February 2002

BOSTON, United States—According to a new report from Strategy Analytics, Samsung will fall below Siemens in 2002 global cellular market share results, and Sony Ericsson may push Samsung down even …

SWINDON, U.K.—Lucent Technologies said it has completed successful tests for Internet Protocol (IP) virtual private networks (VPN) using Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) equipment. “The secure IP VPN connections will …

ARLINGTON, Virginia, United States—Iridium Satellite announced the five satellites it launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on 11 February have ascended into their assigned orbits and are fully functional. The …

MURRAY HILL, New Jersey—Lucent Technologies introduced its MiLife Intelligent services gateway to enable mobile operators to develop and deliver enhanced voice and data services for third-generation (3G) networks. “With the …

GENEVA—Europe’s mobile users will likely wait much longer than expected for next-generation cellular, as the daunting implications of full-scale third-generation (3G) deployment are finally brought home to the region’s 60-plus …

BERLIN—Berlin is a city undergoing a rebuilding and refurbishment program the likes of which few other cities in Europe have experienced in modern times. Against this backdrop of transformation, Deutsche …

KIRKLAND, Wash.—Captaris Inc. announced its Infinite Mobile Delivery 2.5, which supports Microsoft Exchange 2000 as well as Exchange 5.5 on a wide range of Internet-enabled wireless devices, is now available. …

TORONTO—Canada’s Bell Mobility launched the country’s first 1x wireless network in the greater Toronto area, with plans to extend the coverage throughout the year to cover most of the country. …

ARLINGTON, Va.—Iridium Satellite L.L.C. announced the five satellites it launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on February 11 have ascended into their assigned orbits and are fully functional. The new …

ARLINGTON, Va.—William T. Esrey, Sprint chairman and chief executive officer, is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the International Engineering Consortium (IEC) Information luncheon presentation at Supercomm in Atlanta …

SAN DIEGO—Ensemble Communications Inc. unveiled two new broadband wireless products, the Fiberless 4200 Base Station and the Fiberless 220 Access Multiplexer. “In the current environment, carriers are struggling with two …

MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced it will extend its purchase offer for all of its outstanding units, and the offer will now expire at 5 p.m. Montreal time on February …

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. announced it has completed its offer to exchange cash, 12 percent senior subordinated notes and 5 percent senior convertible notes for its 5 percent convertible subordinated notes. …

DENVER—CH2M Hill Communications Group announced the opening of its Denver-based Technology Solutions Center, a facility for solution development, prototyping, systems design, integration, testing, certification and communications product evaluation. “Communications companies …

LONDON—Cable & Wireless announced it has signed BT Cellnet, the U.K. business of Mmo2 plc, as a commercial customer of its mobile data roaming service, Cable & Wireless GPRS Roaming …

FREMONT, Calif.—Embedded software and server solution provider Access Systems America has joined the CDMA Development Group (CDG). “We have been closely working with the CDG to define next-generation data service …

CARY, N.C.—Parthus Technologies Inc. and UbiNetics said they have reach an agreement to combine Parthus’ 2G/2.5G technology with UbiNetics’ 3G technology to develop an integrated multimode GSM/GPRS/wideband CDMA solution. “Not …

BOSTON—According to a new report from Strategy Analytics, Samsung will fall below Siemens in 2002 global cellular market share results, and Sony Ericsson may push Samsung down even further. Analysts …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint PCS unveiled its eBilling & Analysis service, a Web-enabled billing and analysis tool designed to help wireless enterprise customers monitor their corporate wireless accounts, analyze invoice data …

LONDON—About 23,000 high-end Samsung A300 mobile phones valued at approximately $6 million disappeared from a warehouse in West London this week. Police believe the handsets were stolen by thieves with …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. introduced its MiLife Intelligent services gateway to enable mobile operators to develop and deliver enhanced voice and data services for third-generation networks. “With the MiLife …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Multimedia messaging continues to make waves in the wireless industry, as two major messaging companies today announced MMS products for both wireless carriers and corporate customers. Wireless Internet …

MEXICO CITY—Nokia launched its 8270 model phone, a CDMA 1900 MHz “fashion” phone at Expo Comm Mexico 2002. Shipments of the phone, which is Nokia’s first CDMA fashion phone for …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—Ntelos Inc. awarded a $44 million contract to Motorola Inc.’s Global Telecom Solutions Sector to upgrade the carrier’s CDMA network to 1x capability and install new call switching …

SAN DIEGO—While the Olympics may be in their own backyard, Salt Lake City residents who do not have tickets to events will be able to watch live coverage on the …