2001

WASHINGTON-Yet again the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rescheduled the auction of spectrum licenses being made available by the television transition to digital to 19 June, 2002. The auction was …

LONDON—Frost & Sullivan has released a report stating that roaming could further hamper the expansion of Europe’s postpaid calling card market. In fact, postpaid calling card revenues will plummet from …

STAMFORD, Connecticut, United States—SmartServ Online announced it will provide its SmartServQ wireless short message service (SMS) application to a major wireless service provider in Hong Kong. SmartServQ provides subscribers with …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson has announced 2,000 job cuts as part of what it describes as its efficiency program in response to the slowdown in the telecom market. The company said 1,300 …

BEIJING—South Korea’s Samsung Electronics plans to join Kejian and two other Chinese companies to set up a joint venture in China’s southern city of Shenzhen to produce CDMA handsets. The …

MUNICH, Germany—Siemens said China Mobile selected it as a major supplier to expand its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-based mobile Internet services in nine provinces in China. The entire project …

CUPERTINO, California, United States—Portal Software said that Monaco Telecom is deploying its Infranet customer management and billing platform to supply GSM and later third-generation (3G) services. The service will include …

BUCHAREST, Romania—MobileCom announced it will showcase some of its latest mobile services at METS 2001, being held from 23-27 October. MobileCom will offer hands-on demonstrations of its information-on-demand service, Clickit; …

TOKYO-Sharp and SOMA, a U.S.-based venture, tied-up over the next-generation wireless communications business. Based on the agreement, Sharp will provide “several million” U.S. dollars in funds for Soma and will …

TOKYO-An international standards body agreed on methods to support the unrestricted movement of third-generation (3G) terminals, called global circulation. The sixth meeting of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Working Party …

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 …

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 …

SHANGHAI, China—Lucent Technologies said it has demonstrated its first cdma2000 1x call for voice and data in China. Lucent said it is collaborating with China Unicom to demonstrate the mobile …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it won a GSM network expansion order from Thailands’ AIS mobile operator worth US$60 million. The order covers network infrastructure and service solutions for AIS’ GSM 900 …

BEIJING-The U.S. subsidiary of China’s largest electric meter producer, the Holley Group based in the eastern province of Zhejiang, has acquired the design operations for CDMA mobile phones from Philips …

DENVER, United States—The Barbados government has agreed with Cable & Wireless for the U.K.-based telecom company to give up its monopoly on telecom services during the next 21 months. International …

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 …

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 …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. posted quarterly losses, while warning of more losses in the next quarter.TI posted a net loss of $117 million, or 7 cents a …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it won a GSM network expansion order from Thailands’ AIS mobile operator worth US$60 million. The order covers network infrastructure and service solutions for AIS’ GSM 900 …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments has unveiled a power supply solution that offers low noise for personal digital assistants and other handheld devices.The new 1.8-volt input low dropout regulators will make system design …

ROCHELLE PARK, N.J.—Schema launched its UMTS OptiPlanner network planning product as part of its network optimization solution designed to allow operators to plan third-generation networks.Schema said the solution enables the …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—WatchMark Corp., a provider of service assurance products, said it will begin working with Motorola Inc. to provide Verizon Wireless with service assurance software designed to help the carrier …

ATLANTA—Some of the top companies in the wireless space are planning a nationwide series of seminars to educate business leaders on the critical components of a successful mobile computing solution.The …

ATLANTA—AirGate PCS Inc. reported the Securities and Exchange Commission declared effective the proxy statement for its proposed merger with fellow Sprint PCS Network Partner iPCS Inc.AirGate said it has set …