Monthly Archives: February, 2002

FileMaker Mobile to enter Japanese market

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,...

GPRS faces slow adoption in China

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...

Taiwan 3G auction nets US$1.4 billion

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...

J-Phone to launch motion picture mail on 1 March

TOKYO—J-Phone, the third-largest mobile carrier in Japan, announced it will launch a new e-mail service with motion pictures. According to J-Phone, which is now...

Indonesian mobile satellite company’s assets sold

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (BPPN) decided to sell the assets of Pacific Satellite Nusantara (PSN) and its subsidiary Asian Cellular Satellite (ACeS) to...

RIM, Glenayre drop patent lawsuits, partner instead

WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada—The adage, "keep your friends close, but your enemies even closer," seems to fit the new business relationship Research In Motion (RIM)...

Palm releases trial of OS 5

SAN JOSE, California, United States—As expected, Palm released a trial version of its new operating system (OS), the Palm OS 5, which the company...

NII Holdings reportedly misses interest payments

NEW YORK—NII Holdings, formerly known as Nextel International, reportedly missed its latest US$41 million interest payments scheduled for last Friday on its 12.75-percent senior...

Antenna standards group formed

LONDON—A group of international antenna manufacturers has formed the Antenna Interface Standards Group (AISG) with an objective of introducing open standards for base station...

WebLink outlines new bankruptcy plan

DENVER, United States—WebLink Wireless found its white knight.The paging and messaging carrier said last week it scored a deal with Sun Capital Acquisition, which...

RF Micro Devices begins shipments to European vendor

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, United States—Circuit manufacturer RF Micro Devices said it has begun production shipments to a major European handset manufacturer.The company said it...

Openwave works with Telefónica on multimedia service

REDWOOD CITY, California, United States—Openwave Systems and Telef

Mobilkom Austria trials Tecnomen multimedia product

Finland—Messaging vendor Tecnomen said Austrian mobile operator Mobilkom Austria has begun live trials of its Multimedia Messaging Service Center to help the operator evaluate...

VeriSign to offer WebNum in Asia

SINGAPORE—VeriSign announced it will sell its WebNum wireless Web access system to Southeast Asian wireless users through its Asian affiliate TrustAsia.VeriSign's WebNum service allows...

Nokia still sees growth in China

BEIJING—Nokia expects its handset sales in China to grow by 10 percent to 15 percent this year, the China Daily reported. Motorola leads the...

Carriers, industry bodies to set up content evaluation organization

TOKYO—Three Japanese carriers and three industry associations are going to set up an organization to evaluate mobile Internet content on 28 February. The organization,...

WatchMark forms integration partnership with AU-Systems

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Service assurance product supplier WatchMark reported a strategic system integration partnership with European systems integrator AU-Systems to distribute WatchMark's performance management and network...

Nextel Partners launches in West Virginia markets

CHARLESTON, W.Va.—Nextel Partners Inc. launched wireless service in Charleston, Huntington, Parkersburg, Clarksburg, Morgantown, Fairmont and the greater Central West Virginia region.In conjunction with the...

Sonera scraps fixed monthly connection

HELSINKI, Finland—Sonera, the Helsinki-based telecom company, has abandoned its fixed monthly connection charge for its consumer General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) offering in a...

Tower firms face tough times

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. is going to reduce capital expenditures and new tower development activities in 2002, and suspend any material new investment...

Nokia to integrate Macromedia Flash Player

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it will integrate Macromedia Inc.'s Flash Player into its Mediaterminal, which combines digital video broadcast, full Internet access, personal video...

MoreMagic reports funding

NEWTON, Mass.—MoreMagic Software announced it scored $9 million in its second round of funding, which was led by Vision Capital and Battery Ventures."These additional...

Aligo announces new partners

SAN FRANCISCO—Java-based wireless application server software provider Aligo Inc. announced it added Applied Systems Analysis & Processing Inc. and Caribou Lake Software to its...

Philips completes Verizon network trial

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands—Royal Philips Electronics said it has successfully concluded a trial of its solution for the delivery of multimedia content and applications over...

SiRF, NEC sign licensing agreement

SAN JOSE—SiRF Technology and NEC Electronics announced a licensing agreement that will integrate SiRF's SiRFstarII GPS technology into NEC's integrated circuits for the automotive...
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