March 2002

ORLANDO, Fla.—Cingular Wireless said it plans to invest more than $700 million in its Gulf States region network, including Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. The investment will be used for …

ORLANDO, Fla.—Numerex Corp. agreed to supply Cellemetry data service throughout North America for Aether Systems Inc.’s deployment of TrackWare and 20/20V GPS asset-tracking solutions. Aether recently acquired the tracking products …

NEW YORK—Celerica Inc., a start-up wireless infrastructure provider based in Morristown, N.J., said it has commenced a beta trial of its technology for rapid cell site deployment with Cellcom, a …

NEW YORK—PWC Consulting, part of New York-based PricewaterhouseCoopers, introduced to the North American market its New World Networks Mobile IP Solution, designed to allow carriers and enterprises to bring advanced …

PALO ALTO, Calif.—Hewlett-Packard Co.’s board of directors said Tuesday it believes it has received a sufficient number of votes to approve its recently proposed merger with Compaq Computer Corp., but …

SAN FRANCISCO—A majority of Americans would prefer to buy a cellular phone from a local independent retailer in their neighborhood, according to a recent study commissioned by LetsTalk.com. The study, …

MONTREAL—OZ made several announcements on the last day of CTIA’s Wireless 2002 tradeshow in Orlando. The company announced its new Wireless Village server, which it said will conform to all …

ORLANDO—Amdocs unveiled ClarifyCRM, its new end-to-end solution that offers integrated customer relationship management and billing applications to service providers, this week at CTIA Wireless 2002. Amdocs said the new CRM …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia and AT&T Wireless said they have completed their joint MoU to develop and test advanced enhancements supporting the evolution of an All-IP network. “The finalization of this agreement …

ORLANDO—The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association wrapped up CTIA Wireless 2002 today with a final keynote address by Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev encouraged companies to …

MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL—The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport now is equipped with a neutral-host wireless network system, giving travelers with laptops or handheld devices outfitted with a Wi-Fi network card the ability …

ORLANDO—SkyGo Inc. and VeriSign Inc. announced today at CTIA Wireless 2002 the integration of SkyGo’s new SkyCode service with VeriSign’s wireless resolution platform. With VeriSign’s resolution technology, SkyCode allows marketers …

ORLANDO—Sierra Wireless announced at this week’s CTIA Wireless 2002 show that it will provide Rogers AT&T Wireless with the AirCard 750 GSM/GPRS PC Card. Now with the AirCard 750, wireless …

HACKENSACK, N.J.—GoAmerica Inc. announced it will team with Verizon Wireless to offer the Verizon Wireless Express Network, which is based on 1xRTT CDMA technology, to its corporate customers. According to …

ORLANDO—The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association honored three recipients of its 2002 President’s Awards last night. The annual awards go to individuals and companies who have made an outstanding contribution …

ORLANDO—EMS Wireless unveiled a voice and data wireless solution at this week’s CTIA Wireless 2002 tradeshow. The solution offers immediate implementation, integrated carrier in-building repeaters and 802.11 high-speed data coverage. …

BLACKBSURG, Va.—LGC Wireless said it has successfully provided in-building systems for four wireless service providers in every indoor athletic venue in Salt Lake City. LGC credited Wireless Valley’s SitePlanner design, …

ATLANTA—Numerex Corp. announced it will provide United Telecommunication Services (UTS), official telecommunications company of the Netherlands Antilles, with its patent-pending wireless short message service throughout its coverage areas in Curacao, …

ATLANTA—BellSouth Corp. announced it sold its entire stake, or 234.7 million shares, in Dutch telecommunications provider Royal KPN. The sale will give the company an after-tax gain of $850 million …

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—Conexant Systems Inc. introduced a new family of power amplifier modules targeting current and next-generation wireless infrastructure transmitter applications. The CX65100 series is designed to meet the performance, …

ORLANDO—AT&T Wireless made several announcements to bolster its presence at CTIA Wireless 2002. The carrier announced it will install Adaptive Multirate Vocorder (AMR) technology that could more than double the …

ORLANDO, Fla.—CSI Wireless Inc. launched its new GT300 Geo-Telephone, which combines location sensing and GPS positioning capability with dual-band TDMA/AMPS technology. CSI is targeting the GT300 at vehicle rental companies, …

ORLANDO, Fla.—Acterna released its AirAudit Call Verification System for GPRS, a product Acterna says is the industry’s first centrally managed, distributed solution for service verification on GPRS networks. The system …

NEW YORK—The Mobile Marketing Association issued a series of guidelines to raise awareness of and spur debate about privacy issues involved in location-based targeting at this week’s CTIA Wireless 2002 …

ORLANDO—Motorola Inc. announced Cingular Wireless will be the first North American carrier for the Motorola V70 handset at this week’s CTIA Wireless 2002 tradeshow. The V70 has a rotating cover …