Monthly Archives: September, 2002

Cingular Wireless, Tech Data form alliance

ATLANTA-In a move to expand its business-to-business distribution network, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. formed a strategic alliance with Tech Data Corp. to distribute an enterprise...

Ratelindo postpones rolling out CDMA-based services

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Ratelindo, Indonesia's pioneer fixed wireless operator, confirmed it will defer the delivery of CDMA-based services from the third quarter this year into in...

Millicom receives first MVNO license in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Telecommunications Secretary in Argentina authorized Millicom to rent the infrastructure network of existing cellular operators. This is the first time there...

Industry officials: Thai market saturated, slowing down

NEW DELHI, India-The booming Thai mobile market is showing early signs of a slowdown, a top industry leader has said. The market is "almost...

China Mobile to buy GPRS handsets

BEIJING-China Mobile plans to buy 300,000 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) handsets to promote its multimedia messaging service (MMS), which the company will launch...

HP to slash 1,800 jobs

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to cut 1,800 more jobs in addition to the 15,000 people it laid off in the aftermath of its...

Kyocera enters Chile as a Smartcom PCS provider

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Kyocera Wireless entered the Chilean cellular market as a terminal provider for the Smartcom PCS network. Smartcom is the first South American...

Romanian GSM, CDMA operators offer interoperable SMS

BUCHAREST, Romania-Romanian GSM operator Connex and Zapp Mobile, the country's CDMA 450 MHz operator, announced that users of the two networks now can send...

MTN Nigeria to hit profit in 2004

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-M-Cell, the holding company of mobile network operator MTN, has lashed out at allegations that the company's Nigerian operation is struggling, reporting...

RadioScape releases new version of design toolset

SAN JOSE, Calif.-RadioScape's RadioLab 3G 2.1, the latest version of its system-level design toolset, is now available.The toolset offers third-generation systems designers new functionality,...

@Road acquires ConnectBusiness

FREMONT, Calif.-@Road, which provides location-enhanced wireless Internet solutions for mobile resource management, announced it acquired the majority of the assets of ConnectBusiness, which offers...

Endwave acquires some assets of Signal Technology

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Endwave Corp. has acquired certain wireless infrastructure assets of Signal Technology Corp.'s Wireless Group, including customer contracts, equipment, inventory, product designs and other...

MobiMate teams with The Weather Channel

REHOVOT, Israel-Software developer MobiMate announced a teaming with The Weather Channel to supply weather forecasts to personal digital assistant users."WorldMate is ideal for mobile...

Bankruptcy court confirms Metrocall reorganization plan

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Paging and messaging provider Metrocall Inc. announced its plan of reorganization was confirmed by the United States Bankruptcy Court and that the company...

Nortel lowers outlook, takeover rumors continue

BRAMPTON, Ontario-Speculations of takeover and delisting continue to swirl around Nortel Networks Ltd. as the Canadian telecom equipment maker lowered its third-quarter outlook by...

Glenayre lowers revenue expectations

ATLANTA-Glenayre Technologies Inc. lowered its revenue expectations for the third quarter from $17 million to $19 million to between $13 million and $14 million....

Vodafone Europolitan unlikely to meet 3G rollout deadlines

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Vodafone Group's Swedish subsidiary Europolitan will not meet regulator deadlines for building a third-generation (3G) network.Europolitan Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jon Risfelt said...

Nokia releases GSM/W-CDMA phone

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. released its long-awaited GSM/Wideband-CDMA mobile phone, the 6650, a major step for carriers worldwide looking to build out W-CDMA networks.Nokia said...

MSI/Detecon dispute with Tanzania Telecom widens

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-A dispute between MSI/Detecon and the Tanzania government concerning the network operator the Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL) is said to be...

Convergys opens Beijing office

CINCINNATI-Billing solutions provider Convergys Corp. opened a regional office in Beijing to cater to clients in the People's Republic of China, including Hong Kong,...

Nokia wins Sonera server contract

HELSINKI, Finland-Sonera said it has awarded Nokia Corp. a contract to supply an advanced delivery server for downloading mobile content such as Java games,...

China Telecom to list in push for mobile license

BEIJING-Fixed-line carrier China Telecom received the green light from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for an initial public offering (IPO) worth US$3.4 million to...

Report finds financial institutions still investing in wireless point solutions

NEWTON, Mass.-A tight economy and slow consumer uptake have stymied wireless financial services and led to a decrease in both investment and focus on...

Verizon Wireless offers AOL Instant Messenger

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. introduced America Online Inc. Instant Messenger service allowing customers to send short messages to everyone on their Buddy List from...
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