2001

REDMOND, Wash.-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Metawave Communications Corp. announced an alliance to increase the capacity of CDMA and CDMA2000 wireless networks. The joint solution, designed for the 850 MHz frequency …

SARASOTA, Fla.—Speedcom Wireless Corp. announced its Wave Wireless Networking division has been chosen by the Federal Aviation Administration to provide broadband wireless connectivity between FAA buildings at airports throughout the …

WATERLOO, Canada—Research In Motion Ltd. announced earnings in line with many analyst expectations, but lowered its forecasts for the future due to a troubled economy, slow rollouts of GPRS networks …

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—Superconductor Technologies Inc. has sued ISCO International Inc. following ISCO’s complaint against STI for infringement of its patent for “Cryoelecronically Cooled Receiver Front End for Mobile Communications System.” …

BOISE, Idaho—Extended Systems said its Bluetooth software development kit for embedded devices, XTNDAccess Blue SDK, now supports the Hands-Free module of the Bluetooth Personal Area Network profile. The Hands-Free feature, …

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless reported a three-year agreement with Circuit City Stores Inc. to distribute Cingular products and services in more than 475 Circuit City stores nationwide.

MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it is the first in North America and one of the first worldwide to roll out third-generation cdma2000 data software to enable operators convey …

ATLANTA-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced it will not implement the reverse stock split it previously announced on Sept. 17. The company said it made its decision following Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.’s …

NEW DELHI, India—Ericsson AB said it has signed a $70 million contract to supply GSM and GPRS equipment for Bharti Enterprises in north and south of India. The five new …

LONDON—Vodafone Group plc added 2.5 million worldwide proportionate subscribers during the third quarter, bringing the wireless giant’s proportionate customer base to 95.6 million subscribers. Vodafone said it added 713,000 subscribers …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia began shipping its GPRS phones in Europe on Sept. 28, barely making the third-quarter deadline it had set for itself for commercially offering GPRS handsets. Competing handset vendors …

NEW DELHI, India—Motorola Inc. said it has signed a $178 million GSM contract to supply infrastructure equipment for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. in four states in southern India. The agreement …

PISCATAWAY, N.J.—Software development and integration services company Silverline Technologies Ltd. announced it designed, developed and implemented a wireless communications application for CCBN’s StreetEvents service. The new StreetEvents wireless feature allows …

DALLAS—Infrastructure company Allgon said it has signed a $13 million contract to provide base station antennas in the GSM networks of an undisclosed company in North America. “The carrier does …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint PCS introduced the Samsung SPH-I300 smart phone, combining a Palm-OS powered personal digital assistant and wireless handset. The six ounce device includes a backlit, virtual dialing pad …

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.—The 2001 Tower Summit and Tradeshow in Las Vegas on Oct. 28-30, will hold specific panels and sessions to aid small to mid-size independent tower owners and …

TEMPE, Ariz.—Making headway in the development of miniature fuel cells that may someday power cellular phones, Motorola Labs researchers announced they have demonstrated a prototype of a methanol fuel cell …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Motorola Inc. said it has appointed Edward D. Breen as president and chief operating officer effective 2002 when the present incumbent, Robert L. Growney, plans to retire. Breen has …

SAN FRANCISCO—Hewlett Packard Co. has denied reports in the World Street Journal and Reuters that it plans a new wave of 7,000 job reductions, saying the cuts were previously announced …

NEW YORK—Emblaze Systems Ltd. announced it is conducting a trial of its Wireless Multimedia Platform for handheld devices over Spanish wireless carrier Telefonica Moviles Espana’s network. The trial, over the …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies has inked a five-year TDMA agreement with Cingular Wireless to cover 30 markets, including Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. Under the pact, Lucent will …

BRAMPTON, Ontario—Nortel Networks has named Frank A. Dunn to succeed John A. Roth as president and chief executive officer of the company effective November1. Dunn was the company’s chief financial …

LONDON—Location-based information service provider WCities announced a global distribution agreement with Nokia under which Nokia will market WCities’ mobile-location applications to mobile operators globally as part of its mPosition and …

ARLINGTON, Va.—SiteSafe Inc. introduced the Rooftop Safety Solution for the real estate market, building owners and site managers. With this package of solutions, SiteSafe said it will develop a radio-frequency …

WOODBURY, N.Y.—Enhanced messaging company Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., announced the sale of its Intelligent Short Message Service Center to two South American wireless carriers, news that comes …