Monthly Archives: November, 2002

Trend Micro launches network security solution

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Trend Micro Inc. has made commercially available the PC-cillin 2003, the latest version of its consumer and small office-home office security solution for...

TCL Mobile to offer color LCD display phones

ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Chinese mobile phone maker TCL Mobile Communications will offer color LCD display phones using modules from wireless module provider Wavecom."The flexibility of the...

China Unicom acquires nine provincial networks from parent

BEIJING-Hong Kong- and New York-listed China Unicom has acquired nine GSM networks from its parent company at a cost of CNY22.5 billion (US$2.72 billion)....

Exports of China-made handsets increase

BEIJING-According to Shanghai Customs figures, 11.14 million handsets were exported from Shanghai in the first ten months of the year, an increase of 53.4...

Handset market share disputed in China

BEIJING-Consultants CCID, affiliated with China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) and Analysys Consulting, a partner of the Gartner Group, published conflicting figures on China's...

American Tower stock upgraded

NEW YORK-American Tower Corp.'s stock has been upgraded to "Strong Buy" by Raymond James & Associates Inc. in anticipation of several financial actions expected...

NII Holdings reorganizes to avoid Chapter 11

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-NII Holdings concluded the renegotiation of its debt with its creditors, reducing it from US$2.8 billion to less than US$500 million, in...

Unifón, Personal make gains in Argentine market

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The cell-phone market in Argentina returned to positive indices during the third quarter of the year, when the two major operators, Unif

Matsushita, Nokia agree on mobile-to-audio visual platform

TOKYO-Matsushita Electric Industrial and Nokia announced they would jointly develop a platform for letting a mobile handset and an audio visual (AV) device communicate...

EU agrees to fund mobile payment standards

OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an attempt to bring some order into the chaotic and extended fight over mobile payment standards, the European Union (EU) has...

Namibia to get second mobile network within a year

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Namibian mobile telephony market is expected to witness the entrance of a second operator within 12 months. Gabes Shihepo, deputy information...

Indian panel gives cautious nod to ‘super regulator’

NEW DELHI, India-The Indian government's plan to set up a "super regulator" along the lines of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) got a...

Speculation mounts over MmO2 takeover

OXFORD, United Kingdom-As calls grow for the large-scale consolidation of European-based cell-phone operators, at the top of many financial analysts' list is U.K.-based MmO2....

Boost Mobile targets teenage girls with Roxy brand

IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile, a virtual network operator using Nextel Communications Inc.'s iDEN network, will sell phones aimed at teenage girls using Quiksilver Inc.'s Roxy...

European cell-phone users face bans

OXFORD, United Kingdom-While being bombarded by mobile operators to use more services, cell-phone users are coming under increasing pressure from other bodies not to...

NTT DoCoMo launches dual handset-TV remote control

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the dominant mobile carrier in Japan, launched a mobile handset that can be used as a television remote control as well. Users...

OMA to begin interoperability testing program

LAS VEGAS-Along with continuing to combine various industry standards groups, the Open Mobile Alliance said it will initiate a new interoperability testing program to...

Telus Mobility expands cdma2000 1x network

SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Telus Mobility said it has expanded its cdma2000 1x network throughout Canada via a combination of network buildouts in Western Canada and the...

Zingy, Microsoft enter wireless content agreement

NEW YORK-Zingy, a New York-based mobile entertainment provider, has entered into an agreement with Microsoft Corp. to provide MSN members with access to content...

ARM signs technology collaboration agreement with M-Systems

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-ARM Ltd. and M-Systems, Kfar Saba, Israel, have signed a technology collaboration agreement under which M-Systems' SuperMAP cryptographic coprocessors will be optimized for...

Moody’s downgrades Alcatel debt rating

FRANKFURT, Germany-Moody's Investors Service has downgraded French vendor Alcatel's senior debt ratings to B1 from Ba1, reflecting the company's dwindling revenue flow, the need...

Morrison Hershfield releases tower reinforcement solution

NEW ORLEANS-Infrastructure services provider Morrison Hershfield released the DualPole, a new tower reinforcement solution, at the recent 2002 Tower Summit & Trade Show.The DualPole...

LG, Samsung make strides in mobile-phone market

BOSTON-A new handset market report shows both LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics making significant strides in the mobile phone market, while other big handset...

Brazil’s Oi launches MMS with Nokia equipment

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia said Brazilian operator Oi has launched multimedia message service (MMS) using equipment from Nokia. The company said MMS accounted for three messages...

Vodacom reshuffles shares

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African investment company VenFin has committed itself to purchasing the remainder of what U.K. cellular company Vodafone does not buy of...
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