Monthly Archives: November, 2001

SchlumbergerSema facility certified by GSM Association

SINGAPORE—SchlumbergerSema announced that its Hong Kong smart card manufacturing facility has been certified by the GSM Association's Security Accreditation Scheme (SAS).SchlumbergerSema is the first...

Verizon Wireless gets gas pump contract

TREVOSE, Pa.—Verizon Wireless and Wawa Food Markets announced an agreement allowing Wawa to operate an Air Link Raven II CDPD radio-modem on the Verizon...

Nextel Partners to use ViAir messaging application

SEATTLE—Nextel Partners Inc. reported an agreement with ViAir Inc. to provide Nextel Partners with its WirelessInbox messaging application and platform rebranded as Nextel Mobile...

OmniSky to be delisted

SAN FRANCISCO—OmniSky Corp. said it received notice from Nasdaq that it is no longer in compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements as a result of...

NATE, OSHA enter partnership for safety

WASHINGTON—The National Association of Tower Erectors and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration have signed a partnership agreement to reduce injuries and deaths that...

Cingular unveils Voice Connect

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless unveiled Voice Connect, the carrier's first voice portal product, allowing customers to speak a name or phone number to make a phone...

Triton announces secondary offering

BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Holdings Inc. announced a planned 6 million-share secondary offering of common stock under its previously filed shelf registration.The secondary offering will...

Antenova, ip.access enter development partnership

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.—Antenova and ip.access have announced a partnership to develop directional antennas for GSM picobasestations, small, easy-to-install base stations that can complete network coverage,...

Portuguese operator completes UMTS call

LISBON, Portugal—Portuguese mobile carrier Optimus and equipment vendor Nortel Networks have completed live calls using UMTS Third Generation Partnership Project technology, according to a...

Qualcomm selects Agilent test system

PALO ALTO, Calif.—Agilent Technologies Inc. said Qualcomm Inc. has selected two of its 93000 SOC Series test systems to characterize and test-develop next-generation cellular...

SOMA forms Technology Committee

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The Personal Communications Industry Association's (PCIA) Site Owners and Managers Alliance (SOMA) announced it has formed the SOMA Technology Committee, which will promote...

SkyGo to offer marketing technology to J-Phone

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—SkyGo Inc. has been chosen to provide Japan Mobile Communications Inc. (J-Mobile) with the wireless marketing technology to deliver advertisements across J-Sky,...

Sprint PCS donates phones to USO

BOSTON—Sprint PCS said it was donating handsets and wireless service to the USO of New England for use by military families to call family...

Air2Lan adds Hautanen to board

JACKSON, Miss.—Air2Lan has named Osmo Hautanen, former Nokia Corp. executive, to its board of directors."Working with Air2Lan's board of directors presents an opportunity to...

Nextel to sell senior notes

KIRKLAND, Wash.—Nextel Partners Inc. entered into an agreement to sell $225 million of 12.5 percent senior notes due Nov. 15, 2009, in a private...

TAPS announces network upgrade

HALLETTSVILLE, Texas—The Texas Association of Paging Services (TAPS) announced it has upgraded its network by installing backup Internet computers on one of its satellite...

AirGate stockholders approve iPCS merger

ATLANTA-AirGate PCS Inc.'s stockholders approved a proposal to merge the company with fellow Sprint PCS affiliate iPCS Inc. at a special stockholders meeting.Under the...

Verizon reaches tentative agreement

WASHINGTON—Verizon Communications Inc. has reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with the Communications Workers of America, to be effective when the...

Justice Department, Black Crow sign NextWave settlement; next up: Congress

WASHINGTON—The Department of Justice and Black Crow Wireless LP both signed the NextWave settlement papers on Tuesday.Congress is expected to shortly take up implementing...

NEC, Matsushita consider handset JV

TOKYO—NEC Corp. says it is having talks with Matsushita Communications Industrial Co. to explore details of establishing an advanced cellular phone handset joint venture...

Nokia lowers 2002 expectations

NEW YORK—Nokia Corp. says it expects annual growth sales of handsets to between 420 and 440 million in 2002, slightly lower than other industry...

Leap launches Cricket in Calif. markets

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Cricket wireless service in the combined markets of Merced and Modesto, Calif. Leap now offers service in...

Alamosa Holdings to begin trading on NYSE

LUBBOCK, Texas—Alamosa Holdings Inc. applied for listing of its common stock to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol...

Verizon upgrades Idaho network

BOISE, Idaho—Verizon Wireless said its has upgraded its Idaho network to handle more calls and offer enhanced services, including Mobile Web, Mobile Messenger and...

Indian firm to supply WLL lines to Brazilian operator

NEW DELHI, India—Nortelpa, a "mini-mirror" telecom service provider in Brazil, has selected the CorDECT wireless local loop (WLL) system of Midas Communication Technologies of...
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