Monthly Archives: October, 2001

Convergys, Logica demo prepaid solution at UMTS Congress

CINCINNATI—Convergys Corp. and Logica plan to demonstrate an integrated prepaid and postpaid billing system this week at the 2001 UMTS Congress in Barcelona.According to...

Lucent demonstrates cdma2000 1x call with China Unicom

SHANGHAI, China—Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has demonstrated its first cdma2000 1x call for voice and data in China.Lucent said it is collaborating with...

Extended Systems, Compaq enter agreement

BOISE, Idaho—Extended Systems signed an agreement with Compaq Global Services allowing Compaq to resell Extended's XTNDConnect Server software as part of its mobile solutions...

Report forecasts telematics ten-year growth

NEW YORK—Telematics has the potential to create $20 billion to $40 billion in revenues during the next ten years, according to a recently released...

Siemens to provide GPRS network in China

MUNICH, Germany—Siemens said China Mobile selected it as a major supplier to expand its GPRS-based mobile Internet services in nine provinces in China. The...

Siemens to enhance design production

WALLDORF, Germany—Siemens AG says it will build its wireless phones with mySAP Lifecycle Management, which reduces the time from design to production and, therefore...

Carriers, gov’t, NextWave reach deal

WASHINGTON—All of the principles in the negotiations for bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.'s PCS C- and F-block license have signed off on a concept agreement...

InterDigital, Nokia reach agreement on WCDMA program

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. says it has reached an agreement with Nokia to increase funding of the Wideband CDMA technology development program,...

Lucent appoints Bell Labs president

MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has appointed Bill O'Shea as president of Bell Labs and chief technology officer.He replaced Arun Netravvali, who...

Bluetooth SIG releases Hands-Free Profile

NEW YORK—The Bluetooth Special Interest Group Inc.'s Car Working Group released a definition for how Bluetooth wireless technology will enable hands-free use of mobile...

Matsushita expects net loss

TOKYO—Matsushita Electric Industrial Co says its expects a net loss of $560 million in the second half of this year, 50 percent more than...

Leap launches Cricket in Neb.

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. rolled into its first Nebraska market launching its Cricket flat-rate service in Omaha."We are very excited to offer Omahans...

Verizon, Acacia National Mortgage reach settlement

IRVINE, Calif.—Verizon Wireless reached a settlement with Acacia National Mortgage Co. stopping the lender from sending repeated, unsolicited commercial text messages to Verizon Wireless...

Singapore regulator establishes m-commerce trials

SINGAPORE—Singapore's telecom regular Infocomm Development Authority has selected four consortia to trial mobile payment solutions through a $11 million initiative.The trials will run from...

Leading vendors create SALT forum

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—A broad spectrum of technology companies, including Cisco Systems Inc., Comverse Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp., Philips Speech Processing and SpeechWorks International...

Avesair expands Latin American service

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.—Mobile marketing software provider, Avesair Inc., has expanded its services to the Latin American market via a partnership with RAM-Atlantic, an...

BCGI, Dobson sign nationwide prepaid contract

WOBURN, Mass.—Boston Communication Group Inc. signed a contract with Dobson Cellular Systems to expand its Prepaid Wireless Service in Dobson's markets.BCGI said its prepaid...

ARC buys Ball antennas, equipment

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo.—ARC Wireless Solutions Inc. said it integrated inventory and equipment, including base station antennas and very low profile antennas for use with...

Ericsson, Vytel Asia enter cooperative agreement

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson AG says it has signed a cooperation agreement with Vytel Asia to build out next-generation networks in the Asia Pacific region."The two...

Certicom ships VPN 2.0

HAYWARD, Calif.—Certicom Inc. says it is shipping its virtual private network solution called movian VPN 2.0 for wireless devices using 802.11b, or WiFi, networks."movian...

Tower show finalists named

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.—Shorecliff Communications and RCR Wireless News announced the finalists for the 2001 Excellence in Business Awards, scheduled to take place Oct....

NMS acquires Lucent voice business

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—NMS Communications announced it has acquired Lucent Technologies' voice enhancement and echo cancellation business.According to the agreement, expected to close by year-end, NMS...

Sierra Wireless beats 3Q expectations

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Sierra Wireless Inc. posted better than expected third-quarter numbers, noting the introduction of new products during the fourth quarter should help it...

Marconi meets estimates

LONDON—European vendor Marconi PLC said its third quarter results met it projections with an operating profit of $7.5 million.The company, which announced the resignation...

Bell Labs develops global roaming solution

NEW YORK—Bell Labs researchers said they have developed a software architecture, called Common Operations, that will enable global roaming across all wireless network types,...
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