October 2002

MOSCOW-Russia’s biggest carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) again delayed the launch of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) into commercial operation because of a lack of demand. The carrier initially planned the …

DENVER, United States-While other companies have adopted the reverse-stock-split strategy to boost their stock profiles, Ericsson said it has authorized a ratio change in its American depositary shares (ADS) effective …

TORONTO-Nortel Networks said it reported a third-quarter net loss of US$1.8 billion, or 42 U.S. cents a share, compared with US$3.47 billion, or US$1.08 a share, a year earlier. Excluding …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada-Infowave Software said Swiss operator Sunrise/TDC selected Infowave’s Mobile Application Gateway to offer wireless e-mail services to its subscribers. The services, which provide corporate users with real-time, …

NEW YORK-A surge in wireless handset sales helped Samsung Electronics Co. close its third quarter with net income of $1.37 billion, compared with $333 million a year ago. The company …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Anritsu Co. has paired with Centro de Tecnologia de las Comunicaciones, S.A. (Cetecom Spain) to create a Bluetooth test solution that incorporates Anritsu’s ME7865A Bluetooth pre-qualification test system and …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Infowave Software has launched its Mobile Application Gateway, a platform that lets wireless carriers offer their enterprise customers secure access to corporate information, including e-mail and calendar items. …

SEATTLE-Billing and content management company Qpass Inc. released a new version of its software platform, dubbed Prosperity Series, which the company said allows carriers to change way they sell and …

ATLANTA-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced its Versera Voice Services suite, which uses speech recognition technologies to access and navigate voice, fax and e-mail messages, is now generally available. “Glenayre’s Versera Voice …

NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. posted huge gains during the third quarter, earning $593 million, compared with $181 million a year ago, and net income per share of 13 cents, up from …

PITTSBURGH-Akustica Inc., which has patented acoustic MEMS technology, has raised $2.25 million in Series A financing from Chamberlain Investments. Akustica was founded by the former director of the Carnegie Mellon …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an attempt to reduce its crippling debt mountain of 70 billion euro (US$67.9 billion), France T

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has ordered the incumbent network operator Nigerian Telecommunications (Nitel) to interconnect its mobile network with that of MTN Nigeria Limited and Econet Wireless …

NEW DELHI, India-Dialog GSM, a leading mobile operator in Sri Lanka, recently launched multimedia messaging service (MMS) on a pre-commercial trial basis. In partnership with OmniBiz, the Dialog GSM network …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-A new black-owned subsidiary of Sebros Telecoms Solutions, called E’Voucher, has announced it will launch a prepaid recharge service for the GSM platform in South Africa. Lesego Mosupye, …

MELBOURNE, Australia-The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) has registered a new industry code aimed at improving “consultation by telecommunications carriers when they are planning and installing new facilities, such as mobile …

LAS VEGAS-Wavecom SA announced it will launch two new dual-band wireless modules by the end of 2002 at this week’s CTIA Wireless I.T. & Internet show in Las Vegas. The …

TOKYO-The Japanese wireless local area network (WLAN) service market is expected be 71.9 billion yen (US$575 million) by 2006, nearly four times as much as the market in 2001, according …

BEIJING-In China’s biggest corporate debt sale, China Mobile issued 8 billion yuan (US$968 million) worth of fixed-rate bonds, divided into a 5 billion yuan (US$605 million) 15-year tranche and a …

BEIJING-In an interview with China Central Television (CCTV), Minister of Information Industry (MII) Wu Jichuan said it is not the right time for China to introduce more mobile-phone licenses. “It …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Argentine government announced that before the end of the year it will deliver radio spectrum frequencies to 180 companies that will provide telecommunications services. The companies had …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Christian Nicolai, Chilean under-secretary for telecommunications, said this year the investments in the telecommunications sector will fall 40 percent in comparison to last year to around US$600 million, …

OSLO, Norway-Mobile operator Orange may appeal the ruling by Swedish national telecom regulator PTS, which rejected any changes to the conditions of its third-generation (3G) license. Orange asked for a …

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TORONTO-Rogers Wireless Communications reported its fourth consecutive quarter of double-digit operating profit, with a 31-percent increase to C$158.2 million (US$100.6 million) from C$123.8 million (US$78.8 million) a year earlier. The …