Monthly Archives: November, 2001

IWO Holdings reports increased revenues, higher net loss

ALBANY, N.Y.—IWO Holdings Inc., which provides wireless service under the Sprint PCS brand name in the northeast, reported $32.2 million in revenue for the...

Nextel upgrades Direct Connect in New England

BEDFORD, Mass.—Nextel Communications Inc. introduced an upgraded version of its Direct Connect feature in the New England area expanding the local calling area for...

Verizon entices customers to retail outlets

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Verizon Wireless sent out invitations to 250,000 residential customers in the northwest encouraging them to visit their local retail outlets and make sure...

GoAmerica releases wireless data security solution

HACKENSACK, N.J.—GoAmerica Inc. released its Go.Web OnPrem, which the company said is a behind-the-corporate-firewall server solution that provides enterprise customers greater security and control...

WSI creates RF ASIC controller for PCS bands

BRISTOL, U.K.—Wireless Systems International Ltd. announced it created a high specification radio-frequency application specific integrated circuit controller, which operates in PCS frequency bands, that...

Convergys makes application modules available

CINCINNATI—Convergys Corp. announced its Convergys Activation Manager and Convergys Mediation Manager application modules are now available.The Mediation Manager supports convergent usage mediation, next-generation wireless...

Dimension Data, Air2Web join for enterprise program

RESTON, Va.—Dimension Data and Air2Web have joined to offer the QuickStart Advantage Program, a complete, cost-effective solution that assists enterprises in providing customers and...

FCC grants experimental license to BeamReach

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—The Federal Communications Commission granted BeamReach Networks an experimental nationwide license in the 2.3 GHz band, allowing the company to operate trials of...

Supercomm reports increased attendance at June show

ARLINGTON, Va.—Organizers of Supercomm 2001 announced that despite this year's uncertain economy, final tabulations show that attendance was up at its trade show this...

TIA report predicts decrease in equipment market

ARLINGTON, Va.—The Telecommunications Industry Association has released a third-quarter supplement to its 2001 Multimedia Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast. The supplement explores policies, technologies...

SavaJe releases OS for Java 2 capability

NORTH CHELMSFORD, Mass.—SavaJe Technologies said it has released the first operating system that allows device manufacturers, enterprises and system integrators to deliver Java 2...

Location is most important feature

SAN FRANCISCO—The most important feature a wireless phone can offer is E-911 location accuracy, according to the majority of Americans interviewed for a study...

CEA finds consumers increasingly attached to wireless phones

ARLINGTON, Va.—Consumers are finding it more important to carry wireless phones with them everywhere and are interested in more than just talking on them,...

TSI, China Unicom partner for roaming solution

TAMPA, Fla.—China Unicom signed a contract with Telecommunication Services Inc. to provide CDMA international roaming services, allowing China Unicom customers to roam on a...

Sony Ericsson, Mobilearia partner for in-vehicle Bluetooth solution

RALEIGH, N.C.—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and MobileAria announced a partnership to promote in-vehicle Bluetooth adoption.MobileAria said it will support and market Sony Ericsson's handsets...

NEC to outsource some manufacturing functions

TOKYO—NEC Corp. said it plans to outsource the manufacturing functions of NEC Miyagi Ltd. and NEC Yamanashi Ltd., which develop and manufacture telecom infrastructure...

Nokia reduces Salo plant layoffs

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it has reduced to 130 the number of workers it intends to cut at its Salo plant because some of...

Nokia unveils 6360 handset

TORONTO—Nokia Corp. says it has unveiled its Nokia 6360 phone for enterprise users with such features as built-in calendar notebook, calculator, browser, voice-dialing and...

Western Wireless chooses Logica RF planning product

READING, England—Western Wireless Corp. selected Logica's Radio Planning Odyssey product for RF planning, network optimization and digital migration programs.Financial terms of the agreement were...

Alamosa Holdings changes offering

LUBBOCK, Texas—Alamosa Holdings Inc. reported it will no longer be offering 4 million primary shares in its current underwritten public offering of common stock,...

Nextel offers new iDEN handsets

RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communications Inc. introduced two new wireless handsets for its iDEN network designed and manufactured by Motorola Inc., the i90c and i80s. Nextel...

Motorola licenses XACCT’s platform

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Motorola Inc.'s global telecom solutions sector has signed a multi-year agreement to license XACCT Technologies' mobile platform for its Aspira total communications...

Handspring, Extended Systems sign agreement

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Handspring Inc. made its latest in a series of announcements aimed at the corporate market, inking a deal with Extended Systems to...

Czech incumbents reject 3G price tag

PRAGUE, Czech Republic—All three incumbent mobile operators in the Czech Republic have refused to pay the minimum US$180 million price set for the country's...

Telenor buys 100% of Pannon GSM

OSLO, Norway—Norway's Telenor Mobile signed a final agreement to acquire 100 percent of Hungarian mobile-phone operator Pannon GSM for about US$905 million. Finland's Sonera...
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