March 2002

ATLANTA—Advanced Recognition Technologies Inc. (ART) has joined with mobile Internet IP solution provider Parthus to integrate ART’s speech and handwriting recognition engines to Parthus’ InfoStream platform. For its platform, Parthus …

MUNDELIEN, Ill.—ArialPhone Corp., which provides voice-enabling software, announced a partnership with integrated phone systems provider Bizfon Inc. Under the agreement, Bizfon’s more than 300 dealers will begin offering ArialPhone’s voice-activated …

HANNOVER, Germany—More than 100 million customers across 27 countries in Europe, Asia Pacific, South Africa and Israel enjoy GSM high-speed data service, including international roaming. The networks use high-speed circuit …

HANNOVER, Germany—Zi Corp. reported its Bluetooth headset offered by its Zi Services business unit achieved the Bluetooth 1.1 qualification standard established by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. To obtain the …

HANOVER, Germany—Nokia Corp. formed an alliance to integrate RealNetworks’ digital media technology on its mobile devices and network solutions. “Under the alliance, Nokia will include the mobile version of the …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Wireless enterprise software provider Infowave Software announced dismal fourth-quarter results, showing a 30 percent drop in revenues from the same quarter last year and a net loss of …

MANCHESTER, N.H.—OEM solution provider FCI is presenting its new BATOOL 14.4 V line for the utility and telecommunications markets at CTIA Wireless 2002. The enhanced version of BATOOL is designed …

SAN DIEGO—One Voice Technologies Inc. will demonstrate its MobileVoice Messaging solutions in the Sony-Ericsson Mobile Communications booth at CTIA Wireless 2002 in Orlando. One Voice will be showing its MobileVoice …

EMERYVILLE, Calif.—Geoworks Corp. gained a new president and chief executive officer as part of its effort to move into the smart-phone operating system and application business. The company’s former chief …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm inc. says it has signed an agreement with Japanese carrier KDDI to enable the carrier’s handsets with Qualcomm’s Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless technology to enhance KDDI’s data …

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The Tennessee Emergency Communications Board said it will conduct a Phase II wireless E911 location services trial across multiple public safety answering points (PSAPs) throughout Tennessee. Several companies have …

AUSTIN, Texas—Motorola Inc. said it has licensed its i.250 GSM/GPRS mobile phone platform to Eastcom Communications, one of China’s biggest original design manufacturers. “The i.250 innovative convergence total system solution …

NEW YORK—Cue Corp., which provides FM subcarrier messaging and data services throughout North American, said it has partnered with Sensoria Corp. to broadcast real-time traffic information to car radios and …

LONDON—Brokerage firm Merrill Lynch has pared down its estimates of Nokia Corp. and Ericsson, citing a slow take-off in infrastructure equipment and next-generation handset sales. The report comes just ahead …

MADRID, Spain—Spanish telecom operator Telef

NEW YORK—The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) plans to hold its next quarterly general meeting in Orlando on March 19 in conjunction with the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s Wireless 2002 …

HONG KONG—Motorola said it signed a US$253 million agreement to supply GSM 1800 MHz network equipment to TA Orange in Thailand. The deal includes radio access equipment and related integration …

BOSTON, United States—The state fixed-line operator Telecom Egypt has invited bids to build Egypt’s third cellular GSM network on the 1800 MHz frequency band. The closing date for proposals has …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nordic telecom companies Sonera, Telia and TDC have confirmed their interest in bidding for a 25-percent equity holding in Ukrainian Mobile Communications (UMC), the Ukraine’s largest mobile-phone operator. Other …

IRVINE, Calif.—Mericom Corp. said it is closing three regional offices and Bill D’Agostino, the company’s president and chief executive officer, has elected to leave Mericom to pursue other interests. Mericom’s …

RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communications Inc. chief executive officer Tim Donahue picked up 20,000 shares of company stock on Feb. 26 at $4.84 per share, according to an U.S. Securities and Exchange …

CARY, N.C.—SpectraSite Communications Inc. announced agreements with The Rouse Company and Westfield America Inc., both real estate development and management companies, whereby SpectraSite has the right to install in-building wireless …

SAN FRANCISCO—M-Systems will display its flash disk technology at next week’s CeBIT embedded systems trade show. The company’s flash disk products include DiskOnKey, DiskOnChip, FFD and its latest offering, Mobile …

HANNOVER, Germany—Commil Ltd. said it will present plans for its Cellarion Bluetooth network system at next week’s CeBIT 2002 show in San Francisco. The system will use access points and …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—BellSouth lodged a complaint with the Fiscal