Monthly Archives: December, 2002

Aether gets fleet trucking contract

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Wireless enterprise company Aether Systems Inc. announced it will equip the 5,500-vehicle fleet of trucking company U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc. with its...

Motorola to restructure debt in securities buyback

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. said it will buy back $825 million in so-called Puttable Reset Securities (PURS) under a purchase agreement to be executed with...

Nokia launches online store with LetsTalk

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. will bypass carrier sales efforts with a new online store, where Internet surfers can compare and buy phones and wireless services.The...

Dobson downgraded

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit ratings on Dobson Communications Corp. from B+ to B, citing the impact of lower...

Convergys wins contract in Qatar

CINCINNATI, United States-Convergys said it will supply an integrated billing system to Qatar Telecom. The company will use the service to bill General Packet...

Flarion, Hanaro conduct Flash-OFDM field trial

BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States-Flarion Technologies announced a field trial with Korean Internet service provider Hanaro Telecom using Flarion's Flash-OFDM wireless broadband system.This will...

Telenor to shut down NMT network in 2004

FOREBU, Norway-Telenor Mobile said it will end its NMT 450 MHz service at the end of 2004. The company's NMT 450 MHz license expires...

J-Phone to nationally unify price plans

TOKYO-J-Phone said it has requested permission from the Japanese regulator to unify its regional company price plans into six national price plans and seven...

Forbes.com study examines business user demand for mobile content

NEW YORK-Business professionals are interested in receiving business-related news and breaking news via mobile phones, according to research from Forbes.com.The study, conducted with SmartServ...

Bell Mobility plans location services

TORONTO-Canadian carrier Bell Mobility announced it will begin offering basic location-based services through its new MyFinder application and that it plans to expand the...

WLAN continues to attract telco interest

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Perhaps wanting to recapture some of their "lost" wireless revenues due to 3G delays, Europe's major telecom companies have launched wireless local...

Analysys report warns against European price war

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Market research firm Analysys has released a new report warning European operators against a price war between fixed and mobile carriers as fixed-to-mobile...

GRIC signs Japanese companies for wireless Internet services

MILPITAS, Calif.-GRIC Communications announced NEC and Sony Communications Network (SoNet) will offer its wireless Internet roaming service to customers, and Excite Japan will offer...

Telecom Italia begins Wi-Fi trials

ROME-Telecom Italia began trials this week of a public Wi-Fi service operating at 2.4 GHz. Italy's largest fixed and mobile operator will trial the...

Delta launches first Russian CDMA 450 MHz network

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia-St. Petersburg-based Delta Telecom, an NMT 450 MHz carrier, launched the first commercial cdma2000 1x network based on the International Mobile Telecommunications-Multi...

IFR upgrades radio test set

WICHITA, Kansas-IFR has upgraded its 2975 radio test set to include new test patterns, the ability to control 2975 tests via the Internet and...

New product releases: September to end-2002

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Walker Wireless deploys IPWireless technology

SAN BRUNO, Calif.-IPWireless Inc. announced Walker Wireless, New Zealand, will deploy its mobile broadband technology in major New Zealand markets, following a commercial trial...

YourInter.Net deploys Navini Networks technology

INDIANA, Pa.-YourInter.Net, a regional Internet service provider, has deployed Navini Networks Inc. nomadic wireless technology to provide broadband access to its customers.The Navini Ripwave...

RadioShack to sell FutureDial wireless data access products

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-RadioShack Corp. said it will sell new wireless data access products from FutureDial in its 5,100 stores nationwide.FutureDial's SnapSync software allows mobile-phone users...

CSR, Intersil, Smart cooperate on 802.11b/Bluetooth product

DENVER-Cambridge Silicon Radio, Intersil Corp. and Smart Modular Technologies are cooperating on development of a mini-PCI board that combines 802.11b wireless local area network...

Nortel to terminate undrawn credit

TORONTO-With a view to better financial flexibility, Nortel Networks said it will terminate its $1.8 billion in undrawn credit that expires in April next...

Qualcomm files patent suit against Maxim

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. has filed patent infringement law suits against Maxim Integrated Products Inc. in federal court over inventions that cover transmission, reception and...

FCC seeks outside comment for competition report

WASHINGTON-Rather than relying on industry-supplied data-much of it from the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association-the Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment on the state...

P-Com wins Chinese orders

CAMPBELL, California, United States-P-Com announced more than US$1 milion in orders for its point-to-point products to customers in China.The orders are from system integrators...
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