October 2002

NEW YORK-Toronto-based 724 Solutions has made generally available its new X-treme Mobility Suite, whose technologies work individually and together to permit wireless operators to generate new revenues from the convergence …

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 …

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 …

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 …

CINCINNATI-Billing solutions provider Convergys Corp. has been awarded a patent for its System and Method for Performance Monitoring of Application Code. The company’s patents and patents-pending now total 59.

LONDON-Magic4 has added magic4 SyncML to its mobile messaging platform, allowing manufacturers to incorporate the technology into handsets so users can synchronize mobile data to their PCs. “There is market …

WOBURN, Mass.-Verizon Wireless Inc. is testing a new service that will allow wireless uses to replenish prepaid wireless service via automatic teller machines (ATMs). To immediately replenish minutes, users swipe …

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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, …

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

TOKYO-Dentsu, the largest advertising company in Japan, is going to launch an advertising business targeting mobile terminals in China. In cooperation with JCD, a Tokyo-based information technology (IT) venture, Dentsu …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-While industry gurus and market survey reports continue to pour cold water on the likely success of third generation (3G) technology, Hutchison 3G and Tele2 seem determined to …

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 …

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-Sandbridge Technologies has made commercially available its new Sandblaster Baseband Processor, which uses software defined radio to enable multimode, multiplatform and multifunction wireless terminals. The company said its …

LAS VEGAS-Personal technology retail giant Gateway Inc. launched its Mobile Wireless Solution that uses Verizon Wireless’ Express Network this week at CTIA Wireless I.T. & Internet 2002. The service will …

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 …

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 …

LAS VEGAS-Businesses in the United States and Europe have a great demand for high-speed data, especially for e-mails with data-heavy attachments and Internet and corporate Intranet access, according to a …

LAS VEGAS-Vendors TTPCom, 7 Layers and Analog Devices and carriers AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, and T-Mobile will take part in a seminar called “Making EDGE Real-Out of Development and into …

BEIJING-China Unicom’s aggressive promotion of its CDMA network is continuing to bear fruit. In the fortnight around China’s National Day of 1 October, the company signed 700,000 new users. On …

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp., which is running a customer trial of Binary Runtime for Wireless Environment in its Knoxville, Tenn., market, will offer those customers two new BREW games distributed by …

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 …

LONDON-Attempting to continue its acquisition path, Vodafone Group plc announced an agreement to acquire British Telecommunications plc’s and SBC Communications Inc.’s stakes in French company Cegetel for about $6.2 billion …

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. reported mixed financial results for the third quarter 2002, with increased service revenues and strong customer additions offset by reduced operating cash flow and earnings per share. …

TAMPA-Zeosoft is releasing version 1.5 of its Zeosphere application server at this week’s CTIA Wireless IT and Internet show in Las Vegas. Zeosoft’s new solution, which was built based on …