Monthly Archives: February, 2002

Verizon Wireless to cut 1,000 jobs

BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless said it plans to lay off 1,000 employees as it tries to streamline its operations. The cuts are expected to come...

United Church of Christ asks FCC to review Enron license transfer settlement

WASHINGTON—The United Church of Christ has asked the Federal Communications Commission to review the agency's agreement with Enron to settle an investigation against the...

RFI unveils UMTS conformance system

CANNES, France—Radio Frequency Investigation unveiled its 3G UMTS RF Conformance System for cellular manufacturers and network operators.The system, which was developed by Racal Instruments,...

Red-M showcases mobile workgroup offering

WEXHAM SPRINGS, U.K.—Red-M will demonstrate its wireless Portable Office Solution, a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-based system aimed at the mobile workgroup market.The portable...

Agilent rolls out two solutions

CANNES, France—Agilent Technologies is releasing products to assist mobile operators in quickly and cost-effectively deploying next-generation services over their networks.Agilent Technologies released its acceSS7...

Qwest pays down commercial paper

DENVER—Qwest Communications International Inc., which was unable to roll over part of its short-term debt on Thursday, has drawn down its $4 billion bank...

Starfish to demo synching software

CANNES, France—Starfish Software will demonstrate managed mobility solutions for Pocket PC 2002 at the 3GSM World Congress being held in France.Starfish executives including Tom...

Adax, Hughes team on 3G signaling solution

CANNES, France—Adax and Hughes Software Systems announced they will collaborate to produce an integrated signaling solution for third-generation (3G) networks.For the solution, HSS' RANAP...

Comverse messaging uses TI’s OMAP platform

WOODBURY, New York, United States—Comverse Technology announced its enhanced messaging services will operate on Texas Instruments' OMAP platform for 2.5- (2.5G) and third-generation (3G)...

PayPal raises $70.2 million in IPO

NEW YORK—PayPal Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif. start-up company providing mobile and electronic commerce payment services, saw shares of its initial public offering, priced...

Brightpoint completes formation of Hong Kong joint venture

INDIANAPOLIS—Brightpoint Inc. said it has completed the formation of the joint venture with Hong Kong-based Chinatron Group Holdings Ltd. it announced last October.Brightpoint gave...

PacketVideo unveils pv3 MMS

SAN DIEGO, United States—PacketVideo is targeting carriers with pv3 Mobilemedia system, a new multimedia delivery system that includes encoding, transmission and decoding products that...

International group demonstrates WLAN/GSM roaming

BERN, Switzerland—T-net, Transat and Performance Technologies will together demonstrate seamless roaming between wireless local area network (WLAN) and GSM networks this week at the...

Airline phone service agreement reached

CANNES, France—Airline communications provider SITA and roaming services supplier Comfone announced they have signed a contract that will make it easier for airline passengers...

M-Systems displays flash disk

CANNES, France—M-Systems will display its Mobile DiskOnChip, which it calls "the world's smallest, most cost-effective" 16MB flash disk for the mobile handset market, this...

Symbol CEO resigns

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.—Stocks for mobile data device maker Symbol Technologies Inc. took a dive after the company reported its fourth-quarter earnings and announced its president...

Littlefeet completes GSM coverage trial with Vimpelcom

SAN DIEGO—Littlefeet Inc. announced it has completed its GSM coverage solution trial with Vimpelcom in Russia. Littlefeet's SPICE coverage system is designed to help...

GTCR completes TSI acquisition

CHICAGO—GTCR Golder Rauner L.L.C. announced it has completed its acquisition of TSI Telecommunications Services Inc. from Verizon Communications Inc. in a $800 million transaction.Edward...

ConVISUAL previews MMS applications

CANNES, France—conVISUAL will demonstrate several mobile multimedia applications at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes this week.ConVISUAL's multimedia messaging service (MMS) applications, including Mobile...

Intec, Apama offer billing demonstration for date seekers

CANNES, France—Intec Telecom Systems and Apama are teaming up this week in Cannes to demonstrate the 3G billing process using a fictitious online dating...

AePONA releases gateway suite

CANNES, France—AePONA announced its commercial deployment of the Causeway OSA/Parlay product suite, an OSA/Parlay gateway that will include IVR extensions.The product suite, which is...

Intel, Appear offer WLAN services

CANNES, France—Intel Wireless Competence Center and Appear Networks will demonstrate wireless local area network (WLAN) location-based services at the 3GSM World Congress.The demonstration uses...

NetTest offers data warehouse support

ANDOVER, Massachusetts, United States—NetTest is showcasing its masterQUEST Data Warehouse, which provides wireless carriers with insight into customer, service and network activity through a...

Delphi to use IBM virtual machine environment

AMONK, N.Y.-Delphi Automotive Systems has chosen IBM's J9 virtual machine environment as a foundation technology for the development of automobile multimedia products that will...

Tropian releases RF technology

CUPERTINO, California, United States—Tropian unveiled its CodeStar Polar Impact RF technology, which it will demonstrate over W-CDMA technology, although it also offers a solution...
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