Monthly Archives: September, 2002

Alcatel announces new 3G Reality Centers

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. continues to fund its 3G Reality Centers, with announcements of about a $10 million investment in a center in Cascais, Portugal, and...

Nokia expands GSM network in China

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia said it signed a contract to expand Jiangxi Mobile Communications' GSM network in China's Jiangxi province. The agreement is valued at about...

Performance Technologies acquires part of Intel division

ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Performance Technologies Inc. said it has acquired a portion of Intel's embedded communications platform division in a sale-of-stock transaction."The acquisition provides us with...

Lucent to report higher-than-expected loss, cut staff

CHICAGO-Struggling telecom gear maker Lucent Technologies Inc. said the company's performance for the quarter will fall below market projections and will compel it to...

Analysts warn RIM’s sales may stall

TORONTO-Analysts who cover Research in Motion Ltd. are warning that the Waterloo, Ontario-based company will not likely be able to sustain sales growth for...

Sprint PCS teams with Fox Sports for polls

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS customers will be able to vote wirelessly every week on the Fox Sports Virtual Coach question featured every week on...

Sanswire completes purchase of Tsunami assets

ATLANTA-Wi-Fi Internet access provider Sanswire Technologies Inc. announced it completed its acquisition of certain assets of Tsunami Communications Inc., a wireless Internet provider in...

Superconductor Technologies product reaches 20M operational hours

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Superconductor Technologies Inc. announced its SuperFilter flagship product has exceeded 20 million hours of operation in the field.SuperFilter, which was launched in...

InfoSpace shareholders approve reverse stock split

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Wireless software and application provider InfoSpace Inc. announced that its shareholders approved a 1-for-10 reverse stock split."We expect the reverse split authorized by...

Hong Kong mobile brokerage service ups productivity by 80%

TORONTO-Canadian company Diversinet said Hong Kong's 16 brokerage firms have seen improved productivity of 80 percent since launching an m-commerce brokerage solution in April....

China’s handset market heats up

BEIJING-China Eastcom, one of China's 19 licensed CDMA handset manufacturers, has reached an agreement with carrier China Unicom to offer CDMA handsets to consumers...

Finnet to go head to head with Sonera on home turf

HELSINKI, Finland-Finnet, the Helsinki-based umbrella association for 40 local telecom operators in Finland, has adopted an aggressive position to competing with rival operators Sonera...

Hutchison offers 3G content prize

OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an attempt to stimulate the third-generation (3G) content market, Hutchison 3G, which now wants to be known simply as 3, has...

Uruguay to auction 3G, PCS licenses 18 November

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-After a year of successive postponements, the Regulatory Unit of the Uruguayan Communications Services (URSEC) announced that on 18 November, there will...

Divided views on MobilCom’s future

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The long-running dispute between MobilCom, the financially troubled German third-generation (3G) license holder, and its major shareholder, France T

FCC seeks comment on re-auction opt out

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment on whether bidders in the re-auction of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.'s PCS C- and F-block licenses should...

Technology war spills over to Latin America

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-A strong discussion has started in Argentina about what platforms will prevail in Latin America. On the one hand, the 3G Americas...

Collapse of roaming deal forces Vodafone to expand

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having been a late entrant into the Hungarian market, Vodafone is being forced to speed up the expansion of its cell-phone network...

Indian cellcos cry foul over possibility of additional competition

NEW DELHI, India-The Indian cellular industry has opposed a proposal by Communications Minister Pramod Mahajan to allow unrestricted competition in mobile telephony, saying it...

Venfin considers HCI’s 5% stake in Vodacom

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Technology and telecommunications holding group Venfin announced that it would not be prepared to spend more than 1.5 billion rand (US$143.4 million)...

Alcatel announces new 3G Reality Centers

PARIS-Alcatel continues to fund its 3G Reality Centers, with announcements of about a US$10 million investment in a center in Cascais, Portugal, and the...

Motorola to offer Smartserv apps

STAMFORD, Conn.-Motorola Inc. said it has signed a software contract to certify and offer Smartserv applications on a variety of its mobile phones with...

Wireless Knowledge confirms Mobilocity buy

SAN DIEGO-Wireless enterprise company Wireless Knowledge, a Qualcomm Inc. subsidiary, confirmed it acquired the majority of rival Mobilocity's assets, including some of the company's...

Moody’s downgrades Ericsson

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Barely a week after its rights issue, telecom equipment maker L.M. Ericsson said the company's downgrade by Moody's Investors Service will increase its...

Apple releases Rendezvous networking software

PARIS-Apple Computer Inc. released a new software called Rendezvous, which the company said is a networking technology that can incorporate consumer electronics, printers, enterprise...
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