February 2002

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Colligo Networks Inc., formerly SynchroPoint Wireless, announced $3.5 million in venture capital financing and a deal with PricewaterhouseCoopers. The company, which provides collaborating software for mobile workers, sold …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Java giant Sun Microsystems Inc. announced Chinese carrier CSL will be the first in greater China to launch Java-based wireless services. The carrier will deploy the services through …

NEW YORK—Under the terms of a service bureau agreement announced Feb. 7, Convergys’ Geneva Active Revenue Management software is providing billing and customer care support for Compaq Computer Corp. iPAQ …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it has successfully made its first third-generation wideband CDMA packet-data calls between its commercial network infrastructure and terminals in its laboratories. “This milestone, which we have …

ATLANTA—Wireless hardware and software provider Discrete Wireless announced it has completed $1.3 million equity capital round of private investments, bringing the total investments the company has raised to more than …

IRVINE, Calif.—Electronic company D-Link said it has developed what it calls the first wireless Internet camera known as the D-Link Air DCS-1000W, which does remote security monitoring as well as …

ARLINGTON, Va.—TeleCorp PCS Inc. shareholders approved the company’s proposed merger with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which is expected to be completed on Feb. 15. “Over 94 percent of the votes …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—As branding becomes a more important weapon in the struggle to win cell-phone customers, industry analysts are beginning to question how Hutchison 3G will be able to make …

BERLIN—The mobile division of Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile, has forcefully indicated that it plans to be the first to launch third-generation (3G) services in Germany. The company announced plans to deploy …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—With the first signs that European cell-phone operators are generating better revenues than expected, the major handset developers are gearing themselves up for better days after many months …

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.—UbiquiTel Inc. reaffirmed previously issued guidance on its funding position, reporting it had approximately $130 million in cash and cash equivalents and $85 million in available bank credit facilities …

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 …

CHICAGO—Until March 31, U.S. Cellular Corp. said it will be collecting used wireless phones through its Community Action Recycling Effort program with proceeds from the donations benefiting the Families Scholarship …

ADDISON, Texas—Messaging provider CMG Wireless Data Solutions won a major contract to provide virtually all of Hutchison 3G’s messaging products, from short message services to unified communications to multimedia messaging. …

CINCINNATI—BCGI announced it has partnered with Cincinnati Bell Wireless to commercially launch the first implementation of the BCGI Wireless Wallet mobile-commerce payment processing solution. Cincinnati Bell is targeting the teen …

HAYWARD, Calif.—Certicom Inc. and Funk Software have teamed to set standards for wireless local area network security with the EAP-TTLS 802.1x security protocol. “We are committed to developing and introducing …

AUSTIN, Texas—Advanced Micro Devices said it plans to acquire chipmaker Alchemy Semiconductor by the end of the first quarter of this year. The companies have disclosed the financial terms of …

BEIJING—The TD-SCDMA technology jointly developed by China’s Datang Telecom and Germany’s Siemens has passed a trial test and is ready for commercial use within the year, according to Zhou Huan, …

LOS ANGELES—Wireless gaming company Jamdat Mobile Inc. announced it teamed with the interactive software company Electronic Arts Inc. to jointly publish EA’s PGA Tour and FIFA World Cup 2002 for …

IRVINE, Calif.—FieldCentrix Inc. announced it has implemented its FieldCentrix Enterprise wireless mobile and dispatch software for HVAC service contractor Process Cooling and Heating in Santa Ana, Calif. The FieldCentrix software …

SAN DIEGO—Wavecom Inc. released a new line of integrated, ready-to-use digital wireless modules for customers looking to integrate wireless capabilities into their devices. Wavecom said its WISMO Quik line of …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. announced its full messaging suite of products, which includes its wireless e-mail and short message services, will run on IBM Corp.’s AIX operating system and …

TOKYO—FileMaker Mobile, which allows instant database publishing on i-mode smart phones, was introduced in Japan. FileMaker includes a Mobile Groupware solution, which includes a scheduler, meeting room reservation planner, bulletin …

BEIJING—China Mobile is not satisfied with the slow adoption of its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) services. At the end of 2001, only 1.5 million of its 145 million mobile-phone …

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan awarded five third-generation (3G) licenses following a 19-day auction that saw bid totals much higher than analysts had expected. Total bids in Asia’s first 3G auction reached T$48.9 …