Monthly Archives: January, 2002

China Mobile strikes back against PHS service

BEIJING—In more than 200 cities throughout China, China Telecom has launched its Xiaolingtong PHS service, putting pressure on mobile carriers China Mobile and China...

Qualcomm buys stake in Indian wireless venture

NEW DELHI, India—The U.S.-based CDMA developer Qualcomm finalized a deal with Mumbai-based Reliance Group to buy a minority stake in its basic service operations...

Nextel Partners gains 81,700 subscribers

KIRKLAND, Wash.—Nextel Partners Inc. released limited fourth-quarter financial information showing net customer additions for the quarter of 81,700 subscribers, bringing its total customer base...

Loral to pay civil fine in failed rocket launch case

NEW YORK—Loral Space & Communications said it will pay a $14 million civil fine without admitting guilt as part of a settlement with the...

Telefonica subscribers get access to Hotmail service

MADRID, Spain—Telef

Kodak plans spinoff of wireless business

ROCHESTER, New York, United States—Eastman Kodak Company announced it will spin off its wireless business into a company called Appairent Technologies, which will develop...

Gates’ CES keynote details wireless strategies

LAS VEGAS, United States—In his keynote at the 2002 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates detailed his...

BBC to package content for Hutchison 3G

LONDON—Hutchison 3G UK partnered with BBC Technology to manage the production of Hutchison's audio-visual content to be available in its third-generation (3G) service.BBC will...

Russia agrees to let in Thuraya

MOSCOW—Russian Communications Minister Leonid Reiman said the Arabic Thuraya satellite communications company is likely to get a license in Russia if it fulfills all...

UK operators blamed for rise in cell-phone theft

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The U.K. government is calling on cell-phone operators and terminal manufacturers to rapidly improve the security features of handsets to halt a...

GPRS roaming launched in Nordic region

OXFORD, United Kingdom—In an effort to stimulate the use of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-based services, Telia Mobile has become the first cell-phone operator...

Nokia signs TETRA agreement in Beijing

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia said it has signed a shared network agreement to deliver its TETRA digital professional mobile network for shared use by Beijing authorities."Nokia...

Malaysia to award 3G licenses

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Malaysia plans to award third-generation (3G) licenses to incumbent operators Telekom Malaysia, DiGi.com and Maxis Communications. The government may also waive a...

Data use in Asia faces hurdles

MANILA, Philippines—The adoption of wireless data applications and services among Asian mobile-phone users has to rise in order for the wireless industry to fully...

Thai operators announce new investments

NEW DELHI, India—The two leading GSM operators in Thailand, Advanced Info Service (AIS) and DTAC, announced new investments in network expansion and marketing, anticipating...

Minister Wu discusses China’s telecom market

BEIJING—In a rare and exclusive interview for the English language newspaper China Daily, the Minister of Information Industry, Wu Jichuan, discussed his country's telecom...

Motorola cuts Hong Kong jobs

HONG KONG—Motorola said it plans to cut between 700 and 800 semiconductor jobs at its test and assembly facility in Hong Kong and move...

Interwave wins Micronesia contract

MENLO PARK, California, United States—Interwave Communications, which sells compact wireless voice communications systems and broadband wireless data networks, announced a US$4.4 million contract with...

Metawave antennas reduce dropped calls in China

REDMOND, Washington, United States—Metawave Communications said the results of its GSM smart antenna cluster deployment in Guangzhou, China, were successful.Metawave was employed by Guangzhou...

Tahoe Networks nets $10M funding

TAMPERE, Finland—Wireless data infrastructure company Tahoe Networks Inc. announced it scored an additional $10 million in funding, bringing its total funding to more than...

CMP Media expands mobile game curriculum at conference

SAN FRANCISCO—CMP Media's Game Developer's Conference announced it will offer an expanded wireless and mobile games curriculum, including a Wireless Game Summit hosted by...

Flextronics completes share offering

NEW YORK—Flextronics International Ltd. announced its 20 million-share offering is complete.Flextronics sold the shares for $25.96 each, bringing in gross proceeds of $519.2 million,...

Samsung aims for top three spot with new branding campaign

DALLAS—Samsung Telecommunications America said it has unveiled a branding campaign to make it a top three wireless phone manufacturer by 2003."STA's brand positioning centers...

Openwave expects loss at low end of expectations

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Wireless Internet giant Openwave Systems Inc. announced it expects its loss for the second quarter to be on the low end of...

vVault, Genient to integrate products

SAN FRANCISCO—Wireless application and software infrastructure provider vVault announced it will integrate its products with those of Genient, which provides a Web services integration...
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