2001

ARLINGTON, Va.—The Industrial Telecommunications Association has postponed until further notice the Private Wireless Spectrum Management Conference and Exposition that was scheduled for Sept. 19-22 in Washington, D.C. For further information, …

WASHINGTON—Cingular Wireless said has donated 1,500 mobile phones and dispatched portable base stations to aid search and rescue operations in connection with terrorist attacks in New York and the nation’s …

INDIANAPOLIS—Brightpoint North America L.P., subsidiary of Brightpoint Inc., has agreed to market, sell and support Interactive Intelligence Inc.’s new wireless application gateway product, Mobilite and a combined offering of Mobilite …

PHOENIX—Space Data Corp.’s balloon-based technology has been approved by the FCC, which the company said will allow it to use the nationwide spectrum license it acquired early this year. Space …

NEW YORK—Citing plans by TeleCorp PCS Inc. to deploy a “GSM overlay network in the near future” at the same time as its cash flow growth has slowed, Moody’s Investors …

NEW YORK—Nokia Corp. said its third quarter earnings will match its earlier expectations, but its sales for the quarter will drop due to delays in new network rollouts. Sales will …

RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communication Inc. released a statement shortly after the incidents of September 11 extending condolences to anyone affected by the tragic events and thanks to anyone participating in the …

SALT LAKE CITY—Valence Semiconductor announced its VS7001 integrated circuit for GPS applications is now available. “The VS7001 represents a milestone in GPS design engineering and innovation moving toward the world’s …

TORONTO—Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. shareholders have voted not to approve a transaction in which Rogers Communications Inc. would acquire all outstanding class B restricted public voting shares of RWCI, proposed …

SAN DIEGO—Digital wireless standard modules developer Wavecom Inc., subsidiary of Wavecom SA of France, announced DCInextech will be the new distributor for its GSM/GPRS modems in North America. “We are …

SAN DIEGO—India’s Hughes Software Systems showcased several next-generation software solutions at CTIA’s trade show this week. The company displayed its Mobile Application Part (MAP) protocol software for WCDMA network solution …

NEW YORK-Texas Instruments has begun commercial shipments of its TMS320C64x Digital Signal Processor core, which operates at up to 600 MHz and consumes less than one watt of power, said …

SAN DIEGO—The Telephone Entertainment Network of Leap Wireless International Inc., San Diego, has contracted to obtain information updates from the Metro Networks subsidiary of Westwood One. Westwood One, managed by …

MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless Inc. (TIW) said the holders of its senior discount notes due 2007 have tendered 99.9 percent of the outstanding notes in exchange for a combination of cash …

SAN DIEGO—Amid the horror of yesterday’s terrorist attacks in New York City and the nation’s capital, CTIA’s Wireless I.T. conference in San Diego is continuing, even as the show’s participants …

Cingular this morning said its network is operating normally following yesterday’s terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. The company said it …

NEW YORK—Verizon said its wireless network experienced congestion due to heavy calling in the aftermath of yesterday’s terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo announced it plans to increase the speed of its i-mode and DoPa mobile Internet services by almost 20 Kbps and hopes to launch the enhanced service in spring …

RALEIGH, N.C.—High Speed Net Solutions Inc. (d/b/a Summus) announced its BlueFuel Image media module for Qualcomm’s BREW platform is now available. According to Summus, BlueFuel is a SuperFast-SuperThin media module …

AMSTERDAM—Dutch carrier KPN Telecom’s chief executive Paul Smits stepped down early this week, most likely as a result of the company’s failure to cut its $20.7 billion loan. The company …

WASHINGTON—Verizon Wireless lost 11 cell sites in the attacks on Tuesday in New York and at the Pentagon but service has generally been restored except in lower Manhattan by the …

WASHINGTON—Nextel Communications Inc. said it donated 1,500 mobile phones to public safety and law enforcement officials in New York, Washington, D.C., and Boston in the aftermath of terrorist strikes Tuesday …

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission today said the communications industry is doing a heroic effort to keep the nation’s wireless, TV and wireline systems operating. “I am deeply saddened by the …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Steven D. “Jake” Jacoby, chief operating officer and executive vice president of wireless messaging company Metrocall Inc., was on board American Airlines Flight 77 yesterday, on his way to …

SAN DIEGO—Zucotto Wireless Inc. recently announced its has licensed Sun Microsystems’ Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) technology for its XPRESSOcore processor family. With the license, Zucotto said it will …