February 2002

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan awarded its five third-generation licenses following a 19-day auction that saw bid totals much higher than analysts had expected. Total bids in the auction—Asia’s first 3G auction—reached $1.4 …

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 marketplace. The companies said that the …

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 move designed to increase use of …

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 wireless networks using Verizon Wireless’ Express …

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 Mobile Application Systems Integrators group. Applied …

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 funds will be used to …

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 recorder technology and gaming. The Macromedia …

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 for additional towers, the company said. …

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 launch, Nextel Partners donated 10 …

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 visualization products to AU-System’s customers in …

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario—Technology consultancy Plextec Ltd. unveiled a dual-band GSM900/DCS1800 GPRS/Bluetooth multimode PC card. The card, which comprises an always-online GPRS system combined with Bluetooth technology, enables wireless Internet access and …

NEW YORK—The lawsuit Motorola and Nokia brought last week against the owners of Telsim and the counterclaims in response have shone a spotlight on equipment vendor-financing practices of recent years …

TOKYO—Japanese mobile carriers are emphasizing location services to combat increasing competition within the market. The mobile-phone market in Japan has been expanding rapidly during the past several years. However, the …

NEW YORK—NII Holdings, formerly known as Nextel International, reportedly missed its latest $41 million interest payments scheduled for last Friday on its 12.75-percent senior serial redeemable notes due 2010, according …

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless reported eAgency Systems Inc., which serves financial services companies, has integrated Cingular’s Corporate E-mail Plus solution with its eAgency Wireless Information Exchange platform. Cingular said the service will …

INDIANAPOLIS—Brightpoint Inc. said it showed a net loss of 83 cents per share on revenues of $409 million for the fourth quarter of 2001, compared with a year-ago net income …

WASHINGTON—Tests confirmed today that weak, scant amounts of anthrax were found at the off-site mail facility of the Federal Communications Commission. The Center for Disease Control “reported to the FCC …

LONDON—Mm02, the mobile-phone unit spun off from British Telecommunications plc last year, said it plans to cut 1,900 jobs in the United Kingdom and Germany as part of its restructuring …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said it has developed a multimode global positioning system processor and system software, the MGP6200, which supports the Third Generation Partnership Project Frequency Division Duplex mode for …

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 …

VICTOR, N.Y.—Seattle-based wireless Internet service provider Monet Mobile Networks has selected Info Directions’ CostGuard rating and billing system. The CostGuard system rates and bills real-time wireless data usage, which includes …

MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless Inc. said holders of about 97.3 percent of its 7-percent equity subordinated debentures (ESD) maturing Feb. 15 have tendered their debentures or given consent under TIW’s purchase …

HACKENSACK, N.J.—Wireless data provider GoAmerica Inc. announced its subsidiary Wynd Communications Corp. purchased the reachNET subscriber base from TeleCommunication Systems Inc. Company executives said the move makes sense because both …

STAMFORD, Conn.—Wireless Internet veteran i3 Mobile Inc. reported revenues for the fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, of $900,000 and a net loss of $9.6 million. After the news, investors sent …

ARLINGTON, Va.—E*TRADE Group Inc. announced that its subsidiary, E*TRADE Access Inc., which boasts one of the most extensive ATM networks in the United States, will participate in Boston Communications Group …