Monthly Archives: July, 2002

Study: Mobile phones with cameras to reach 23 million units in 2002 in Japan

TOKYO-Shipments of mobile phones with cameras surged from 6 million units in 2001 to 23 million units in 2003 in Japan, according to a...

Telenor rejects immediate merger talks, notes interest in Sonofon buyout

HELSINKI, Finland-Telenor, the Oslo-based semi-state-owned telecom operator, rejected on 17 July speculation by market analysts that the company is anxious to re-open consolidation talks...

Regulator says price is biggest GPRS hurdle in the Philippines

MANILA, The Phillipines-Despite the influx of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-capable handsets and free service from operators, it will take some time to lure...

Study says wireless future is in fun and games

CHESTERFIELD, Miss.-While industry leaders have knocked around the idea of a killer application in wireless for years, a new report from Datacomm Research Company...

Siemens wins contract to expand Inner Mongolia’s GSM network

BEIJING-Siemens has won a US$22 million contract to expand China Mobile's GSM network in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Implementation will be performed by...

Digitel rebranded to TIM Digitel in Venezuela

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-TIM Digitel is the new name for Digitel, the third cellular operator in Venezuela, which in its first year of operations has...

Indonesia releases initial 3G license details

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Indonesia's slow growth of 2.5-generation (2.5G) services has not inhibited Indonesia's government to begin preparations for the country's 3G regulatory framework.Tulus Rahardjo, the...

Australia to allocate 3.4 GHz spectrum by August

MELBOURNE, Australia-The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) announced it will allocate, by auction if demand dictates, the remaining 3.4 GHz band of the radio-frequency spectrum....

Perry resigns from AT&T Wireless board

REDMOND, Wash.-Wayne M. Perry, a member of AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s board of directors since last July, resigned Wednesday.Perry said he decided to resign...

Globalstar awards contract to Space Systems/Loral

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Globalstar awarded a contract to Space Systems/Loral for the design and future construction of its 2 GHz satellite system, the company said.Financial...

Wireless players join to promote Austin Powers

LOS ANGELES-Moviso, Motorola, VoiceStream and GetMoreMojo.com have aligned to wirelessly promote the soon-to-be-released Austin Powers flick "GoldMember."The joint solution allows Austin Powers fans to...

AvantGo receives patent

HAYWARD, Calif.-Wireless enterprise company AvantGo Inc. announced it scored its second patent, one that covers technology for the synchronization and customization of XML-based Web...

French operator trials multimodal applications

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.-Multimodal company Kirusa and speech recognition provider SpeechWorks International Inc. announced they are conducting a trial of multimodal applications on the GPRS...

Parthus gets boost on earnings news

DUBLIN, Ireland-Wireless data platform provider Parthus Technologies plc announced revenue for the second quarter of $10.8 million and a net loss of $2.3 million,...

Sonae.com offer for Oni could spur Portuguese consolidation

Portugal-Portuguese company Sonae.com has approached EDP regarding an acquisition of its telecom subsidiary Oni Group, which owns a third-generation license in Portugal. Sonae owns...

TI delivers 130-nanometer process technology on 300-millimeter wafer

DALLAS-Texas Instruments said it has delivered 130-nanometer process technology on 300-millimeter wafers, which can contain millions of highly integrated processors built in the company's...

Motorola rises on promising results

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Shares of Motorola Inc. were up about 3 percent in early afternoon trading after the company reported promising second quarter results.Discounting pre-tax charges...

Cingular expands BCGI prepaid offering

WOBURN, Mass.-Cingular Wireless signed a multi-year contract with Boston Communications Group Inc. to expand its implementation of BCGI's prepaid wireless service offering in all...

Face2Face to show wireless streaming animation

SUMMIT, N.J.-Software developer Face2face Animation announced it will demonstrate its new wireless streaming animation player, based on the new MPEG-4 standard, at the SIGGRAPH...

Canadian wireless use to more than double in four years

TORONTO-The number of Canadians using mobile phones is expected to more than double during the next four years, with the biggest growth spurt in...

Israeli cellular operator makes wireline service request

BUCHAREST, Romania-Israeli mobile operator Partner Communications sent a statement to Israel's Croll committee requesting that it be allowed to offer a fixed-line service along...

Belgium’s Base implements Aircom software

LONDON-U.S. supplier Aircom International said Belgium's Base has implemented its radio network configuration tool called Datasafe.During an initial phase, the tool will mainly identify...

Centennial reports drop in customer adds, wireless revenues climb

WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. said it added 24,200 net subscribers in its Caribbean and U.S. operations during its fiscal fourth quarter ended May 31,...
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