July 2002

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 failures in the marketplace in …

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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 47th Street, a few blocks from …

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 2000 but became moot in …

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. and Palm Inc., asserting the companies’ …

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 MobilCom shares, paving the way for …

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 radar. “The new rules could have …

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 Good Technology Inc., alleging Good Technology’s …

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 of 580 more, the companies said. …

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 acquired several patent pending technologies, …

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

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 levels of cell-phone service. Industry sources …

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 industrywide reductions in telecommunications capital spending. …

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 next week on Jonathan Adelstein’s appointment …

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 Mobile offers detailed weather forecasts for …

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 markets nationwide and covering 217 million …

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 Communicaciones (CETECOM), a global supplier of …

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 Sierra Wireless’ AirCard 710 wireless network …

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 partners in Asia. NTT DoCoMo has …

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 short messages this year, up from …

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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 Frequency Monitoring and Management System …

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 for its US$300 million network expansion …

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. NTT DoCoMo in April lodged a …

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, Ningbo Bird’s market share was second …