2001

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia signed a US$20 million agreement with Jiangxi Mobile Communications to extend the supply of radio-access equipment to rural areas in China. The contract will cover GSM, General Packet …

BEIJING—New York’s CI Wave and Beijing’s Taiji Computer are jointly planning, developing and building a nationwide 3.5 GHz broadband fixed wireless access (BFWA) data network. CI Wave is also offering …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California, United States—Disney content is moving onto European mobile phones for the first time through a deal between T-Mobile International’s mobile online services provider T-Motion and Walt Disney …

BEIJING—Motorola will invest an additional US$6.6 billion in China in the next five years to reach a cumulative investment of US$10 billion and double its production capacity in the country. …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless Inc. filed an updated registration statement relating to its potential initial public offering of common stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The statement notes that upon …

BROOMFIELD, Colo.—Level 3 Communications Inc. signed an agreement with AT&T Wireless to provide network services, including private line circuits to provide transport for its GPRS network. Financial terms of the …

NEW YORK—Alamosa Holdings Inc., which went public about a year ago, halved its planned secondary stock offering last week, selling 4 million shares with proceeds went solely to existing stockholders. …

WAKEFIELD, Massachusetts, United States—In an effort to spur mobile commerce, four credit card giants joined forces to create the Mobile Payment Forum, which will work to address key issues like …

DENVER, United States—Venezuela’s leading operator, Telecommunicaciones Movilnet, signed a US$150 million contract that will allow Lucent Technologies to build a nationwide third-generation (3G) cdma2000 wireless network to complement its existing …

HELSINKI, Finland—Denmark’s TDC has blamed “technical problems” for its decision to delay the launch of its third-generation (3G) mobile-phone network in Switzerland. The launch, which had originally been scheduled to …

LONDON—Cable & Wireless said Denmark’s Sonofon has purchased its mobile data roaming service, Cable & Wireless GRX. The service will allow Sonofon to further extend its General Packet Roaming Service …

LONDON—The WAP Forum and the GSM Association announced they will formalize and strengthen their cooperative alliance, collaborating on projects such as the GSM Association’s M-Services initiative, which is based on …

RESTON, Va.—XO Communications Inc. reported revenues for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 of $331.5 million, a 48-percent increase from the $224.3 million reported for third-quarter 2000. The company experienced …

LONDON—The WAP Forum and the GSM Association announced they will formalize and strengthen their cooperative alliance, collaborating on projects such as the GSM Association’s M-Services initiative, which is based on …

BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc. increased the pricing of its previously announced private offering of 8.75-percent senior subordinated notes from $300 million to $400 million. The carrier said net proceeds from …

SAN FRANCISCO—Critical Path Inc. announced its third-quarter earnings, showing slow but steady revenues after the company’s previously announced restructuring. Critical Path reported net revenues of $26.8 million, compared with $27.1 …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said it rolled out the first samples of its third-generation Mobile Station Modem, or MSM6050, which it claims to be the first baseband integrated circuit on 300mm …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Luxxon Corp. announced Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Ltd. purchased its Mediator Streaming System, which Luxxon said will allow the carrier to demonstrate to the public the next-generation wireless …

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—NextWave Telecom Inc. has reached an agreement with the federal government to relinquish its PCS licenses to the government, but the documents have not yet been signed, NextWave …

FARGO, N.D.—Nextel Partners Inc. launched wireless service Fargo and Grand Forks, N.D., as well as Brainerd, Detroit Lakes, Alexandria and Fergus Falls, Minn. To oversee the expansion in the region, …

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Cricket wireless service in northern Colorado, including Fort Collins, Greeley and Loveland. The company said it will offer “sister city” service with its …

WOODBURY, N.Y.—Comverse Technology Inc. said it will collaborate with Qualcomm Inc. to bring enhanced wireless services, such as multimedia messaging, voice solutions and mobile Internet solutions, to Binary Runtime Environment …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with handset vendor Sanyo to develop new handsets based on the Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless. Qualcomm also signed …

BOSTON—A recent Yankee Group Report, “High-Frequency Fixed Wireless: More than Just LMDS,” finds that despite the disillusionment caused by slow growth in 2001, there is a market for high frequency, …

NEW YORK-Two wireless firms became the subject of class-action lawsuits as part of the rash of lawsuits being filed as a result of the telecom bubble burst. The Plaintiffs’ Executive …