2002

LONDON—Red-M announced a new in-building mobile voice strategy and roadmap that it believes will reduce call costs, lower voice infrastructure costs and improve employee productivity. According to Red-M, the solution …

INDIANAPOLIS—Brightpoint Inc. received notice from Nasdaq that it is not meeting the required $1 minimum bid price, and consequently Brightpoint is submitting for stockholder approval a one-for-seven reverse stock split. …

MINNEAPOLIS—ADC said that India’s Reliance Industries Ltd. has chose its convergent billing platform for its wireless, broadband, wireline and data services. Reliance plans to use SingleView’s customer, service and revenue …

EMERYVILLE, Calif.—Geoworks Corp. said Nasdaq approved the company’s request to have its common stock traded on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market starting in May. Geoworks recently shifted its focus from selling …

CLINTON, Mass.—Bernard Ebbers resigned his position as president, chief executive officer and director of WorldCom Inc. The resignation came as WorldCom’s stock had fallen from more than $60 share a …

CALGARY, Alberta—Rogers AT&T Wireless signed a roaming agreement with NMI Mobility to provide Rogers’ customers in Northwestern Canada with extended wireless coverage when travelling in northern British Columbia, Yukon and …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—RadioLAN Marketing Group (RMG) released its Campus BridgeLINK Lite system, an all-in-one wireless bridge that interconnects Ethernet local-area networks. The new product is a version of RMG’s Campus …

ORLANDO—Vialto Corp. released it Vialto Server for Carriers, which allows carriers to offer subscription services to business professionals. Vialto Server for Carriers, which complements the Vialto Server for Enterprises, allows …

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.—Symbol Technologies Inc. has been awarded a patent for its technology, which enables wireline telephony features like caller I.D. and call forwarding, transfer and waiting on devices using 802.11, …

LOS ANGELES—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. continued to bolster the content available on its mMode wireless data service through a new deal with PriceGrabber, which will offer a shopping comparison application. …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson AB said it expanded its original CDMA equipment and services agreement with China Unicom under a $55 million contract. The contract covers seven provinces in China, including Jiangsu, …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it halted sales of the Mova R211i mobile phone because of a technical problem. Due to a software bug, the incoming and outgoing call logs, voice …

BOULDER, Colo.—SignalSoft Corp. announced first-quarter financial results in line with guidance released earlier this month. The company said its revenue was down to $3.9 million from the year-ago first-quarter revenue …

ATLANTA—Telemetry provider Numerex Corp. announced it is in negotiations with BT Group plc to purchase the company’s RedCare telemetry network, a move that could expand Numerex’s reach into the U.K. …

HELSINKI, Finland—Tecnomen and Sony Ericsson announced the successful completion of interoperability tests between Tecnomen’s Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) Centre and Sony Ericsson’s T68i MMS-enabled mobile handset. Interoperability between the new …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it signed a GSM expansion agreement with Chinese mobile operator Zhejiang Mobile Communications Corp., as well as equipment for trials of it multimedia messaging system and …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. said it plans to offer $1.25 billion in publicly traded equity units next week, with proceeds from the sale helping to finance its pending acquisition of …

REGINA, Saskatchewan—Rogers AT&T completed the installation of its GSM/GPRS network across its Saskatchewan coverage area, and said it currently covers more than 90 percent of Canada’s population with its network.

LAS VEGAS—Roadpost Inc. announced a partnership through which it will offer Iridium communications products to SatCom Systems’ customer base. Roadpost offers global communications solutions, like the Iridium system, to end …

SAN DIEGO—Trexta announced it will manufacture and distribute carrying solutions for Nokia phones in the Americas. Trexta carrying case accessories, which will be designed and packaged with the Nokia OK …

GENEVA—STMicroelectronics says it has introduced its third digital signal processor memory, the 4-Mbit Flash DSM2150F5, for wireless devices. The product simplifies product manufacturing, testing and field updates, according to the …

WASHINGTON—South Carolina-based wireless service company Morris Communications Inc. said it won a remand from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in its appeal of the …

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, is expected to introduce legislation next week directing the Federal Communications Commission to go forward with the 700 …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Sweden’s Telia Mobile announced that it transfered its Minicall paging service to Generic Mobile Systems, which will begin running the service. Telia said it is part of the operator’s …

DUBLIN, Ireland—International media group Independent News & Media has settled a case taken against its subsidiary iTouch by digital media firm HiTouch. U.K.-based wireless applications service provider iTouch was launched …