Monthly Archives: September, 2002

Several operators show interest in vulnerable Millicom

HELSINKI, Finland-Danish, Swedish and German telecom companies TDC, Telia and Deutsche Telekom are showing an interest in acquiring the Stockholm, Sweden-based communications and financial...

M1 plans 4Q IPO

SINGAPORE-MobileOne (M1), Singapore's second-largest mobile operator, said it will seek an initial public offering (IPO) of its shares on the main board of the...

Scan Mobile acquires MobileChannel.Network

LONDON-Messaging application provider Scan Mobile announced it acquired MobileChannel.Network, which sells branded content services and technology to mobile operators-a further sign of the volatile...

T-Mobile replaces VoiceStream brand in U.S.

BELLEVUE, Washington, United States-T-Mobile USA officially replaced the VoiceStream Wireless brand name across the United States today with its T-Mobile brand. The rebranding began...

Codetel uses MetaSolv products

PLANO, Texas-MetaSolv Software Inc. announced Codetel will use the MetaSolv Solution and MetaSolv's Service Analytics product to improve efficiency, customer care and service level...

Boost Mobile to sell Motorola iDEN handsets

IRVINE, Calif.-Mobile-phone distributor Boost Mobile L.L.C. selected Motorola Inc. to be the exclusive provider of its youth-oriented mobile phones, Boost said.Boost Mobile plans to...

Iridium signs Blue Sky as service partner

ARLINGTON, Va.-Iridium Satellite L.L.C. announced a service partner agreement with Blue Sky Network, a provider of satellite communications solutions for the aviation industry."Blue Sky...

Nortel to supply optical Ethernet to China Mobile

BEIJING-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed a contract to supply an optical Ethernet solution to support the wireless networks of China Mobile in...

Jesta adds towers

PENSACOLA, Fla.-Tower owner and operator Jesta Towers Inc. said it plans to acquire six tower development projects in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida to...

Indian mobile operators face low tariffs, increasing competition: GSM players fight CDMA WLL entrants

NEW DELHI, India-Cellular phone customers in one of the fastest-growing markets in Asia are a happy lot, but this happiness is not shared by...

European W-CDMA stalls affect U.S. players

While U.S. wireless carriers have often strayed from the international model when it comes to delivering service, most industry watchers anticipated the U.S.-based GSM...

Aloha Partners highest bidder for 700 MHz C-, D-block licenses

WASHINGTON-Aloha Partners L.P. is still the highest bidder at the end of 16 rounds of bidding for the 700 MHz C- and D-blocks licenses...

PolarLake, Eire Systems announce partnership

DUBLIN, Ireland-Irish XML and Web services company PolarLake announced a partnership with Tokyo-based Eire Systems in which Eire will provide PolarLake's customers in Japan...

Class action lawsuit filed against Grubman, Citigroup on behalf of AT&T, AT&T Wireless

BALA CYNWYD, Pa.-A class action lawsuit has been filed against telecom analyst Jack Grubman, Citigroup Inc. and Sanford Weill, Citigroup's chief executive officer, on...

CDG reports 127M CDMA subscribers worldwide

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group reported more than 127 million worldwide CDMA subscribers at the end of the second quarter and 15 million...

ART ports speech recognition technology to Motorola processors

NEW YORK-Advanced Recognition Technologies Inc., an Atlanta-based developer of natural human interface technologies, will port its smARTspeak XG speech recognition technology to Motorola Inc....

Chungwa Telecom chooses Nortel for $20M contract

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed a $20 million contract to supply Chunghwa Telecom with an optical long haul solution to support...

Brightpoint sells Middle Eastern interests

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced the completion of the sale of interests in Brightpoint Middle East FZE, its subsidiary Fono Distribution Services L.L.C. and Brightpoint Jordan...

VoiceStream adds reported strong in July, August

FRANKFURT, Germany-German weekly magazine Focus reported VoiceStream Wireless Corp. added 500,000 new customers during July and August, which was approximately the same number of...

XIAM solution used by West Midland police for hearing-impaired community

DUBLIN-Mobile messaging company XIAM Ltd. announced the United Kingdom's West Midlands police force is using its technology for a text messaging application that will...

TI rolls out lower-power chip for Wi-Fi devices

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. says it has rolled out a chip known as TNET1100B, which uses less power in cellular phones and personal digital assistants.The...

Verizon sells local access lines in Missouri to CenturyTel

NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. closed its sale of 371,000 local access lines in Missouri to CenturyTel Inc. over the weekend, completing a three-state asset...

HP to use Wireless Valley software in WLAN deployments

AUSTIN, Texas-Wireless Valley Communications Inc. announced HP Services will use its software, including SitePlanner and LANFielder software modules, in worldwide wireless local area network...

Cable & Wireless regional to implement Amdocs billing

LONDON-Cable & Wireless and Amdocs announced that Cable & Wireless Regional will implement Amdocs Ensemble for billing and customer care for its mobile operations...

Wireless chip demand increases

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Chips for wireless phones and network equipment have witnessed a rise in demand so far during the third quarter of this year,...
- Advertisment -

Most Read