2002

LOS ANGELES—Driscoll-Wolf Marketing & Research’s latest survey on consumer interest in location-based services found, among other things, that 53 percent of those surveyed who use a cellular phone at least …

OTTAWA, Ontario—SiGe Semiconductor announced its RangeCharger-based PA2423MB power amplifier has been chosen by W-Link for use with it’s Class 1 Bluetooth products. SiGe’s power amplifier strengthens signal integrity in W-Link’s …

WEST MELBOURNE, Fla.—Relm Wireless Corp. announced it is now taking orders for its EarthLoc Tracking Systems, which monitor the location of individual radio users and assets. “Vehicle location devices have …

VIENNA, Va.—XtremeSpectrum announced it plans to begin working toward the global adoption of ultra-wideband rules. To further its initiative, the company appointed Veronica “Roni” Haggart to the newly created position …

TORONTO—Roadpost Inc. said it will make three additions to its satellite product and services portfolio: the Iridium Global Paging Service; SatTalk II Aircraft Satellite Telephone System; and EuroCom Fixed Mount …

SCARBOROUGH, Maine—Antenna solution research and development company Gabriel announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Sabre Communications Corp. authorizing Sabre to market and supply Gabriel’s wireless antenna solutions throughout …

MOUNTIAN VIEW, Calif.—Xora Inc. announced the Xora Platform version 4.1 has been validated with Siebel eBusiness Applications version 6 and Siebel 7. With Siebel’s validation, Siebel eBusiness Applications users will …

LAS VEGAS—At this week’s NetWorld + Interop show in Las Vegas, Sprint announced it is upgrading its CPE-VPN offering to include wireless access for its current customers. According to Sprint, …

GREENSBORO, N.C.—RF Micro Devices Inc. said it has started to ship its RF2173 and RF2174 power amplifiers for two additional handsets of a top-tier multinational handset original equipment manufacturer. The …

TUCSON, Ariz.-Texas Instruments said it has introduced a 14-bit, 62-MSPS CMOS analog-to-digital converter for wireless communications as well as imaging and instrumentation applications. “Specific applications include base station receivers, digital …

LAS VEGAS—Agere Systems said it has unveiled its 802.11a, 5 GHz radio and antenna kits for the ORiNOCO AP-2000 dual-radio wireless network access point. “These new kits enable an IT …

STAMFORD, Conn.—SmartServ Online Inc. said it will partner with “one of the largest wireless carriers in North America” to offer the carrier’s subscribers access to financial content and the ability …

PARIS—A French newspaper reported European mobile operator Orange is interested in launching a branded service in the United States and is currently in talks with a U.S. operator. Orange has …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Repeater Technologies Inc. said it shipped the first of several deliveries of its dual-directional repeaters for cdma2000 1x networks to Sercom, a CDMA operator in Guatemala owned by Telgua. …

WASHINGTON—Representatives of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. and re-auction winners of NextWave’s PCS C- and F-block licenses are set to meet on Tuesday afternoon in the offices of Sen. Ted Stevens …

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 …

WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives on Tuesday night passed by voice vote the Auction Reform Act of 2002, which directs the Federal Communications Commission to delay the 700 MHz band auction, …

WASHINGTON—Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) is expected today to introduce legislation to foster broadband Internet deployment in rural and unserved areas. On Tuesday, Sens. John Breaux (D-La.) and …

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The United Telecom Council’s recently released report “What Utilities Buy: Evaluating the Market for Telecom Equipment and Services Sold to Utilities” covers the results of a survey of utility …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—LGC Wireless announced Ian Sugarbroad has been named president and chief executive officer. “I’m confident about my ability to steer this company through one of the biggest economic …

BOSTON—TDK Systems announced it has added three new software applications for its Bluetooth products: TDK Mobile, TDK Dialer and TDK blueDial, which all allow users to back up and transfer …

NEW YORK—U.S. supplier LocatioNet Systems Ltd. announced it received two contracts from Austrian mobile operator One. LocatioNet will supply its location-based services middleware platform, geographic information system and open set …

MUNICH, Germany—Siemens has confirmed that it won an order to supply the equipment for the second GSM network in the Republic of Belarus owned by Russia-based Mobile Telesystems (MTS) and …

DUBLIN, Ireland—Following similar deals signed earlier this year with Nokia and Siemens, T-Mobile International has chosen Nortel Networks to supply Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) equipment for its third-generation (3G) …

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts—St. Kitts and Nevis has announced two telecommunications licenses as Eastern Caribbean governments continue to make good on a pledge to liberalize their telecommunications markets. The Cable, established …