October 2002

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Kenyan mobile network operator Safaricom has reported that its subscribers will be able to receive text message updates on political developments during the countdown to the upcoming general …

TOKYO-A Japanese newspaper reported the country’s largest wireless operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. plans to curtail its international investments in wireless carriers following its recent $4.7 billion write-down in overseas investments. …

SEOUL, South Korea-The Korea Communications Commission banned the country’s three mobile-phone carriers, SK Telecom, KTF and LG Telecom, from accepting new subscribers for up to 30 days, according to the …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada and STAMFORD, Conn.-Telus Mobility and SmartServ Online Inc. launched Forbes.com Wireless Powered by SmartServ giving Telus consumers the ability to access real-time Canadian and U.S. stock-market …

MIAMI-BellSouth Corp. asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida to dismiss Supra Telecom’s bankruptcy filing, saying the company’s recent public statements suggest it is financially solvent. …

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-UbiquiTel Inc. reported $60.5 million in total revenues for the third quarter, nearly double the $30.7 million the Sprint PCS affiliate posted for the same quarter last year. Net …

RESTON, Va.-Actix, which provides software to optimize the performance of wireless networks, is showing its new Enterprise Advance Metrics Solution OSS software at this week’s TeleManagement World. E-AMS allows wireless …

FREMONT, Calif.-Voice-enabled solutions provider NeoSpeech is teaming with speech technology company Conversay to offer next-generation text-to-speech solutions. The companies will combine NeoSpeech’s VoiceText technology with Conversay’s Distributed Speech Recognition architecture …

TOKYO-RSoft Design Group today opened its Japanese headquarters in Tokyo where it will provide business development and customer support to the company’s clients in Japan. Toru Ozaki was appointed president …

The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), formed in June 2002, will either greatly help or hinder the future of wireless industry, according to a new study from the Shosteck Group. According …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed a $400 million contract to supply wideband CDMA equipment to Taiwanese operator CHT. “The Nokia WCDMA 3G solution will enable CHT’s 7.3 million customers to enjoy …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Expanding the breadth of its HotSpot Wi-Fi service offering, T-Mobile USA Inc. reported agreements with American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines to provide wireless broadband Internet access …

NEW DELHI, India-United Telecom Limited (UTL), an Indo-Nepalese joint venture, will offer basic services using wireless local loop in the Himalayan kingdom. The company has deposited US$1.3 million as a …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. and Re-route Corp. said they have begun migrating current Verizon Wireless Mobile Web customers to its Mobile Web by VZW with MSN service offering that was …

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Portal Software Inc. said Poland-based Polkomtel S.A. has launched multimedia messaging service using Infranet, Portal’s convergent billing solution. “Mobile operators are finding that the key to profitability for GPRS …

PARIS-IT services firm Atos Origin and speech technology company Telisma have partnered to market speech recognition products to businesses and telecommunications firms. According to their agreement, Atos Origin will use, …

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. said it shipped the world’s first radioOne cdma2000 1x chipset and system software for handsets, which also will begin shipment next year. “We are very excited …

ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom has opened a representative office in China, the largest single market in its largest region. The new office is in the Zhongguancun district of Beijing, known as a …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit and senior unsecured debt ratings on Comverse Technology Inc. from a BB to a BB-minus. At the same time, the …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has been selected by Operator Vesper as the sole to supplier of cdma2000 1xEV-DO networks in 17 states in the southeastern and northern …

KUALA LAMPUR, Malaysia-Malaysia’ second largest wireless operator Celcom Bhd. signed an agreement to merge with state-run telecommunications operator Telekom Malaysia Bhd’s TM Cellular Sdn. Bhd. wireless division, according to the …

ATLANTA-Enhanced services and messaging solutions provider Glenayre Technologies Inc. released third-quarter results this week. The company reported $14.5 million in revenue, up from September estimates of $13 million to $14 …

TEWKSBURY, Mass.-Starent Networks Corp. said it has signed a multimillion-dollar contract to supply a key data networks solution for China Unicom. “This is a huge win for Starent Networks. The …

PALO ALTO-Danger Inc. announced it has hired Hank Nothhaft to serve as its chairman and chief executive officer, succeeding co-founder Andy Rubin who will remain president and chief strategy officer …

MANKATO, Minn.-Rural telecommunications provider HickoryTech Corp. reported $4.4 million in wireless revenues for the third quarter, a slight drop from the $4.5 million the company reported for the same quarter …