2001

HACKENSACK, N.J.—GoAmerica Inc. released its Go.Web OnPrem, which the company said is a behind-the-corporate-firewall server solution that provides enterprise customers greater security and control over wireless data. The company also …

ARLINGTON, Va.—The Telecommunications Industry Association has released a third-quarter supplement to its 2001 Multimedia Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast. The supplement explores policies, technologies and market drivers for domestic and …

DALLAS—French vendor Alcatel says it plans to cut 1,500 jobs in the United States as its adjustment to flagging demand for phone equipment. The company says 650 of the cuts …

NORTH CHELMSFORD, Mass.—SavaJe Technologies said it has released the first operating system that allows device manufacturers, enterprises and system integrators to deliver Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition for embedded and …

RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communications Inc. introduced two new wireless handsets for its iDEN network designed and manufactured by Motorola Inc., the i90c and i80s. Nextel noted both handsets include Java technology, …

TAMPA, Fla.—China Unicom signed a contract with Telecommunication Services Inc. to provide CDMA international roaming services, allowing China Unicom customers to roam on a number of CDMA networks across the …

RALEIGH, N.C.—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and MobileAria announced a partnership to promote in-vehicle Bluetooth adoption. MobileAria said it will support and market Sony Ericsson’s handsets with MobileAria’s True Hands Free …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Handspring Inc. made its latest in a series of announcements aimed at the corporate market, inking a deal with Extended Systems to provide education and training to business …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Motorola Inc.’s global telecom solutions sector has signed a multi-year agreement to license XACCT Technologies’ mobile platform for its Aspira total communications solutions. “This will allow service providers …

READING, England—Western Wireless Corp. selected Logica’s Radio Planning Odyssey product for RF planning, network optimization and digital migration programs. Financial terms of the agreement were not released.

TOKYO—NEC Corp. said it plans to outsource the manufacturing functions of NEC Miyagi Ltd. and NEC Yamanashi Ltd., which develop and manufacture telecom infrastructure systems, to an Electronics Manufacturing Service …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it has reduced to 130 the number of workers it intends to cut at its Salo plant because some of the workers agreed to retire or …

LUBBOCK, Texas—Alamosa Holdings Inc. reported it will no longer be offering 4 million primary shares in its current underwritten public offering of common stock, with the remaining 4 million shares …

TORONTO—Nokia Corp. says 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 …

BEIJING—Qu Weizhi, a vice minister of China’s Ministry of Information Industry, told a World Economic Forum meeting in Hong Kong that there is no decision yet on when to issue …

LOS ANGELES, United States—Oberthur Card Systems said it is partnering with French mobile operator Bouygues Telecom to provide Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) technology based on second-generation SIM technology. Oberthur’s SIMphonIC …

OSLO, Norway—Telenor said it is ready for Norway’s mobile number portability program, which began 1 November. The program will allow customers to switch operators without changing phone numbers. Telenor Mobile …

LONDON—IDC said its recent research shows that 2001 will be a landmark year for wireless Internet in Ireland.The company said mobile access is in its infant stage right now, with …

SINGAPORE—Mobile operator M1 announced on 25 October that its shareholders will not go ahead with the planned sale of their shares in the company. The shareholders said they have decided …

TOKYO—J-Phone Group on 1 November consolidated four companies of the group into one company to compete with its two rivals NTT DoCoMo and KDDI. Due to the reorganization, the new …

LONDON—Vodafone said adoption of the single Vodafone brand by Portugal’s Telecel Vodafone and Spain’s Airtel Vodafone is complete, ahead of the original early 2002 schedule. Both companies supported the single …

PARIS—Orange said it has conducted the first voice, data and video communications on the Orange Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network in Paris, with equipment from Alcatel. The pre-commercial network …

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands—Heavily indebted KPN Mobile said Singapore Telecommunications Mobile will purchase KPN’s 22.28-percent holding in Indonesia’s Telkomsel for US$601 million. SingTel Mobile will also settle KPN Mobile’s remaining …

CALGARY—Wmode announced it is expanding into Europe by opening an office in Bern, Switzerland. Oliver Ruekgauer, who co-founded a venture fund and also worked for Swisscom, will head the expansion. …

NEW DELHI, India—Government-owned fixed-line and GSM operator in New Delhi and Mumbai, MTNL, has launched its wireless local loop (WLL) “limited mobility” service in Delhi. The service has been named …