October 2002

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Wireless modem maker Sierra Wireless reported revenues of $20.1 million and net earnings of $500,000 for its third quarter, news that rallied investors and sent the company’s stock …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Siemens has joined the growing ranks of cell-phone manufacturers to announce third-generation (3G) handsets. The company, which somewhat surprisingly used New York to make the announcement, said its …

SAN FRANCISCO-T-Mobile in Germany will offer wireless instant messaging services through a new deal with messaging company MessageVine. Using the Mobile IM service powered by the MessageVine IM Server, users …

TORONTO-724 Solutions Inc. reported revenue for its third quarter of $5.6 million, up from the $5 million in the company’s previous quarter but down from the $10 million it scored …

CARY, N.C.-Pinpoint Networks Inc., which sells content platforms to wireless carriers, announced it raised $4 million in venture funding from its new investor New Enterprise Associates. The investment brings Pinpoint’s …

COLUMBIA, Md.- Peak Technologies was awarded as the largest reseller for Symbol Technologies last year, selling about $28 million worth of Symbol products. “Peak Technologies was our leading reseller again …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Colligo Networks Inc. released the Colligo Workgroup Edition, the latest product in their line of “instant network” solutions. Colligo Workgroup Edition is designed for work teams using wireless …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Messaging companies Wireless Services Corp. and CMG Wireless Data Solutions announced they set up a service to allow mobile customers to send text messages to other users in Canada, …

TORONTO-Sierra Wireless Inc. reported a surprise third-quarter profit Tuesday as sales of its wireless modems came in higher than management had expected. The Vancouver-based company posted a profit of US$503,000, …

WILMINGTON, Del.-Bankrupt Devon Mobile Communications L.P. said it will attempt to sell, via auction, substantially all of its site tower assets and will assume related executory contracts and unexpired leases. …

WILMINGTON, Del.-A U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., denied NII Holdings Inc.’s proposed Chapter 11 reorganization plan noting its filed documents violated a number of provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Pen&Internet LLC, creator of riteMail, a handwritten e-mail application, has teamed with T-Mobile dealer RACO Industries to market riteMail products and services through its reseller network and to T-Mobile …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. amended provisions of the loan agreement for senior secured credit facilities of some of its subsidiaries. The provisions ease the company’s pro forma debt service covenant, tighten …

LAS VEGAS-The Association of Wireless Professionals (AOWP) announced at last week’s CTIA Wireless I.T. & Internet conference that it has reached a worldwide membership of 1,500. “This announcement marks a …

BETHESDA, Md.-Access Spectrum LLC said federal regulators have given permission to its subsidiary to provide band management services in the 220-222 MHz band. The Federal Communications Commission’s action enables ASL …

MANILA, The Philippines-While Globe Telecom and Smart Communications are now offering multimedia messaging service (MMS), such issues as interconnection, standards of interoperability and rates have to be tackled, according to …

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. announced it will acquire location-services company Vicinity Corp. in a deal valued at about $96 million. Microsoft said it will integrate Vicinity into its MapPoint Business Unit. …

GARDEN GROVE, Calif.-Hop-On, which makes prepaid, recyclable mobile phones, announced it licensed CDMA technology from Qualcomm Inc., a move that will allow the company to build CDMA phones. “This agreement …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. will stop accepting customers on its slow-speed packet-data CDPD network by next year, and will shut down the network in 2004. The company is working …

NEW YORK-Andrew Corp., Overland Park, Ill., reported a fiscal 2002 net loss of $26.4 million, or 30 cents per share, and sales of $865 million. Last fiscal year, the company …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies Inc. is standing by the promise of 3G and releasing new products it believes will position carriers to deploy next-generation networks despite the current downtrodden economic …

TOKYO, Japan-Intel Corp. said it expects its Manitoba microchip to usher in an era of one-chip processor when the product launches in 2004. The company has been one of the …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-TruePosition Inc. released a wireless location platform designated for small and medium-sized wireless operators. The solution uses Uplink Time Difference of Arrival technology, which TruePosition already has …

BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Holdings Inc. posted $194.7 million in total revenues for the third quarter, a 31-percent increase from the $148.8 million the carrier reported for the same quarter last …

LONDON-Cellular subscriber numbers in nine Middle East countries are set to overtake the number of fixed-line customers by the end of 2002, the latest report from the Arab Advisory Group …