Monthly Archives: September, 2002

Telemac, SchlumbergerSema expand relationship

LOS ANGELES-Telemac Corp., which provides network-edge real-time accounting and billing technologies for the wireless industry, announced it expanded its agreement and joint marketing efforts...

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...

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...

Telstra TV-mobile bundle concerns Hutchison’s 3G business

MELBOURNE, Australia-Australian carrier Hutchison Telecommunications has raised concerns about the launch of third-generation (3G) mobile communications if Telstra, which has a half stake in...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

SmartServ completes $3.5M financing round

STAMFORD, Conn.-SmartServ Online Inc. announced the completion of a $3.5 million round of financing that includes private placement of common stock and warrants.In addition,...

Study finds young urban users spend more than $50 per month on wireless service

NEW YORK-Nearly 80 percent of city residents ages 12 to 34 own a cell phone and they spend at least $50 on average per...

SMC adds broadband router to portfolio

IRVINE, Calif.-SMC Networks announced it has added the Barricade Turbo 2.4GHz/5GHz Universal Wireless Cable/DSL Broadband Router to its portfolio of wireless networking products. The...

Comverse reports 2Q results

NEW YORK-Comverse Technology Inc. reported its second quarter fiscal year results, which include a net loss of almost $12.7 million, far below the year-ago...

Tegic scores victory in Zi patent battle

SEATTLE, Wash.-Tegic Communications Corp. scored an important victory in its patent battle with rival Zi Corp., and the result could cost Zi up to...

AvantGo CEO to step down

HAYWARD, Calif.-Wireless enterprise company AvantGo Inc. announced its chief executive officer, Richard Owen, will step down at the end of the month and that...

Access develops browser software for FOMA

TOKYO-Access, a Tokyo-based venture, announced that it has developed browsing software for FOMA, the third-generation service provided by NTT DoCoMo. Access is going to...

Filipinos prefer logos, icons for mobile apps

MANILA, The Philippines-Logos and icons are the most popular mobile applications that are being downloaded by Filipino mobile-phone users, while the Nokia 3310 model...
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