July 2002

STAMFORM, Conn.-I3 Mobile Inc., which offers its Pronto voice-based information service, reported 3,400 subscribers for its second quarter. The company also said it will cut an unspecified number of jobs …

MANKATO, Minn.-Kerrville, Texas-based Concho Cellular Telephone Co. Inc. signed a contract with HickoryTech Corp. to use its Write2k billing solution in its central Texas markets. Financial terms of the contract …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it posted a third-quarter loss of $13.7 million, although it beat the market expectation. The company’s earnings took a beating from its charges, which amounted to …

KAZAN, Tatarstan, Russia-Two regional carriers from the Russian Muslim republic of Tatarstan on the Volga offered stock for public sale, forcing the biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) to reconsider …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced a technical partnership with the Lucky Strike B.A.R. Honda Formula One team to apply its mobile communications technology on Formula One racing circuits. DoCoMo and B.A.R. …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced Mike Zafirovski, currently executive vice president and president of Motorola’s personal communications sector, has been elected to serve as the company’s new president and chief operating …

LEXINGTON, Mass.-Informio, which was founded in 2000 to provide wireless voice access to enterprise applications, has shut down its operations, according to a report on VentureWire. Messages sent to the …

NEW DELHI, India-The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has ruled that cellular service providers are free to select their own national and international long-distance carriers to carry default traffic, …

MADRID, Spain-Blaming the delay of UMTS technology and current market conditions, Telef

LONDON-Hewlett-Packard Company launched its new wireless personal digital assistant in the United Kingdom through wireless giant Vodafone, the second device to hit European shelves running on Microsoft Corp.’s wireless-capable Pocket …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday announced a decision made May 14 to keep in place the selective router as the demarcation point for wireless enhanced 911 cost recovery. Verizon …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, is going to return 40 million yen (US$342,000) in communications fees to its photo mail service users because the users were not …

NEW DELHI, India-Sri Lanka’s Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRC) has approved an increase in tariffs for mobile phones, following requests made by the three mobile-phone companies-Dialogue, Celltel and Mobitel. According to …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless Local Area Network services provider HereUare Communications Inc. is up for sale, and could shut down its services within two weeks if a buyer is not found, …

MEBOURNE, Australia-The Australian government has kicked off its satellite phone subsidy scheme in response to the telecommunications service inquiry, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Senator Richard Alston …

HELSINKI, Finland-Tele2, Sweden’s second-largest telecom operator after Telia, has confirmed plans to present a joint bid with London-based Star Capital Partners to acquire Italian mobile operator Blu’s network. A sale …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. announced Adam Aron and Caroline Rapking have joined the company’s board of directors and will both serve on the company’s audit committee, which Nextel Partners said …

MONTREAL-Canadian telecommunications provider BCE Inc. said it added 117,000 postpaid cellular and personal communications services subscribers during the second quarter, ending the quarter with 3.6 million total customers. Wireless revenue …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo will set up a demonstration room for FOMA in the New York office of AT&T Wireless in the fourth quarter. Visitors of the demonstration room near Central Park …

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.-CIBER Inc. announced it will show off its Wireless Integrated networking (WIN) connectivity-based solution at the PGA Tour’s The International golf tournament taking place July 29-August 4 at …

MUNICH, Germany-Five companies have agreed to work together to develop mobile commerce security standards for Flash memory cards. Hitachi Ltd., Ingentix GmbH &Co., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., ScanDisk Corp. …

TEL AVIV, Israel-RADCOM Ltd. announced it will partner with optical networking company Digital Lightwave Inc. for technology sharing, marketing sales and support of RADCOM products. The agreement will allow RADCOM …

PARIS, France-Alcatel Alsthom posted a net loss of $1.43 billion in the second quarter, discounting hopes of any recovery this quarter. At the same period last year, the company reported …

BEIJING-China Mobile (HK), the Hong Kong-listed subsidiary of China Mobile Communications, had 80.3 million subscribers at the end of June. More than 34.6 million were contract subscribers, and 45.69 million …

BOULDER, Colo.-DreamQuest Software announced its line of card games are now available on Nokia Corp.’s new 9200 line of Communicator wireless devices. “Our games fully realize the graphics and online …