Monthly Archives: July, 2002

Alcatel has $30M exposure to WorldCom

PARIS-Rating agency Standard and Poor's said French vendor Alcatel has a $30 million exposure to WorldCom Inc."The quality of receivables is good following some...

Cingular launches flagship store in New York coinciding with service launch

NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless, which launched service in the New York metropolitan area, opened its flagship store here July 11 on Fifth Avenue and East...

FCC dismisses PCIA siting petition

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission dismissed a petition from the Personal Communications Industry Association that called for a siting rulemaking.The petition was filed in July...

PDA makers win first round in patent dispute

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-In the latest round of patent disputes, a district court in Delaware ruled in favor of personal digital assistant makers Handspring Inc....

Schmid could go lower on MobilCom stake

FRANKFURT, Germany-Gerhard Schmid, former chief executive of German company MobilCom, is likely to lower the price at which he would agree to sell his...

Lawmakers urge FCC to waive UWB rules to allow ground-penetrating radar

WASHINGTON-A bipartisan group of members of the House Commerce Committee urged the Federal Communications Commission to waive the ultrawideband rules with respect to ground-penetrating...

RIM files second lawsuit against Good Technology

WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. announced it filed a second lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware against rival...

Coventry Connections to use Mobile Knowledge software

OTTAWA, Ontario-Mobile Knowledge Inc. entered a contract with Ottawa-based Coventry Connections Inc. for 270 of its Series 6000 terminals, with the potential for delivery...

@Road acquires Blue Wireless assets

FREMONT, Calif.-@Road announced it acquired the assets of Blue Wireless Inc., a voice portal and adaptive personalization technologies provider.Under terms of the agreement, @Road...

Lockard & White to provide educational programs for AMTA

WASHINGTON-The American Mobile Telecommunications Association and Lockard & White based in Houston have entered a strategic alliance where Lockard will provide educational programs for...

Airports watch Pearson wireless battle

TORONTO-Airports across North America are closely watching the battle between Canada's four wireless carriers and Pearson International Airport that has left travelers with reduced...

ADC expects 3Q results to fall below guidance

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC said it expects its third fiscal quarter ending July 31, 2001, results to be lower than previously released guidance as a result of...

Adelstein’s appointment to FCC moves forward

WASHINGTON-The White House and Senate leaders reached agreement to move presidential nominations forward, possibly clearing the way for a confirmation hearing as early as...

AccuWeather partners with AvantGo

STATE COLLEGE, Pa.-AccuWeather Inc. said it has partnered with AvantGo Inc. to offer AccuWeather.com Mobile for PDAs on the AvantGo Mobile Internet Service. AccuWeather.com...

Cingular launches in New York

NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless officially launched its GSM service in New York City today, placing the nation's second-largest carrier in 43 of the top 50...

PSB, CETECOM ally for Bluetooth testing in Asia

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Singapore's PSB Corporation is leading the provision of full Bluetooth compliance testing services in the Southeast Asia region. Centro de Technologia de las...

Sierra amends supply agreement with AT&T Wireless

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless announced it has amended its supply agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and AT&T Wireless has given commercial acceptance to...

DoCoMo mulls tie-up with SingTel, KTF

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, said it is in talks with KTF of South Korea, and with Singapore Telecommunications as potential...

Chinese join SMS craze

BEIJING-Li Yue, vice president of China Mobile, announced at the GSM China 2002 conference that China Mobile's customers are expected to send 50 billion...

Pakistan installs frequency management system

NEW DELHI, India-Pakistan has installed a modern national frequency management system with World Bank assistance, officials stated in the country's capital of Islamabad.The National...

AT&T eyes Philippines expansion partner

MANILA, The Philippines-International telecommunications giant AT&T is considering telecommunications companies like Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT), Smart Communications and Ayala-owned Globe Telecom as partners...

DoCoMo loses domain conflict with AT&T

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, lost a legal battle with its U.S. partner AT&T Wireless Services over a domain name issue....

China’s largest paging manufacturer stops production

BEIJING-Ningbo Bird, China's largest manufacturer of pagers, phased out its pager production this month. When the paging business was at its peak in 2000,...
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