Monthly Archives: January, 2002

Celiant buys Fujant

WARREN, N.J.—Wireless power amplifier supplier Celiant Corp. announced it purchased most of the assets of Fujant Inc., which was a power amplifier start-up company."Current...

Kodak plans spinoff of wireless business

ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Eastman Kodak Company announced it will spin off its wireless business into a company called Appairent Technologies Inc., which will develop technology for...

GoAmerica becomes SAP Service Partner

HACKENSACK, N.J.—GoAmerica Inc. announced it has become an SAP Service Partner, meaning it will work with SAP customers to facilitate a more seamless rollout...

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...

Infowave launches downloadable wireless e-mail service

LAS VEGAS—Infowave Software launched a new enterprise product that bypasses the corporate information-technology department and puts wireless deployment decisions in the hands of individual...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Globalstar expands service to Central Asia

SAN JOSE, California, United States—Globalstar said it began service throughout Central Asia, including Afghanistan, through its Russian service provider, GlobalTel. The company said its...

Gemplus wins China Unicom contract

BEIJING—Smart cards solutions maker Gemplus said it has won a contract to supply its first live card-based CDMA network to China Unicom."The launch of...

Alcatel to expand network in Turkey

PARIS—Alcatel has won a contract to expand the capacity of Turkish operator Aycell's GSM 1800 MHz network. The three-year, US$144 million contract will allow...

Motorola inaugurates first software center in South America

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Motorola inaugurated its first Software Development Center in South America, in the province of C

Mobil overtakes fixed services in Latin America

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, United States—Mobile services overtook fixed-line services in Latin America during 2001, according to data released by U.S.-based Pyramid Research. Mobile penetration in...

Pepsi plans wireless system for vending machine purchases

PURCHASE, New York, United States—Pepsi-Cola North America will deploy a wireless technology system that will allow customers to use their credit cards to make...

Asia to see strong handset sales

BOSTON—Asia is poised for strong growth in mobile handsets, according to a new report from the Yankee Group. The report projects that the Asia-Pacific...

Lucent sells majority stake in venture-capital group

NEW YORK—Lucent Technologies said it has sold 80 percent of its New Ventures Group portfolio to British-based Coller Capital. The portfolio will be called...

ETSI holds smart card event

NEW YORK—The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) held its first smart card interoperability event in mid-December at its headquarters in Sophia Antipolis, France, bringing...

Austria’s One to launch 3G services in the second half of 2002

BUCHAREST, Romania—Austrian operator One said it will launch third-generation (3G) services in the second half of 2002 once sufficient handsets are available. In addition,...

Russia’s 3G licensing awaits equipment

MOSCOW—Despite a recent Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) test by one of Russia's largest operators, Russian Communications Minister Leonid Reiman refused to disclose the...

Samsung introduces ultra-thin lithium-ion rechargeable battery

SEOUL, South Korea—Samsung SDI said it has developed the world's thinnest lithium-ion rechargeable cell phone batteries, which can store 355-watt hours in a space...

HP introduces wireless notebooks

PALO ALTO, Calif.—Hewlett-Packard Co. introduced two new wireless notebooks, offering embedded 802.11b or Bluetooth connectivity and digital home networking features.HP's Pavilion zt1000 notebook comes...

Lawsuit filed against XO

BALA CYNWYD, Pennsylvania, United States—The law offices of Marc Henzel and Cauley Geller Bowman & Coates filed class action lawsuits in the U.S. District...
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