2001

FRANKFURT, Germany-Siemens AG reported a fourth-quarter loss of $968 million, although it exceeded analysts’ estimates. However, the company, which attributes its loss to the down market in telecom equipment, said …

Qualcomm Inc. has been looking for a European opening for its CDMA technology for some time. But so far, the technology has been effectively shut out in the region, other …

While 802.11b, otherwise known as Wi-Fi, has made huge inroads as the wireless local area network technology of choice, many companies providing equipment and support for the technology acknowledge higher-speed …

TORONTO-Nokia Corp. said it has unveiled its Nokia 6360 phone for enterprise users with such features as built-in calendar notebook, calculator, browser, voice-dialing and e-mail support. “The Nokia 6360 is …

ATLANTA-The University of South Florida plans to use Air2Web’s wireless platform to extend wireless services to students, faculty and staff beginning in January. The University’s IT department is developing applications …

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. and Tele2 AB have agreed on a price of $80 million for Tele2 to purchase MIC’s Russian cellular telephony assets, plus up to an additional …

DETROIT-OnStar is working with Verizon Wireless to make it cheaper for OnStar Personal Calling customers to forward calls from a handheld Verizon phone to the OnStar phones embedded in their …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless unveiled www.vtext.com, a short text messaging Web site designed to help customers send text messages to individuals and groups and set up information alerts. The service works …

ARLINGTON, Va.-Iridium Satellite L.L.C. and Icarus Instruments Inc. announced the availability of the SatTalk II, a satellite-based aeronautical voice and data communications system. All voice and data communications are transmitted …

LAS VEGAS-Microsoft Corp., along with its hardware and software partners, unveiled prototypes for its new computing device, the Tablet PC. The device, which the company has discussed before, features pen …

TORONTO-Go Prepaid Inc. announced it has added Telus’ Talk & Surf Card to its line of prepaid card solutions. The Telus Talk & Surf Card includes toll-free North American Internet …

MIAMI-Brightstar Corp. announced its third-quarter revenues showed it remains the market share leader in Latin American wireless outsourcing. The company’s $161.5 million in revenues was well above competitors CellStar Corp.’s …

NEW YORK-Fraud is following the course of least resistance, trending largely but not exclusively toward subscriber identity theft and away from the use of wireless networks as a means to …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Hitachi Semiconductor Inc. said it has unveiled a new Flash memory product, called Mobile Media Chips, which saves space and enhances storage for multimedia functions in handheld PCs, …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-VoiceStream Wireless said it will acquire the majority of bankrupt MobileStar Network Corp.’s equipment and contracts for an undisclosed sum, although the mobile service provider is not yet saying …

LONDON—The London-based Investors International consortium has been named the preferred bidder for a 51-percent stake in Nigeria’s state-run Nitel. The consortium is backed by Portugal Telecom, Nortel and KPN. According …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, and Nokia, the world’s largest mobile handset vender, announced they will jointly develop a common middleware platform for third-generation (3G) services. Based …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Agilent Technologies says it will cut another 4,000 jobs, making the total job reductions 8,000 since August, representing 19 percent of its work force. The test-and-measurement equipment vendor, …

MIAMI, United States—Brightstar announced its third-quarter revenues show it remains the market share leader in Latin American wireless outsourcing. The company’s US$161.5 million in revenues was well above competitors CellStar’s …

BUCHAREST, Romania—The Palestine Telecommunications Company (Paltel) said it is suing Israeli cellular operators Pele-Phone and Cellcom for the illegal infringement on its market and encroachment on the exclusivity rights of …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. says Finnish transport and communications minister Olli-Pekka Heinonen has placed “the first inter-continental UMTS phone call’ to Finland. “This was the first of its kind between two …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it won a US$26 million contract to further expand the GSM network operated by Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco), including an upgrade to General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia agreed to supply KPN with its Nokia Gateway products for the operator’s wireless local area network (WLAN) networks. “With the Nokia WLAN ADSL Home Gateway we can provide …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—SchlumbergerSema and Compaq Computer have unveiled a mobile services solution targeted at network operators that have acquired licenses in new and emerging markets. The “GSM in a box” …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Coinciding with its Telecom Africa 2001 event this week in Johannesburg, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) released a report detailing the state of telecommunications in Africa. The report …