Monthly Archives: December, 2001

Lucent puts out 1Q warning

MURRAY HILL, New Jersey, United States—Lucent Technologies commented on its declining economic situation, stating it will post revenues in the first quarter of between...

Nokia expects to beat fourth-quarter estimates

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia said sales of its next-generation mobile phones indicate it will beat its fourth-quarter estimates, an indication the company is enjoying the Christmas...

Palm acquires ThinAirApps

SANTA CLARA, California, United States—Palm announced it will acquire longtime partner ThinAirApps for US$19 million in common stock, a move Palm hopes will bolster...

Motorola signs cross-platform agreement with AOL Time Warner

NEW YORK—Motorola said it has signed a cross-platform agreement to allow it to market popular AOL Time Warner content and services through mobile and...

Telesp launches 1x service in Sao Paulo

SAO PAULO, Brazil—Brazilian mobile operator Telesp Celular introduced cdma2000 1x-based high-speed wireless data services in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Lucent Technologies Inc., which supplied base stations...

Wingcast partners with Verizon

SAN DIEGO—Wingcast L.L.C. entered a partnership with Verizon Wireless to deliver wireless voice and data services when Wingcast launches next year.Under terms of the...

Telia to offer i-mode-like service

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish wireless carrier Telia Mobile announced it will offer a wireless Internet service much like NTT DoCoMo's wildly popular i-mode service.Telia's service, dubbed...

Iridium says satellites will be functional into next decade

ARLINGTON, Va.—Iridium Satellite L.L.C. predicts its satellite constellation will retain functionality into the next decade, based on internal analysis of satellite and operational data,...

PCIA offers global research

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The Personal Communications Industry Association announced it has made its Global M-User Market Research, released earlier this fall, available for use.The market research...

Triton acquires Ntelos licenses in Va.

BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Holdings Inc. entered into a definitive agreement with Ntelos Inc. to acquire personal communications services licenses in Charlottesville and Winchester, Va....

Pinnacle credit facility extended

SARASOTA, Fla.—Pinnacle Holdings Inc. said its lenders extended the deadline on its credit facility until Feb. 6, 2002, but the company raised serious doubts...

CellPoint opens N.Y. office

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—CellPoint Inc., a mobile location services software provider, is establishing a corporate office in New York, while maintaining its European operational headquarters in...

STI receives SuperFilter order

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—Superconductor Technologies Inc. announced it has received a purchase agreement for a minimum of 1,000 units of its SuperFilter System from a...

Brightstar signs agreement with Cable & Wireless

MIAMI—Brightstar Corp. and Cable & wireless have signed an agreement that will require Brightstar to provide Cable & Wireless with product distribution and tracking,...

Pellon elected chairman of PCIA Foundation board

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The Personal Communications Industry Association announced Miguel (Mike) Pellon has been elected to serve as chairman of the board of the PCIA Foundation.Pellon,...

AT&T Wireless launches GPRS markets

CHICAGO—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced GSM/GPRS services in the Chicago, Indianapolis and Kansas City areas geared towards the business market. The carrier said businesses...

Lucent puts out 1Q warning

MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies commented on its declining economic situation, stating that it will post revenues in the first quarter of between $3.1 and...

Verizon raises $3.75B in debt sale

NEW YORK—Verizon Wireless sold $3.75 billion of debt consisting of $2.5 billion worth of 5.375-percent five year notes and $1.25 billion of two-year floating-rate...

Report: GPRS has limited future without content

COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Lack of content will spell the demise of GPRS offerings across Europe, according to a new report from Strand Consult, an independent consultancy...

Senate Finance Committee agrees on fast-track trade bill

WASHINGTON—Senate Finance Committee leaders Tuesday agreed on a fast-track trade bill that the panel plans to vote on today, a positive development for telecom...

Spirea releases Bluetooth transceiver chip

KISTA, Sweden—Spirea AB unveiled its BlueTrac RF transceiver chip and BlueAmp power amplifier designed to extend the range of Bluetooth radios.The company said the...

Telesp uses Openwave gateway in 1x network

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. said South American wireless carrier Telesp Celular launched its CDMA 1xRTT network, which is built on the Openwave Mobile...

MessageMachines, Bantu partner on IM

WASHINGTON—MessageMachines Inc. has partnered with Bantu Inc. to offer a personalized, multi-device server and instant-messaging solution.The solution will allow mobile users to preference how...

GoAmerica to purchase OutBack Resource Group

NEW YORK—GoAmerica Inc. made yet another major announcement, this time that it is acquiring OutBack Resource Group of San Luis Obispo in order to...

Dimension forms wireless Internet unit

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Information technology integrator Dimension said it will expand into the wireless world, creating a subsidiary to offer service platforms for the wireless Internet.Dimension...
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