Monthly Archives: February, 2002

Neomar adds Intelligent Client Engine to products

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)...

TSTT Mobile Services to launch prepaid GPRS service

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...

Wind integrates Oberthur application platform

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...

Nokia, others form new consortium

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.,...

New York driving law enters next phase

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...

P-Com receives orders from Chinese customers

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...

CellPoint, Benefon enter location solution agreement

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...

Qualcomm launches multimedia software for wireless devices

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...

Verizon asks consumers to compare network performance

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...

Cingular to invest in Southeast markets

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...

Telia loses battle in GSM interconnection war

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...

RIM teams with PrinterOn

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...

GE acquires Supra via Interlogix purchase

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...

SpectraSite reports bigger net loss, revenues climb

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,...

Telia eyes Sonera’s mobile holdings

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...

Western Wireless reports net loss

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...

Certicom, Funk team for WLAN security protocol

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...

ABI predicts growth in fleet management systems market

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...

EU competition commissioner continues probe into roaming rates

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...

CTIA holds Wireless Internet Caucus Leadership Council meeting

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...

CenturyTel increases dividend

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...

ViryaNet acquires iMedeon

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...

AT&T reports on network peformance during Olympics

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,...

TI to provide chipsets for new Chinese handset player

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...

Intel, Microsoft combine products to enable mobile application development

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...
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