2002

TOKYO—The Japanese government has decided to allocate the 5 GHz band for wireless carriers by the end of this year. The Telecommunications Council, an advisory body for the Minister for …

NEW YORK—The first open-source reference implementation for software defined radio, which allows wireless devices re-configurable by software, is now available on the Web site of the Communications Research Centre Canada …

NEW YORK—A pair of New York-based companies has teamed up to permit cell phone users to download recording artist greetings for their mobile voice mail box as part of a …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc., the leading mobile carrier in Japan, announced its net income for the fiscal year ending March 31 was merely $6.2 million due to large special losses that …

OWINGS MILLS, Md.—Echoing the guarded optimism expressed by several other wireless data companies, Aether Systems Inc. reported sluggish first-quarter sales but hope for the coming months. “The positive trends beginning …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. is advocating a 5-percent cap on wideband-CDMA royalty rates to encourage greater third-generation growth and innovation. The company said the cap will “further promote the growth of …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. has hired PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. to replaced Arthur Andersen L.L.P. as independent auditors, the company announced late May 7. “The decision to replay Arthur Andersen was not …

NEW YORK—By 2005, 130 million wireless devices, weighing in at a total of 65,000 tons, will be discarded annually in the United States, according to “Waste in the Wireless World: …

LAS VEGAS—ReefEdge Inc. announced the release of version 2.5 of its ReefEdge Connect System, an enhanced version of its wireless local area network security solution. The new version includes Mobile …

CUPERTINO, Calif.—Vocera Communications Inc. announced it has raised $12 million in its third round of funding.Venrock Associates led the funding, with RRE Ventures, Vanguard Ventures, Avalon Ventures and IDEO also …

BURLINGTON, Mass.—Dobson Communications Inc. extended its contract with Lightbridge Inc. for its Customer Acquisition System. The Lightbridge service incorporates customized subscriber evaluation tools designed to allow carriers to evaluate potential …

ATLANTA—Amid continuing bad news and profit losses, wireless telemetry company Numerex Corp. offered a ray of sunshine with its net earnings of 2 cents per share and positive earnings before …

LONDON—Logica announced a major deal with wireless giant Telefonica Moviles to provide the carrier this virtually all its messaging products, as well as plans to jointly develop new messaging infrastructure …

MINNEAPOLIS—Gearworks, which provides mobile and Web-based applications to improve business deliveries, announced it received $11 million in Series B financing, which was led by Ignite Group and BlueStream Ventures.

FOSTER CITY, Calif.—Electronics For Imaging Inc. announced it acquired wireless messaging software company Unimobile Inc. for $2.5 million. EFI makes software and hardware imaging products for network printing. The company …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Wireless corporate access provider Veratium Software Ltd. changed its name to Motivus Software Ltd. and promptly announced a new carrier partnership with Bell Mobility. Bell Mobility will offer …

WASHINGTON—Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) today introduced Internet privacy legislation that would rely heavily on industry self-regulation and bar consumer lawsuits. The Stearns bill, which also covers non-cyber consumer privacy and …

BEIJING—Cambridge Broadband signed a multimillion dollar agreement with the Beijing D&G Telecommunications Equipment Company to deliver its fixed wireless broadband system for the Chinese market. The multiyear deal is worth …

PARIS—Alcatel said Malaysia’s DiGi Telecommunications signed an agreement for its mobile Intelligent Network (IN) technology. The value of the contract was not disclosed The Open Services product will support up …

NEW DELHI, India—The Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT) has decided to revise bidding conditions for the expansion of its CDMA services. The earlier terms required the winning bidder to sign …

TOKYO—Softbank and McDonald’s Company (Japan) announced they will jointly launch wireless local area network (WLAN) services at McDonald’s outlets. Starting in the latter half of May, they will launch an …

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Following the formation of the Application Developer Society (ADC) last year, MobileOne (M1) selected EdgeMatrix and Philip Tang & Sons as its strategic developers. Both companies will develop products …

MEBOURNE, Australia—The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has instituted federal court proceedings against mobile operator Virgin Mobile Australia for allegedly “engaging in false, misleading and deceptive conduct in advertising …

NEW DELHI, India—Indian GSM players this week renewed their attempts to stall the rollout of CDMA services—under the name of “limited mobility” wireless local loop (WLL)—by fixed service providers, by …

CHICAGO—Motorola Inc., which has been laying off workers in waves for the past 18 months, has one more round of cuts to make before reaching its goal of trimming 50,000 …