January 2002

NEW YORK—The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Inc. reported Nextel Communications Inc. has properly qualified and limited its “works around the world” claim for its wireless …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Palm Inc.’s new wireless integrated device, the i705, seems to have hit the shelves in consumer electronic retail stores Friday, but the company isn’t commenting one way or …

TORONTO—Mobile-commerce company 724 Solutions Inc. announced earnings in line with its revised guidance, but the news didn’t do much to bolster investor confidence. The company’s stock dropped from about $2.30 …

HAYWARD, Calif.—AvantGo Inc. announced it won its first patent, which covers technology for synchronizing content between a device and a server over a wireless network. AvantGo said the technology is …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. reported fourth-quarter wireless revenues of $974.2 million, a 3-percent increase from the previous year. The telecom company attributed its growth to its “higher-yielding” Total Freedom and …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc., the largest mobile carrier in Japan with 39.6 million cellular phone subscribers, announced that it will apply to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange and …

HELSINKI, Finland—Wireless gaming companies Codeonline Ltd. and Springtoys Inc. announced they will merge through a share swap, a move the companies said will better position them for the growing wireless …

HERNDON, Va.—Teligent Inc. hired Venture Asset Group L.L.C. in Palo Alto, Calif., to sell more than 20 Teligent offices in 17 states. Teligent is reorganizing under a new name and …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson AB posted a fourth-quarter net loss of $332.3 million compared with a net profit of $210 million in the same period last year. “Our strength in the market …

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association is urging the Federal Communications Commission against a mandate for wireless local number portability (LNP). “In the matter of wireless number portability you …

NEW ORLEANS—The Reynolds and Reynolds Co. entered an agreement with Hewlettt-Packard Co. to deliver a telematics vehicle lifecycle management solution, which will consist of hardware, software and service components that …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—Anite Telecoms Inc. is working to improve GPRS and GSM technology in the United States with enhanced versions of its SAT and SAT+ wireless test solutions. The enhanced …

RESTON, Va.—Following its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, wireless data carrier Motient Corp. announced its stock will trade on an over-the-counter bulletin board system. The company’s delisting from the Nasdaq …

MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced several financial moves it has taken as part of its overall recapitalization plan announced last November. The company has given notice to extend its purchase …

LONDON—Vodafone Group said it has signed up more than 100 million customers to its networks in 28 countries, underlining its position as the world’s largest wireless operator. “Vodafone has increased …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading carrier in Japan, will on 25 January launch a new terminal developed exclusively for data communications. As part of its effort to make a breakthrough in …

SCHAUMBERG, Illinois, United States—Motorola reported significant, but not surprising, losses for the fourth quarter and year ended 31 December, 2001, a year Christopher Galvin, Motorola chairman and chief executive officer, …

BEIJING—Only five of the 19 authorized vendors of CDMA handsets in China have released their models on the Chinese market. The latest was Datang, which launched its DT618 handset priced …

HONG KONG—Software solution provider iMerchants and Diversinet have partnered to make iMerchants’ wireless banking solution for personal digital assistants (PDAs) available with Diversinet’s Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) security technology. Diversinet’s …

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia—The development of the pan-Russian Megafon project of St. Petersburg-based Telecominvest holding has prompted a series of acquisitions, as the initially “virtual” project reported 1 million clients in …

SEOUL, South Korea— Yasuo Nishiguchi, Kyocera’s chief executive, said his company will settle its patent dispute with Nortel Networks without rancor. “We have violated some of Nortel’s technology patents, and …

LONDON—Vodafone Group reported its Greek wireless subsidiary, Panafon-Vodafone, officially changed its name to Vodafone. Panafon adopted the dual-brand name a year ago as part of the Vodafone global brand migration …

DENVER, United States—The government of Slovakia announced a tender to sell three third-generation (3G) mobile telephone licenses by mid-year for around US$31.6 million each through a “beauty contest,” according to …

NEW YORK—Emblaze Systems said it has concluded successfully an MPEG4 compliance interoperability test with Samsung Electronics. The companies conducted the trial to determine whether Emblaze’s wireless media platform is interoperable …

MOSCOW—The biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) officially confirmed it has reached an agreement on the purchase of a controlling stake in the fourth-biggest regional carrier Kuban GSM in the …