Monthly Archives: October, 2002

Russia’s MTS again delays GPRS launch

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...

Ericsson, Lucent take different tacks to avoid delisting

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...

Nortel reports 3Q loss of US$1.8 billion

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...

Infowave Software wins Swiss e-mail contract

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,...

Handset sales boost Samsung’s 3Q income

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...

Anritsu, Cetecom Spain cooperate on Bluetooth test solution

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...

Infowave launches enterprise platform

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...

Qpass releases new software platform version

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...

Glenayre launches Versera Voice Services products

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...

Nokia reports strong 3Q gains

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...

Akustica secures financing

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...

France Télécom reportedly prepares for Orange selloff

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

Nitel ordered to interconnect

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...

Dialog launches MMS in Sri Lanka

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...

New company to offer South African prepaid solutions

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...

Australia sets new code for tower deployments

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...

Wavecom to launch dual-band modules

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. &...

Yano says Japanese WLAN market to reach 71.9 billion yen by 2006

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...

China Mobile in US$968 million bond issue

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...

Timing not right for more mobile licenses in China

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...

Argentine government to deliver frequencies

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...

Chilean telecom companies reduce capital investments 40%

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...

Swedish 3G development continues, despite setbacks

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...

Rogers Wireless Communications reports profit

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...
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