March 2002

FRANKFURT, Germany—Texas Instruments said it is bidding for German telecom equipment maker Condat in a deal valued at about US$93 million. According to the deal, TI will take over Condat’s …

OTTAWA—Sprint PCS and Nortel Networks completed trials using Nortel’s CDMA smart antenna technology, which Nortel said is designed to provide double the voice capacity of Sprint’s current antenna technology using …

MELBOURNE, Australia—For the first time, there are more mobile phones in Australia than there are fixed telephone lines, the Australian Communications Authority announced in its recently released annual report. According …

HONG KONG—Hong Kong telecom regulator Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) said it plans to give unused spectrum to mobile operators. The unused spectrum, totaling 2.5 megahertz x 2 in …

HONG KONG—Indian company Lifetree Convergence said it supplied its billing and operations system for Shell, which launched a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service in Hong Kong in February. The …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, listed on both the New York Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange simultaneously on 1 March. NTT DoCoMo said the listings …

NEW DELHI, India—Pak Telecom Mobile Limited, a fully owned subsidiary of Pakistan Telecommunications Corporation offering GSM 900 MHz services under the Ufone brand in Pakistan, announced an expansion plan, including …

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Heru Prasetyo, Indonesia’s Accenture country manager, suggested cellular operators should increase their average revenue per user (ARPU) from its current less than US$20 to at least US$25 for financing …

MANILA, The Philippines—Short message service (SMS) technology, more popularly known as text messaging among Filipino mobile users, proved to be a substantial source of revenue for Smart Communications, the wireless …

COSTA MESA, Calif.—Global positioning system technology manufacturer Axiom Navigation Inc. said it acquired Traxsis, which provides software that locates mobile users. Axoim’s GPS engine has been integrated into Traxsis’ X-Pak …

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—The market for wireless enterprise services continues to heat up today, with several companies positioning themselves to give mobile workers access to corporate information. The most notable announcement …

HELSINKI, Finland—Sonera said it reached a deal with other shareholders of the Dutch holding company Fintur Holdings B.V. that will allow Sonera to increase its stake in the GSM businesses …

WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission said it reached a settlement with personal digital assistant maker Palm Inc. concerning FTC charges that Palm misguided customers about the capabilities of its devices, including …

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless signed a supply agreement with Nortel Networks for GSM/GPRS infrastructure upgrades in the United States, including Puerto Rico. Under terms of the $500 million agreement, Nortel will continue …

NEW YORK—Moody’s Investor Services lowered its long-term rating of Qwest Communications International Inc. and fully guaranteed Qwest Capital Funding from Baa2 to Baa3; its long-term rating for Qwest Corp. from …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent technologies Inc. said it has introduced two cdma2000 base station systems to enable operators to increase capacity. Verizon Wireless is the first carrier to deploy the product, …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Infowave Software reported an agreement with Mobile Planet, a multichannel direct reseller, providing Infowave’s Symmetry Pro wireless corporate e-mail software solution to its customers directly from the Mobile Planet …

HONG KONG—Indian company Lifetree Convergence Ltd. said it supplied its billing and operations system for Shell, which launched a mobile virtual network operator service in Hong Kong in February. The …

LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired Inc. reported 41,070 net personal communications services customer additions for the fourth quarter of 2001, ending the year with 277,036 PCS customers. Including its cellular subscriber …

SAN FRANCISCO—Multimedia mobile delivery company Mazingo Network is offering a subscription service that allows users to access rich-media content from hundreds of channels. Included in Mazingo’s channel line-up are classic …

BOSTON—Market research firm Yankee Group said although Mexican mobile subscriber numbers surpassed fixed-line subscribers in 2000, revenues from mobile services will not overtake switched access revenues until 2006. Mexican wireless …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint Corp. said it expects its wireless division to add between 700,000 and 750,000 net subscribers during the first quarter of this year and add 3 million net …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Qualcomm’s BREW platform scored another major developer deal, this time with Walt Disney and its ESPN-branded sports games. Under the deal, Walt Disney Internet Group said it will …

CHICAGO—Centerpost Corp. said it has been chosen to provide Motorola Inc. with an enterprise alerting solution that will allow Motorola’s IT organization employees to receive real-time, mission-critical information, including virus …

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-IBM Corp. introduced the first mobile workstation known as ThinkPad A31p with high-speed graphical performance with wireless technology, security and ease of management. “It offers users the …