June 2002

ATLANTA—Numerex Corp. and GE Interlogix have teamed to release the NX-591E module, to enable a fast, secure wireless alarm system that works over Numerex’s Cellemetry network. The system offers a …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Sierra Wireless, M499.com Ltd. and Hutchison Telecommunications Ltd. announced the launch of Sierra Wireless’s AirCard 750 GSM/GPRS wireless PC Card in Hong Kong. M499.com will distribute the AirCard …

BOSTON—Cingular Wireless donated more than $2 million to Special Olympics Massachusetts and Rhode Island as part of its national goal to raise $40 million for the organizations. The company said …

LOS ANGELES—Based on number of industry employees, companies and payroll, California is the wireless capital of the United States, according to a recent report from O’Melveny Consulting L.L.C. The report …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Citing refinement in its credit policies for sub-prime customer segments, increased pricing competition and business customers waiting for the launch of next-generation networks, Sprint PCS said it expects …

OTTAWA—While maintaining a “buy” rating, Credit Suisse First Boston cut its share target on Nortel Networks to $5 for between 12 and 18 months. CSFB analyst James Parmalee cut his …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless unveiled three international calling options including lower international calling rates, expanded prepaid offerings and an International Wireless program for customers calling abroad. The international calling rates will …

HOUSTON—Greater Harris County 911 Emergency Network of Houston is teaming with Ford Motor Co. to show off its emergency rescue telematics system at the National Emergency Number Association annual conference …

DUBLIN, Ireland—Cellular operators need to market mobile entertainment applications more aggressively if many more games applications developers are not to go out of business. This is the view of international …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. recently demonstrated security features of its OmniTRACS communications and tracking system at an event for congressional leaders and Department of Transportation (DOT) representatives in Washington, D.C. Qualcomm …

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Mobilize Inc., which sold software for wireless access to corporate information, ceased operations and sold off its remaining assets, according to the company’s Web site. Company officials were …

CARY, N.C.—SpectraSite Holdings Inc. late Wednesday amended offers to purchase a portion of its outstanding senior notes to reduce the minimum tender condition by half, to $150 million. The company …

HELSINKI, Finland—Finland’s Sonera Corp. and Hong Kong CSL Ltd. launched the world’s first commercial inter-operator multimedia messaging services over Aicent Inc.’s and Sonera’s GPRS Roaming Exchange networks. The service allows …

INDIANAPOLIS—Brightpoint Inc. subsidiary Brightpoint North America L.P. entered an agreement to provide integrated logistics and distribution services for PrimeCo Personal Communications, including product procurement, handset kitting, inventory management and distribution …

MUNICH, Germany—Germany company Varetis said it expanded its three-year-old relationship with U.S.-based Avaya by signing up to the Avaya DeveloperConnection Program. The deal makes Varetis one of the first European …

INDIANAPOLIS—Brightpoint Inc. said it has repurchased 35,077 of its 250,000 outstanding convertible notes due 2018. The 250,000 had a book value of about $133 million or $532 per convertible note. …

LEXINGTON, Mass.—Logica signed a multimillion dollar network services agreement with U.S. Cellular, providing the carrier with its Short Message Service Center. U.S. Cellular will use Logica’s SMSC solution to provide …

FREMONT, Calif.—Green Packet and Nagase California Corp. have joined forces to market and sell Green Packet’s SONaccess IP mobility solutions in Japan. The SONaccess solutions allow users to roam between …

CALGARY, Alberta—Sonic Mobility Inc., a Research In Motion Alliance partner, said it is now shipping sonicadmin 2.5 RIM Blackberry Edition, a solution that allows server and network management to be …

LUBBOCK, Texas—Alamosa Holdings Inc. cut its second quarter expectations for customer additions, revised its churn estimates and increased its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization results for the year. …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Following approval from the Federal Communications Commission for its purchase of CentruyTel Inc.’s wireless assets, Alltel said it plans to offer $1.5 billion in senior notes within the …

FT. LEE, N.J.—ReefEdge Inc. said it provided the wireless network for the USENIX 2002 Annual Technical Conference held in Monterey, Calif., June 10-15, allowing conference attendees to communicate with their …

PARIS—Maporama announced a partnership with Navigation Technologies that will enhance location-based service offerings for Italy’s WIND Telecomunicazioni customers. “Maporama is excited to provide its industry-leading technology to forward-thinking operator WIND …

HONG KONG—Ericsson demonstrated cross-technology MMS over cdma2000 and GPRS technologies at this week’s 3G World Congress in Hong Kong. In its demonstration, Ericsson sent MMS from a cdma2000-enabled PDA to …

LONDON—Hutchison 3G will use Elata’s Java platform to offer targeted, personalized wireless Java applications, the companies announced. “Choosing a flexible platform that will not only cater to our rollout requirements …