February 2002

SAN FRANCISCO—Wireless enterprise software solution developer Neomar announced enhanced versions of its Neomar Enterprise Server software and Neomar Microbrowser with Intelligent Client Engine (ICE) for wireless devices. According to Neomar, …

LONDON—Logica said its prepaid billing software will be installed by Trinidad and Tobago’s TSTT Mobile Services. TSTT will launch prepaid wireless data services over a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) …

LOS ANGELES—Oberthur Card Systems announced its SIMphonIC Application Loader and Manager platform has been integrated into Wind’s Italian mobile network, allowing Wind to remotely manage Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards …

BEIJING—Nokia Corp. and Texas Instruments, as well as 15 other Chinese and foreign companies have created a consortium to be known as Commit Inc., which will develop semiconductors, software and …

NEW YORK—Beginning this week, New York State motorists who are caught talking on their wireless phones while driving will face US$100 fines following the phase out of the state’s waiver …

CAMPBELL, Calif.—P-Com Inc. announced $3.4 million in new orders for its point-to-point products from customers in China. The orders include the company’s first order for its Tel-Link Encore product, a …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—CellPoint and Benefon signed an agreement to provide assisted global positioning system (GPS) location solutions to GSM, 2.5- and third-generation (3G) network operators this year. The A-GPS mobile location …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. launched what it describes as feature-rich CMX 2.1 multimedia software, which offers enhanced audio, animation, speech and sound effects for wireless devices. The company said handset makers …

GREENSVILLE, S.C.—Verizon Wireless launched its Best Network Challenge campaign asking consumers to compare wireless carriers on a number of criteria, including network performance, availability of advanced data services, customer support …

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless said it plans to invest more than $500 million in its Southeast markets of Georgia, Tennessee, the Carolinas and Kentucky this year. “Cingular has built its reputation in …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Sweden’s Telia said it was not granted a stay of execution for telecom regulator National Post and Telecom Agency’s (PTS) order to reduce Telia’s GSM interconnection charges from about …

WATERLOO, Ontario—Research in Motion Ltd. and PrinterOn Corp. announced they will team to deliver and market PrinterOn’s wireless Internet printing application for BlackBerry, under the name PrinterOn PocketWhere for BlackBerry. …

SALEM, Ore.—Supra Products is now part of GE Industrial Systems and will operate as GE Interlogix Inc. as a result of GE’s acquisition of Supra’s parent company Interlogix Inc. “The …

CARY, N.C.—SpectraSite Holdings Inc. reported results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31. The company’s revenues for the quarter totaled $131.3 million, compared with $103.4 million for fourth-quarter …

HELSINKI, Finland—Telia Mobile, the Nordic region’s biggest mobile operator, is moving to strengthen its position through acquisitions. The company is soon expected to bid for Sonera’s mobile telephone business in …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Western Wireless Corp. posted $286.4 million in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2001 and $1 billion in revenue for the entire year compared with $237.1 million and $834.9 …

HAYWARD, Calif.—Certicom and Funk Software have joined to develop the EAP-TTLS 802.1x security protocol that provides security for WLAN connectivity. Funk Software’s Odyssey is the first commercial implementation of EAP-TTLS. …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.—There is a clearly defined need to adopt fleet management systems for tracking and remotely controlling vehicles in an emergency, as well as provide added value, according to …

MADRID, Spain—European Union Competition Commissioner Mario Monti said on Tuesday he will take action to bring down prices for mobile-phone calls across Europe. The commissioner said his agency is looking …

WASHINGTON—The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association held the first meeting of its Wireless Internet Caucus Leadership Council last week. The council said it will address hurdles facing the U.S. market …

MONROE, La.—CentruyTel Inc.’s board of directors voted to increase the quarterly cash dividend from 5 cents to 5.25 cents per share payable on March 22.

SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass.—Integrated wireless and Web-based software application provider ViryaNet said it has acquired all outstanding shares of iMedeon Inc., of Alpharetta, Ga., for about 4.3 million shares of ViryaNet, plus …

SALT LAKE CITY—During the recently completed Winter Olympics, AT&T Wireless said its network handled 9.6 million calls from the venues where the athletes competed, averaging more than 500,000 calls daily. …

BEIJING-Texas Instruments will provide the chipset technology for a new entrant in the Chinese mobile-phone business, Legend Holdings Ltd., which entered a joint venture with Xiamen Overseas Chinese Electronics Company …

SAN FRANCISCO-In an another tie-up, Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to combine Intel’s Xscale microarchitecture’s PX250 and PXA210 and Windows CE .NET to enable hardware and software developers …