Monthly Archives: October, 2002

Crown Castle announces major restructuring

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Crown Castle International Corp. will cut 250 jobs, close offices, and take a charge between $7 million and $10 million in the fourth...

Norweigen Cruise Lines offers Wi-Fi

MIAMI-Norweigen Cruise Lines has introduced wireless Internet access to the high seas with the announcement it has partnered with Maritime Telecommunications Network and PCTEL...

Smart Card Alliance appoints director

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-The Smart Card Alliance announced its 2003 board of directors and executive committee as well as the appointment of Randy Vanderhoof as the...

Kyocera Mita releases 802.11b printer controller

FAIRFIELD, N.J.-Kyocera Mita introduced a 802.11b network interface print controller for its printers and multi-functional devices designed to allow companies to deploy printing capabilities...

PayCircle releases Web payment specs.

NEW YORK-PayCircle, a group formed to push mobile commerce applications through standard application programming interfaces-released the PayCircle Payment Web Service Specification 1.0, which covers...

Digital Bridges starts major Java rollout

LONDON-Wireless entertainment company Digital Bridges announced it is embarking on a major Java rollout, a move that will include selling a wide array of...

Nortel, Qualcomm test UMTS voice and data at 1.9 GHz

OTTAWA-Nortel Networks Ltd. and Qualcomm Inc. announced the successful test of an UMTS voice and data call across commercial cell sites using live 1.9...

Globalstar system to be used in Brazilian presidential election

AMAZON STATE, Brazil-Citizens of Brazil will use the Globalstar satellite phone system to cast votes in the upcoming presidential elections.Votes are cast on battery-operated...

T-Mobile, Borders books announce Wi-Fi service

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Expanding the coverage of its Wi-Fi-based HotSpot service, T-Mobile USA Inc. announced a partnership with Borders Group Inc. to provide wireless Internet access...

Inktomi cuts jobs

FOSTER CITY, Calif.-Inktomi Corp. announced it will cut about 20 percent of its staff, or about 85 positions, a move the company said would...

Motorola stock falls to 10-year low

CHICAGO-Motorola Inc.'s stock fell 15-percent on Wednesday, to trade at $8.30, a new 10-year low for the infrastructure giant.By Thursday morning, shares were back...

Summus will offer Snapfish photo service for WAP

RALEIGH, N.C.-Summus Inc. announced it will make online picture service Snapfish available to wireless carriers that support WAP. The companies said wireless users will...

Cambridge trial shows progress on E-OTD

CAMBRIDGE, England-Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. said its latest trial results show enhanced observed time difference systems are making progress, with 81 percent of calls...

One Voice completes testing of MobileVoice system

SAN DIEGO-One Voice technologies Inc. has completed testing of its MobileVoice system using IBM's x Series Servers in both large and small system configurations...

RIM under fire for dealings on fees

TORONTO-Canada's Research in Motion (RIM) is facing allegations that it agreed to pay New York broker Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) to ensure analyst...

Fujitsu develops robot controlled by mobile phone

TOKYO-Fujitsu Research Institute, a research arm of Fujitsu Limited, has developed a home-use robot controlled by a mobile phone, the company announced.According to the...

Taiwanese supplier to enter European market

DUBLIN, Ireland-Handset manufacturer DBTEL, which already has contracts to produce phones for a number of leading European operators including British Telecommunications (BT), is to...

Consumer watchdog urges prepaid users to switch to contracts

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The U.K.-based consumer magazine Which has called on prepaid cell-phone users to consider saving money by switching to yearly contracts with their...

Telefónica Móviles slows down its decline in Argentina

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MTN pays subscribers for prepaid

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African mobile network operator MTN claimed it has paid back more than US$370,000 in funds to prepaid subscribers since the relaunch...

Viterbi to speak at Marconi Foundation conference

NEW YORK-The Marconi Foundation announced Andrew Viterbi, who developed the interference suppression algorithm used for major digital standards, will be a panelist at its...

XO, FBI, Justice reach agreement to allow ownership transfer

WASHINGTON-XO Communications Inc., the FBI and the Department of Justice last month entered an agreement which will allow XO's fixed-wireless licenses to be transferred...

Telenor troubles typify Scandinavian woes

OSLO, Norway-A surprise tax bill of 2.4 billion crowns (US$323 million) is the latest bit of bad news for Norway's leading telecom operator and...

Korea’s mobile payment service faces disruption

SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea's mobile payments made for purchases of digital content or other inexpensive products may face a disruption as the Fair Trade...

Zimbabwean mobile licenses threatened

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Witness Mangwende, Zimbabwean minister of transport and communications, has informed parliament that the regulatory body, the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of...
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