Monthly Archives: November, 2002

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...

Lucent installs cdma2000 1x technology for China Unicom

BEIJING, China-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has replaced 65 of China Unicom's CDMA base stations with cdma2000 1x in a single day in Shanghai...

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...

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...

Japanese operators to study biological effects of mobile phones

TOKYO-Japan's four mobile-phone operators announced plans to conduct a joint study on the possible biological effects of exposure to radio waves from mobile-phone systems.The...

Liberty Alliance Project releases draft of online identity specifications

NEW YORK-The Liberty Alliance Project has released for public review on its Web site at www.projectliberty.org a draft of specifications for an open, interoperable...

Movilnet launches cdma2001 1x with Lucent equipment

CARACAS, Venezuela-Lucent Technologies Inc. says carrier Movilnet has launched its cdma2000 1x voice and data network using its equipment, software and services."Movilnet's subscribers will...

Cyberbank integrates SyChip solution into PDA

PLANO, Texas-Describing the product as the first chip that integrates CDMA and wireless local area network solutions in a single device, SyChip said Cyberbank...

Russia’s MTS fails to get hold of Moldova

KISHINEV, Moldova-Biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) failed to win a place in the wireless market of Moldova as its major shareholder, Sistema Financial...

iTouch acquires U.K. service group M4

DUBLIN, Ireland-Independent News and Media has strengthened its retail distribution presence through the acquisition of U.K. mobile services group M4. The deal was concluded...

New operator to emerge in the Philippines this month

MANILA, The Philippines-Digital Telecommunications (Digitel) expects to launch its cellular service business by the end of the month, according to the National Telecommunications Commission...

Orange says still committed to Swedish 3G

OSLO, Norway-Despite growing speculation that owner France T

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....

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...

T-Mobile extends WLAN offering to Europe

BONN, Germany-T-Mobile has expanded its U.S.-originated wireless local area network strategy to Europe, rolling out the service in hot spots in Germany and Austria.The...

Qualcomm announces gpsOne milestone

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said more than 5 million gpsOne-enabled wireless devices are now in commercial use in Japan, South Korea and the United States,...

Nokia signs TETRA contracts

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia recently announced two contracts for its TETRA network using IP technology.Nokia will join with Moratel to implement the TETRA system in Morocco....

Intec buys Ericsson billing unit for $5M

LONDON-Intec Telecom Systems said it acquired L.M. Ericsson's Settler interconnect billing product unit for a cash amount of $5.1 million.The deal also allows Intel...

Handspring’s Treo to be available in China

BEIJING-Treo mobile phone/personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc. announced it will sell its Treo 270 device in China through a new partnership with CEC...

3G in China awaits government decisions: Another golden egg?

BEIJING-Already the largest mobile-phone market in the world with more than 190 million subscribers at the end of September, China is gearing up to...
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