Monthly Archives: December, 2002

Palm posts strong 2Q numbers

MILPITAS, Calif.-Personal digital assistant giant Palm Inc. posted a strong second quarter, finally managing to move into the black and capitalize on its new...

Orange withdraws from Swedish mobile market

OSLO, Norway-Mobile operator Orange confirmed Thursday it would back out of the Swedish mobile market, a move that had been widely predicted due to...

New York city council approves ban on cell phone use at public performances

NEW YORK-By a vote of 40-9, the city council of New York has approved a bill to prohibit the use of cell phones at...

MobiFon stake changes hands

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless (TIW) and ClearWave said they reached an agreement with Emerging Markets Partnership (WMP) on the sale of the 5.68-percent stake of...

Nokia reports US$100 million expansion in China

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia will supply a GSM network expansion to China's Henan MCC in a deal valued at more than US$100 million.Deliveries of GSM core...

North Korea to build GSM network

BEIJING-Reclusive North Korea has decided to build a GSM network, initially in an area 48 kilometers around the capital Pyongyang and to be expanded...

Sharp launches mobile VoIP experiment

TOKYO-Sharp, a leading vendor in Japan, launched an experiment for mobile voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) using Sharp's popular personal digital assistant (PDA) Zaurus...

Econet Zimbabwe to enhance network capacity

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator Econet Wireless Zimbabwe announced it has commissioned a new switching center with capacity to carry 100,000 additional subscribers.Douglas Mboweni,...

Filipino politician opposes SMS tax

MANILA, The Philippines-The Chairman of the House committee on transportation and communications of the Philippine Congress is reported to have said he will block...

Hudson launches voice mail service for i-mode

TOKYO-Hudson, a leading game software provider in Japan, announced it launched a new voice message service for NTT DoCoMo's i-mode service.When a user of...

CDMA Operators Summit 2002 held in Beijing

BEIJING-Nine CDMA operators attended the CDMA Operators Summit 2002 hosted by China United Telecommunications, parent of New York-listed China Unicom.Vice President Wang Jianzhou called...

Sega to provide games to firms in Taiwan and Hong Kong

TOKYO-Sega on Tuesday announced it would supply gaming software to FarEasTone in Taiwan and SmarTone in Hong Kong. Both Asian telecom companies launched game...

Moody’s downgrades Verizon’s senior long-term debt

NEW YORK-Moody's Investor Services downgraded its senior unsecured long-term debt ratings of Verizon Communications Inc. from A1 to A2 and the long-term debt ratings...

Arraycomm’s Australian unit receives additional funding

NEW YORK-CKW Wireless Pty. Ltd., the Australian subsidiary of ArrayComm Inc., San Jose, Calif., has obtained a $14 million capital infusion from two new...

LG to sell CDMA handsets through basic service providers in India

NEW DELHI, India-Korean giant LG Electronics launched its CDMA handsets in the Indian market on Wednesday, but said the handsets will be sold through...

Agilent Technologies opens R&D center in Beijing

BEIJING-Agilent Technologies has opened a research and development center in Beijing focused on developing software tools for designing third-generation (3G) devices and components.This includes...

China’s fixed-line carriers eye CDMA WLL services

BEIJING-China Netcom and China Telecom, China's main fixed-line operators, are considering building wireless local loop (WLL) services based on the CDMA standard, but mobile...

Impsat to restructure, emerge from Chapter 11

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Court of New York accepted Impsat's restructuring plan, which includes the reduction of its US$990 million debt to US$270 million, the...

Good Technology announces e-mail contract with law firm

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The nation's 18th largest law firm will be the first to use Good Technology Inc.'s new G100 wireless e-mail devices, and will equip...

AT&T’s Nelson elected to 3G Americas board

BELLEVUE, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. chief technology officer Rod Nelson was elected chariman of the board of governors for the 3G Americas industry organization,...

New Lucent chip doubles voice, data capacity

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies released a new chip the company said will work as a smart antenna for CDMA networks, doubling the networks' capacity...

Kyocera, Roxio cooperate on smart phone

SAN DIEGO-Mobile phone maker Kyocera Wireless Corp. will use software from Roxio Inc. to allow users of its forthcoming 7135 smart phone to edit...

Comverse releases wireline SMS product

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. released a new wireline SMS product, which the company said will allow wireline telephone subscribers to exchange short text messages...

Dobson announces in-kind dividend

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. announced that shareholders of its 12.25 percent senior exchangeable preferred stock would receive an in-kind dividend of .03165 additional shares...

U.S. Cellular to incorporate Ericsson network support services

PLANO, Texas-Ericsson Mobile Systems CDMA said it has signed an agreement with U.S. Cellular Corp. to deploy its TEMS DriveTester tool and CDMA 1x...
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