Monthly Archives: April, 2002

Semotus deploys messaging solution for Kraft Foods

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Semotus Solutions announced its wireless messaging solution, HipLinkXS, will be deployed at Kraft Foods' systems division.HipLinkXS, which includes scheduling and escalation features...

ARM delivers Symbian OS port to Motorola

CAMBRIDGE, England—ARM Ltd. has delivered a port of the Symbian operating system for ARM-powered 2.5 and third-generation smart phone devices to Motorola Inc."The port,...

NTT DoCoMo offers wireless discounts for 10th anniversary

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it would offer discounts to its wireless customers in celebration of its tenth anniversary. The discounts will apply to communications...

Centurion expands customer service capabilities

LINCOLN, Neb.—Centurion Wireless Technologies Inc. announced it is expanding it customer service and technical support capabilities.The company has added hours to its toll-free call...

J-Phone to postpone 3G service until year-end

TOKYO—J-Phone, a Vodafone Group operator in Japan, announced it will postpone its third-generation (3G) service launch until December to provide "global standard service." J-Phone...

ACeS records growth in satellite phones in Asia

NEW DELHI, India—Use of the ACeS satellite-based mobile-phone service in Asia Pacific is growing rapidly. Use of ACeS satellite phones increased to 3.7 million...

Leap beats subscriber expectations

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. reported 268,000 net customer additions for the first quarter of this year, ahead of estimates of around 240,000 net...

Tricom launches digital trunking service in Panama

SANTO DOMINO, Dominican Republic—Telecom company Tricom said it launched digital trunking services in Panama. The iDEN network is targeted at the corporate market and...

General Motors to conduct driver distraction study

WARREN, Mich.—General Motors Corp. and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign announced they plan to...

SingTel sets up GRX services

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Singapore Telecom (SingTel) embraced its Asian subsidiaries, Australia's Optus and the Philippines' Globe Telecom, to set up new roaming services for data communications....

U.S. Cellular donates phones to Red Cross

CHICAGO—U.S. Cellular Corp. donated more than 25 wireless phones, monthly service and five additional phone lines through its Hometown Emergency Loaner Phones program to...

ADC wins contract with Omnitel in Lithuania

MINNEAPOLIS—ADC announced that Lithuanian operator Omnitel will install its Metrica software to help manage the performance of its mobile network.Omnitel will use Metrica for...

Verizon net sub adds decrease, revenues increase

NEW YORK—Verizon Wireless reported 186,000 net customer additions for the first quarter of this year compared with 518,000 subscriber additions for the first quarter...

Bell Mobility to deploy Java services

TORONTO—Bell Mobility said it will begin offering services based on Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java technology by early next year.The carrier joins the likes of...

Atsana Semiconductor, Omnivision to jointly develop reference designs

OTTAWA, Calif.—Atsana Semiconductor Corp. and Omnivision have agreed to jointly develop reference design to improve the performance of mobile video and imaging devices like...

Verizon to install Motorola SMS gateway

BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless said it will install a new short message service gateway from Motorola Inc. to power its Mobile Messenger service."As the nation's...

DoxaSoft launches FleetMasterPro

SANTA CLARITA, Calif.—DoxaSoft Technologies Inc. launched FleetMasterPro, a new wireless solution it said will allow vehicle inspectors at fleet operator or service companies to...

Pumatech sues Extended Systems for patent infringement

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Corporate software and service provider Pumatech Inc. filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against wireless enterprise company Extended Systems Inc., allegations that Extended Systems...

SchlumbergerSema, Compaq launch

AUSTIN, Texas—SchlumbergerSema and Compaq Computer Corp. jointly launched a customer care and billing solution that integrates advanced Storage Area Networks (SAN) technology, which offers...

AT&T Wireless releases new calling plans

REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless quietly introduced new nationwide calling plans designed to compete head-to-head with similar recently introduced plans from its competition.The plans, dubbed "National...

Nortel garners Dutchtone GPRS deal

LONDON—Nortel Networks said it has signed a deal with Orange SA subsidiary Dutchtone to upgrade the carrier's wireless network with GSM and GPRS equipment."Our...

China Mobile, BEA enter agreement

SAN JOSE, Calif.—China Mobile said it has signed an agreement to use BEA's WebLogic Server and BEA WebLogic Portal to build personalized customer service...

Telefonica Moviles Espana to use PT GSM Roaming Platform

ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Performance Technologies Inc. announced Telefonica Moviles Espana will use its GSM Roaming Platform to provide GSM roaming to some other Telefonica Mobiles affiliates.The...

AT&T posts good net adds, net loss up 300 percent

REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. added 650,000 net subscribers during the first quarter of this year, exceeding both company and analyst expectations of around...

Wireless Valley moves headquarters

AUSTIN, Texas—Wireless Valley Communications Inc. announced it is moving its headquarters to Austin, Texas, to better serve its customers.The company closed operations in its...
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