharing

OXFORD, United Kingdom—European competition commissioner Mario Monti has indicated that his commission is not planning to prohibit third-generation (3G) network sharing through new legislation...

NTT DoCoMo to triple i-mode service speed to 28.8 kpbs

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo plans to triple the data transmission speed (for downlinks) of i-mode service from current 9.6 kbps to 28.8 kbps in the spring...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

NTT DoCoMo to launch telephone bill settlement service via i-mode

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, will launch cellular phone bill settlement service via i-mode on 22 October, NTT DoCoMo announced on...

J-Phone to provide services with 3-D Disney characters

TOKYO—J-Phone Group, a mobile business unit of Japan Telecom on 1 October will start providing a variety of services using Disney characters for...

WAP fails to stimulate M-banking

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Despite the marketing hype, fewer than 200,000 of the 1 million U.K. online banking customers are using a WAP cell phone to...

Moody’s reaffirms TeleCorp rating, changes outlook to negative

NEW YORK—Citing plans by TeleCorp PCS Inc. to deploy a "GSM overlay network in the near future" at the same time as its cash...

Nokia expects 4Q drop

NEW YORK—Nokia Corp. said its third quarter earnings will match its earlier expectations, but its sales for the quarter will drop due to delays...

Nextel extends condolences, loans phones

RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communication Inc. released a statement shortly after the incidents of September 11 extending condolences to anyone affected by the tragic events and...

Rogers Wireless votes no on transaction

TORONTO—Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. shareholders have voted not to approve a transaction in which Rogers Communications Inc. would acquire all outstanding class B restricted...

Wavecom names DCInextech a distributor

SAN DIEGO—Digital wireless standard modules developer Wavecom Inc., subsidiary of Wavecom SA of France, announced DCInextech will be the new distributor for its GSM/GPRS...

Hughes shows products at I.T. show

SAN DIEGO—India's Hughes Software Systems showcased several next-generation software solutions at CTIA's trade show this week.The company displayed its Mobile Application Part (MAP) protocol...

TI ships C64x series DSP

NEW YORK-Texas Instruments has begun commercial shipments of its TMS320C64x Digital Signal Processor core, which operates at up to 600 MHz and consumes less...

Metro Networks to supply information updates to Leap

SAN DIEGO—The Telephone Entertainment Network of Leap Wireless International Inc., San Diego, has contracted to obtain information updates from the Metro Networks subsidiary of...

Valence announces GPS IC is now available

SALT LAKE CITY—Valence Semiconductor announced its VS7001 integrated circuit for GPS applications is now available. "The VS7001 represents a milestone in GPS design engineering...
- Advertisment -

Most Read