Monthly Archives: April, 2002

DSP Group to merge DSP unit with Parthus

DUBLIN, Ireland—Technology firm DSP Group announced it will merge its digital signal processing subsidiary, Ceva Inc., with wireless platform licensing company Parthus Technologies plc.The...

Hardell brain-cancer study to be published, may affect Newman case

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

Telstra wins coverage expansion tender

SYDNEY, Australia—Telstra has won a tender from the Australian government to provide mobile coverage for towns in Australia with populations of 500 or more....

Qwest under formal SEC investigation

DENVER—Qwest Communications International Inc. said the SEC has informed the company that it will be subject to a formal investigation regarding its accounting practices....

Nortel lowered to junk status

TORONTO—Moody's Investor Services has lowered Nortel Networks Corp.'s credit rating to junk status.The rating on its senior long-term debt dropped to Ba3 from Baa3,...

Trust Digital, IBM enter alliance

FAIRFAX, Va.—IBM Corp. entered an alliance with Trust Digital LLC. to provide secure data on mobile devices.Using password protection, data encryption and a variety...

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WASHINGTON—A class-action antitrust lawsuit filed against the mobile-phone industry in early January and promptly withdrawn two weeks later is expected to be refiled today...

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...

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...

Sprint PCS partners with SportsLine.com

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—Sprint PCS signed an agreement with SportsLine.com Inc. to offer its Wireless Web subscribers up-to-the-minutes sports news and information."Sprint is clearly providing...

LocatioNet announces partnerships

NEW YORK—LocatioNet announced two partnerships, with Geographic Data Technology and Coherent Networks, to complement its offering to wireless carriers.GDT will offer additional mapping content...

P-Com microwave radios pass test requirements in China

CAMPELL, Calif.—P-Com Inc. announced its Tel-Link point-to-multipoint microwave radios have passed testing requirements set by China's Ministry of Information and Industry (MII) for use...

World Wide Wireless changes name to Universal Communications Systems

MIAMI—World Wide Wireless Communications Inc. announced it will change its name to Universal Communications Systems Inc. and that its stock will start trading under...

Airtuit, TCS to integrate technologies

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—Airtuit and TeleCommunications Systems (TCS) announced they will integrate their technologies to create a wireless messaging solution for the enterprise.TCS' Commercial Messaging Service,...

Starfish selects Teleca for systems integrator program

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.—Starfish Software announced it has chosen Teleca as its first Starfish Systems Integrator Program (SIP) partner to deploy mobile data synchronization, connectivity...

RIM to offer BlackBerry reference design program

WATERLOO, Ontario—Research In Motion Ltd. says it plans to offer a BlackBerry reference design program that will allow manufacturers to use a hardware and...

Audiovox 1Q disappoints

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Problems with Qualcomm Inc. CDMA chipsets and delays in carrier approvals of new handsets led to a disappointing first fiscal quarter for Audiovox...

SignalSoft won’t meet revenue guidance

BOULDER, Colo.—SignalSoft Corp. expects to report revenue below guidance for the first quarter ended March 31, due to delayed deployments of new mobile location...

WorldCom to cut 3,700 jobs

CLINTON, Miss.—WorldCom Group announced it will cut 3,700 jobs, affecting six percent of WorldCom Group's work force, or four percent of WorldCom Inc.'s overall...

KPN to launch i-mode on 18 April

THE HAUGE, The Netherlands—KPN Mobile said it will begin offering mobile data services based on i-mode, the technology developed by its Japanese partner NTT...

Globe Telecom launches wireless broadband service

MANILA, The Philippines—Globe Telecom, one of the Philippines' leading mobile-phone operators, has launched a wireless broadband service that offers a wireless Internet connection.Jesus Romero,...

TDC linked to Cesky takeover

HELSINKI, Finland—TDC, the Danish telecom company that is currently the subject of attention from acquisitive Nordic neighbor Telia, is being linked as a "probable"...

Yozan to launch world’s first IP-based wireless service

TOKYO—Yozan, a Tokyo-based software developer, on 2 April announced that the firm is going to launch Internet Protocol (IP)-based wireless service in the fourth...

Double default in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The telecommunications crisis worsened during the past week in Argentina, with the second- and fourth-largest operators now in default. Telecom Argentina and...

Ireland close to mobile mast monitoring agreement

DUBLIN, Ireland—The debate about the possible health risks from mobile antennae in Ireland could be about to take a fresh twist with rumors that...
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