Monthly Archives: April, 2002

InfoSpace, Creditel announce wireless payment options

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Merchants now have a variety of new options to choose from in order to conduct business when they are away from their cash...

AvantGo tracking app available

LONDON—Wireless enterprise software provider AvantGo Inc. released its new Mobile Inspection product, which the company said is a prepackaged application that allows users to...

DataPlay to use Cloakware security solution

OTTAWA, Ontario—Security solution provider Cloakware Corp. announced digital media developer DataPlay Inc. will use Cloakware's patent-pending code to secure its ContentKey content promotion and...

Siemens steps up wireless Internet products

MUNICH, Germany—The mobile division of technology giant Siemens continues to reinforce its wireless Internet offering, adding instant messaging features and a proxy server.First, the...

S&P lowers American Cellular rating

NEW YORK—Standard & Poor's Corp. lowered the speculative-grade ratings of American Cellular Corp. to CCC-plus from B because the company's annual report indicated it...

EDGE Operators Forum launches with strong focus on Americas

ORLANDO, Florida, United States—Following on a meeting of operators and vendors with an interest in Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) technology at...

Global economic slowdown not affecting handset sales in Asia-Pacific region

NEW DELHI, India—Handset manufacturers worried about the disturbing trend of low sales in European and U.S. markets can take comfort from emerging trends in...

NeoReach files for 3G patents

ROCKVILLE, Md.—Mobilepro Corp. announced its NeoReach Inc. subsidiary, which develops modem solutions to support third-generation wireless services, has filed five patent applications and has...

Nortel warns on 1Q revenue, draws on loan

TORONTO—Nortel Networks Corp. warned that reduced customer spending will pare down its first-quarter revenue below market forecasts and force it to draw on a...

Sony Ericsson eyes Asian markets with MMS products

NEW DELHI, India—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, the 50:50 joint venture between Ericsson and Sony Corporation, hopes to grab a substantial share of the emerging...

Russian ministry says CDMA IS-95 ouster unlawful

MOSCOW—The Russian Ministry for Anti-Monopolist Policy (MAP) ruled in April that the decision of the Communications Ministry to oust U.S.-developed CDMA and AMPS carriers...

Montana lawmakers pursue spectrum reforms

WASHINGTON—Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) plans to pursue spectrum reform legislation later this year, a move that comes as the mobile-phone industry renews its campaign...

Romania’s MobiFon makes first installment on dividend

MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless said its indirect subsidiary MobiFon in Romania paid a first $11.4 million installment on a $26.6 million dividend declared on March...

NTCA battles to protect universal service funds

WASHINGTON—The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association, which is holding its annual legislative and regulatory conference here this week, got a pep talk today from Rep....

AT&T to raise $3B in bonds

NEW YORK—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is expected to raise $3 billion this week by selling five-year and 10-year global bonds, according to Reuters. Cingular...

Nextel uses @Road product in iO1000 modems

FREMONT, Calif.—Nextel Communications Inc. reported the availability of @Road's iLM2710 Internet Location Manager with Nextel's iO1000 embedded wireless data modem. The companies said the...

Telia Finland signs roaming agreement with Suomen

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Telia Mobile signed a national roaming agreement in Finland with Suomen 2G Oy, allowing Telia Mobile Finland's customers to use Suomen's national GSM...

Troy Wireless launches Bluetooth software for Palm handhelds

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Troy Wireless unveiled its Wireless WindConnect Bluetooth print adapter software for use with select Palm handheld computers.The printer software allows Palm handhelds...

Digital Reliance finalizes agreements with three customers

DENVER—Digital Reliance Inc., provider of applications for managing business wireless and optimizing cellular rates, announced it has finalized agreements with three new customers: Agilera...

Omnitel begins m-commerce parking service

VILNIUS, Lithuania—Lithuanian operator Omnitel has begun a short message service parking payment service, allowing postpaid subscribers to pay for parking with mobile phones.Users send...

Interoperability success requires cooperating with the competition

MobileSpring Inc. and InphoMatch Inc., rival vendors for short message service interoperability solutions, have been working together during the past few months to ensure...

U.S. teens may see Virgin Mobile launch this summer

Nearly six months after United Kingdom-based Virgin Group and Sprint PCS announced they formed Virgin Mobile USA, the U.S. wireless industry continues to wait...

Hardell brain-cancer study to be published, may affect lawsuit

WASHINGTON—Lawyers for Christopher Newman in an US$800 million brain-cancer lawsuit against the mobile-phone industry have notified the U.S. federal judge overseeing the case that...

One.Tel former execs announce new telecom firm

MELBOURNE, Australia—Former directors of failed mobile-phone operator One.Tel this week launched a new telecommunications reseller with a strikingly similar company name, TeleOne. The announcement...

Bundling class-action to be refiled

WASHINGTON—A class-action antitrust lawsuit filed against the mobile-phone industry in early January and promptly withdrawn two weeks later is expected to be refiled today...
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