2001

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 the company’s inability to file a …

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 effective communications and an understanding of …

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 legislation. A bankruptcy court must …

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, extend capacity, and support enterprises using …

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 apply my knowledge in the …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—In a move to redirect Motorola Inc.’s two-way pager devices toward the business market and against Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry device, Notify Technology Corp. said it will …

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 smart card supplier in Asia …

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 terms of the transaction originally …

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 call or access information services such …

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 anywhere in the United States through …

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 Wireless data network designed to speed …

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 32 markets in 18 states. Harvey …

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 “APS” on Dec. 6. “We are …

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 forecasts. The comments caused its stock …

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 Mobile Office, to customers in Idaho …

MOSCOW—Sonic Duo, which has the third GSM license in Moscow, finally went on air in the capital this month after numerous delays caused by frequency problems. The main result is …

BEIJING—Motorola is expected to supply China with Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) and iDEN digital dispatch systems in preparation for the organization of the 2008 Olympic Games. Besides in the capital …

BEIJING—There is some controversy over which foreign vendor has sold the most handsets in China so far this year. According to International Data Corporation, Nokia held the number-one position in …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The telecom regulator of Uruguay, Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Comunicaciones (URSEC), has decided to postpone the auction of personal communications services (PCS) and third-generation (3G) licenses that …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Three Spanish mobile operators are expected to make an appeal before Spain’s National Court over a government-imposed fee for using cell-phone spectrum. The three firms, Vodafone’s Spanish unit …

BEIJING—China Unicom is expected to announce in the coming days that it will start CDMA services in January. The listed arm of the China Unicom Group is expected to lease …

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 Chennai, India, for providing telephony and …

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OXFORD, United Kingdom—The much troubled German e-commerce developer Brokat Technologies has agreed to sell its mobile business unit to EOne Global, a U.S. company specializing in payment solutions via the …

HELSINKI, Finland—A sectoral report by Nordea, the largest commercial bank in the Nordic countries and Baltic-rim region, has concluded that Swedish investment in third-generation (3G) cell-phone networks will not take …