2001

LONDON-European vendor Marconi said its third-quarter results met its projections with an operating profit of US$7.5 million. The company, which announced the resignation of its chief executive in the wake …

PARIS—The French government has dramatically reduced its upfront cost of third-generation (3G) licenses and extended the license terms to 20 years from 15 years. The initial payment for a French …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—German manufacturing giant Siemens has announced a further 7,000 job cuts, of which 2,000 will be within its cell-phone division, and has called a halt to tentative merger …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Sun Microsystems Inc. said it recorded a loss of $180 million in its third quarter results, or 6 cents per share, representing a 43 percent drop in revenue.The …

NEW YORK—In its fourth debt deal of the year, NTT DoCoMo plans to pay off maturing short-term debt with a new issue of US$825 million in 10-year, yen-denominated bonds paying …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Illinois, United States—Motorola said it won a US$34.8 million contract from China Unicom to expand the carrier’s 800 MHz CDMA networks in the Hebei province. In May, Motorola …

ATHENS, Greece—Greece’s Ote Telecom is negotiating with the government of Macedonia to acquire a mobile license in the country. The operator has submitted a US$2.5 million line of credit for …

CARACAS, Venezuela—CANTV’s board of directors agreed on a plan to repurchase 15 percent of its stock at US$30 per American Depositary Receipt (ADR) to avoid a takeover bid from U.S.-based …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, United States-A broad spectrum of technology companies, including Cisco Systems, Comverse, Intel, Microsoft, Philips Speech Processing and SpeechWorks International, agreed to form a forum to develop a …

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, United States—Ace*Comm said Compania Dominicana de Telefonos (Codetel) placed a series of orders to extend its use of the company’s mediation technology. The software will improve data collection …

BARCELONA, Spain-Logica said it demonstrated a mobile multimedia messaging system with Ezos at the UMTS 2001 Forum. Logica offers the Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMSC), and Ezos develops client software. …

SINGAPORE—Singapore’s telecom regular Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has selected four consortia to trial mobile payment solutions through a US$11 million initiative. The trials will run from the first quarter of …

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TEL AVIV, Israel—Alvarion said Mexico’s Alestra is deploying its base stations and terminal equipment in the 10.5 GHz frequency band. The equipment will address commercial demand for Alestra’s broadband wireless …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The public failure of U.S.-based wireless local area network (WLAN) operator Mobilestar has drawn fresh attention to what could be a successful business model of wireless public access …

BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States-Verizon Wireless said it will begin previewing its high-speed 1x network in select U.S. cities as a precursor to the commercial launch of services beginning later …

TOKYO-Toshiba and Matsushita Electric Industrial announced a joint venture for liquid crystal display (LCD) and next-generation display businesses for personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other appliances. Both companies will develop, …

BEIJING—After months of prevarication, the Chinese government has decided to split the quasi-monopoly fixed-line operator China Telecom in two parts following geographical lines. Both the northern and southern split-offs of …

BANGKOK, Thailand—Hutchison CAT Wireless Multimedia plans to upgrade its CDMA network to offer third-generation (3G) service, according to international press reports. The company will use its current 800 MHz spectrum …

TOKYO—Talks between Korea’s SK Telecom and Japan’s NTT DoCoMo have stalled without signs of moving forward, according to international press reports. The talks have been ongoing for more than a …

CALGARY-Zi said it will provide expertise in text entry standards to China’s Datang Telecom Technology, which is developing its own line of CDMA handsets. Datang Telecom signed a five-year licensing …

SINGAPORE—Virgin Mobile, which launched its service in Singapore on 12 October, has found itself caught in a disagreement between incumbents SingTel Mobile and StarHub. Virgin Mobile Chief Executive Sir Richard …

BEIJING—Ericsson has signed an agreement worth nearly US$535 million to supply GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) equipment, software and services for Guangdong Mobile Communication. “Ericsson will deploy a number of …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson signed a cooperation agreement with Vytel Asia to build out next-generation networks in the Asia-Pacific region. “The two companies are combining their expertise and capacity to meet the …

TOKYO—Toshiba and KDDI will jointly launch a field test for communications between digital consumer electronics and mobile handsets next March. About 500 households in Tokyo and Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, …