July 2002

TORONTO-Standards & Poor’s said it has removed Nortel Networks Corp. from its 500 index in accordance with its criteria of U.S. members only. “We do not expect S&P’s announcement to …

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. are in preliminary talks to merge their wireless operations, which would create the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier, according to a Wall …

WASHINGTON-President George W. Bush named Michael Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, to serve on his newly created Corporate Fraud Task Force. “I gained a heightened appreciation for the …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. reported it is implementing a Cisco wireless local area network at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., enabling health care providers to access real-time and historical clinical data …

TAMPA, Fla.-TSI Telecommunications Services Inc. will provide its INLink SS7-based intelligent network solution for Rural Cellular Corp.’s network. TSI said the solution provides a network backbone for advanced intelligent network …

ISTANBUL, Turkey-Turkish wireless carrier Turkcell reported adding approximately 1.1 million net subscribers during the second quarter, doubling the 511,000 net customer additions reported for the first quarter of this year. …

WASHINGTON-Reps. Billy Tauzin (R-La.), chairman of the House Commerce Committee, and Fred Upton (R-Mich.), chairman of the House telecommunications subcommittee, urged President George W. Bush on July 5 to protect …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a letter of intent to supply Sonera with its Nokia D500 multiservice access platform to begin Sonera’s next-generation broadband access rollout in the …

DALLAS-Nortel Networks Corp. shipped its first commercial EDGE radio and base-station equipment to Cingular Wireless L.L.C., which plans to deploy the solution in several of its GSM/GPRS markets including North …

HELSINKI, Finland-Matsushita Communications has selected Nokia Corp.’s Series 60 software platform to be integrated into Matsushita’s Symbian OS-based multimedia phones. “Panasonic multimedia phones combined with Series 60 Platform will enable …

DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. said it was informed by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Denver that it had begun a criminal investigation of the telecommunications provider, though the subject matter …

ATLANTA-The Weather Channel has partnered with Nextel Communications Inc. to provide Nextel Online Internet users with wireless weather information. Nextel customers with Web-enabled wireless phones will be able to access …

OTTAWA, Canada-BitFlash’s mobile player will be made a standard software offering on Texas Instruments Inc.’s popular OMAP processor platform for mobile phones, the companies announced. BitFlash’s Mobile SVG Player will …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Recent financial moves by Meteor have increased speculation that the operator of Ireland’s third GSM license is clearing the decks for an acquisition attempt by Hutchison, which recently secured …

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 …

NEW YORK-U.S. operators AT&T Wireless Services and VoiceStream Wireless are in preliminary talks to merge their wireless operations, which would create the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier, according to a Wall …

BUCHAREST, Romania-According to Arabian online newspaper itp.net, Kuwaiti mobile operator Wataniya contracted with Siemens for the installation of a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network upgrade. The contract of almost …

WASHINGTON-Wireless industry lawyers have petitioned a panel of federal judges here to transfer all pending brain-cancer lawsuits to U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake in Baltimore. Blake already oversees an $800 …

LONDON-In spite of increasing interests in hotspots, no operator can guarantee that it is financially viable, according to a study by ARC Group. “Operators should be aware that the business …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.), chairman of the House Commerce Committee, and others have directed the Federal Communications Commission to make a “detailed accounting of the current licensees in the 800 …

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. said it added 15,700 net subscribers during the second quarter, in line with recently downgraded guidance, with virtually all of the subscriber growth from …

DALLAS-Microsoft Corp.’s Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer unveiled the company’s Mobile Workplace initiative, which he said includes systems integrators such as Hewlett-Packard Services, Accenture and others and involves connecting Microsoft …

SEOUL, Korea-Lucent Technologies Inc. will supply third-generation cdma2000 technology to Korean mobile operator KTF. Under the contract, Lucent will upgrade KTF’s 2G network in Korea’s Kyungsang province to cdma2000 1x …

McLEAN, Va.-As the telecommunications industry tries to recover from the double blow of a Wall Street meltdown and recent accounting scandals, startup companies meeting here this morning were told that …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless synchronization company Pumatech Inc. said Kyocera Corp. will use the company’s Intellisync Lite software to synchronize e-mail, contact and calendar information for Kyocera’s upcoming PocketCosmo Java-based wireless …