October 2002

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today fined AT&T Wireless Services Inc. $117,000 for safety-related violations involving antenna structures. The FCC said AT&T Wireless committed seven separate infractions including failure to register, …

DALLAS-A Texas jury has asked L.M. Ericsson to pay $61 million to Harris Corp. for infringing on the company’s patent, which allows handsets to receive a variety of digital signals. …

SEOUL, Korea-In a surprising move, the Korea Communications Commission, South Korea’s top telecom regulator, decided Monday to place business suspension orders on three mobile carriers and KT Corp. for violating …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-As the French government struggles to find a face-saving solution to the 70 billion euro (US$69.1 billion) debt owed by France T

VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Wireless equipment maker Tellular Corp. said its fourth-quarter net income dropped to $10,000, or breakeven earnings per share, as against $906,000, or 7 cents per share. Its revenue …

WICHITA, Kan.-IFR has announced an improved version of its 2399 spectrum analyzer with a higher frequency range instrument at a lower price for the cellular manufacturing and test market. “IFR …

HELSINKI, Finland-Leegur Oy, which provides analysis and software tools, said it has received a new round of funding amounting to $1.5 million from Nokia Corp and San Francisco-based Alafi Capital. …

SAN DIEGO-Wireless Knowledge Inc. and Novatel Wireless Inc. have paired to jointly promote their products. According to the marketing agreement, Novatel will push Wireless Knowledge’s Wireless Workstyle product family while …

MELBOURNE, Australia-The explosive growth of short message service (SMS) in Australia has prompted the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) to consider reserving new telephone number ranges for SMS. At the moment, …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. said it has completed the sale of certain operating assets of Brightpoint Mexico to Soluciones Inteligentes para el Mercado Mobile S.A. de C.V., which is wholly owned and …

JAKARTA, Indonesia-In response to the government’s call to consolidate the telecommunications industry, Telekom Malaysia increased its shareholding in Celcom from 31.2 percent to 47.9 percent. The total purchase consideration of …

WASHINGTON-Wireless data revenues have grown by 135 percent and voice revenues have increased 19 percent since last year, according to the semi-annual survey by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. …

CHICAGO-The Securities and Exchange Commission may file civil charges against Lucent Technologies Inc. over sales accounting practices, according to a report by USA Today. The report said the SEC sent …

WASHINGTON-By combining its rugged mobile computing applications with offerings from other providers, Itronix Corp. of Spokane, Wash., said on Wednesday that it will be supplying equipment to the U.S. military …

INDIANAPOLIS, United States-Brightpoint said it has completed the sale of certain operating assets of Brightpoint Mexico to Soluciones Inteligentes para el Mercado Mobile, which is wholly owned and operated by …

SAO PAULO, Brazil—Brazilian fixed wireless operator Vesper has signed separate contracts with Nortel Networks Ltd. and L.M. Ericsson to supply gear for a cdma2000 1x EV-DO network. Airvana Inc. said …

TORONTO-724 Solutions’ X-treme Mobility Gateways and Access’ NetFront v3.0 browser technology are now interoperable, so mobile network operators can use NetFront-enabled handsets powered by 724’s WAP-based infrastructure. “Having NetFront v3.0 …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-After having invested around US$600 million in Latin America, the major share of Comsat International has changed hands. World Data Consortium, the investment fund with headquarters in Washington, …

REDMOND, Wash.-Metawave Communications Corp. has been granted an additional 180-day grace period to regain compliance with the $1 per share minimum bid price requirement of the Nasdaq SmallCap Market. The …

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WASHINGTON-Ultra-wideband technology will not meet its full potential without a definable standard, according to a report released last week by Allied Business Intelligence, a think tank based in Oyster Bay, …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Infowave Software agreed to pay Glenayre Electronics Inc. $130,000 in cash and up to 20,000 shares of its stock in order to settle a patent claim Glenayre filed …

NEW YORK-Wi-Fi Alliance has laid out new mechanisms for security for the technology to address concerns about possible hacking. The specifications, known as Wireless Protected Access, covers 802.11i standard for …

WASHINGTON-Three senators have urged the Federal Communications Commission to allow the re-auction winners of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.’s licenses to opt-out of their bids. “We continue to be concerned as …

WASHINGTON–FCC Chairman Michael Powell on Wednesday called for the Federal Communications Commission to set an “interference temperature” as a way of using underutilized spectrum. “The time has come to consider …