2001

LE PLESSIS-ROBINSON, France—Wireless operator Orange selected Lucent Technologies to provide a network management solution for its mobile network in France. Lucent said its Netminder solution will provide detailed surveillance, analysis …

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FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, United States—NMS Communications said the Philippines’ IdeaWurx selected its technology to power a short message service (SMS) technology used by Globe Telecom and Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company …

ATLANTA—TWS International, a consulting service to the wireless industry, said its Latin subsidiary, TWS do Brasil, has been awarded a contract to manage 1,000 of Telemar’s cell sites in its …

PARIS—Alcatel will supply Entel’s broadband wireless network in Chile through a recently awarded US$40 million contract. Entel plans to offer a nationwide wireless network in the 3.5 GHz range, beginning …

KISTA, Sweden—Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia, founders of the Wireless Village initiative, said they have successfully demonstrated interoperable mobile instant messaging and presence services. The companies said that in the demonstration, …

WASHINGTON—The government of Madagascar has launched the privatization process of the Malagasy Telecommunication Company (TELMA), offering 36 percent of the company’s shares. The tender also includes a GSM 1800 MHz …

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has loosened its rules to help facilitate the opening up of spectrum as TV transitions from analog to digital. The new rules will allow TV …

TOKYO, Japan—Phone vendor Mitsubishi Electric said it is pulling out of the cell-phone business in the United States as well as closing its sales offices all over North America. Sharp, …

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TAMPA, Fla.—TSI Telecommunications Services announced Venezuelan wireless operator Movilnet has agreed to test the company’s short messaging service (SMS) Message Manager Solution. TSI said the product provides SMS routing and …

FRANFURT, Germany—Moody’s Investors Service downgraded French vendor Alcatel to Baa1 from A2 for senior debt rating and to prime 2 from prime 1 for its short-term debt. “In the short-term, …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Prepaid cell-phone users will now be able to check account details, review account activity and top up balances using a new system announced by Logica. The new service, …

WEST MELBOURNE, Fla.—Relm Wireless Corp. announced it has received four orders totaling $899,000 for BK Radio-branded mobile and portable radio products, three of which were from the U.S. Forest Service …

SAN DIEGO—In an attempt to alleviate investor concerns, Cricket Communications Inc., a subsidiary of Leap Wireless International Inc., amended its vendor-financing agreements with Ericsson, Lucent Technologies Inc. and Nortel Networks …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. reported it demonstrated video streaming through a cdma2000 1x/Bluetooth connection at the recently held Cellular Telecommunication & Internet Association I.T. show. Using a 1x handset with the …

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission has extended the deadline for the payment of regulatory fees to Sept. 26 at 11:59 p.m. The action was necessary due to the disruption and cancellation …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it has agreed to supply Hong Kong carrier SmarTone with an end-to-end W-CDMA solution, including handsets, core network, radio access network, network management solutions and other related …

LONDON-Hutchison 3G UK reported an agreement with 186k to provide a nationwide fiber optic network and co-location services, and a separate agreement with Nortel Networks Corp. to provide 10-gigabits-per-second-per-channel dense …

NEW YORK—In the wake of the events of Sept. 11, efforts are being made to reschedule Wireless World 2001, which was to begin September 24 at the World Trade Center …

WASHINGTON—InPhonic Inc., Washington, D.C., has raised $19 million in fourth-round venture capital to abet its provision of equipment, software and services that enable corporations, affinity groups and Web-based companies to …

BOSTON—In a recent report, analyst and consulting company Ovum warns that operators need to follow thought-out strategic business plans in order to successfully implement third-generation technologies in the foreseeable future. …

LONDON—According to a recent Frost & Sullivan study, the pending introduction of GPRS may change mobile data access, especially among enterprises. According to Ben Connelly, a research analyst at Frost …

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission’s rejection of the cellular industry’s request to waive the Sept. 30 deadline packet-data wiretap deadline for all mobile phone carriers has drawn mixed reactions from service …

WASHINTON, D.C.—InPhonic Inc. announced it has closed a $19 million in Series D capital financing round led by Core Capital Partners. InPhonic plans to use the funding to expand its …