2002

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Merchants now have a variety of new options to choose from in order to conduct business when they are away from their cash register. Wireless Internet application and service …

NEW YORK—Dismissing a contrary argument by Hewlett Packard Co., Delaware Chancery Court judge allowed dissident board member Walter Hewlett to present his court case against the company’s merger with Compaq. …

PARIS—France Telecom’s international mobile and fixed networks signed a purchasing agreement with Alcatel for its local multipoint distribution service technology to provide mobile backhaul transmission within its GSM, GPRS and …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia is laying off 55 to 75 people from its production plant in Espoo, Finland, the company said. “The needs at the factory have decreased as the production process …

ROCKVILLE, Md.—Mobilepro Corp. announced its NeoReach Inc. subsidiary, which develops modem solutions to support third-generation wireless services, has filed five patent applications and has been notified by the U.S. Patent …

TORONTO—Nortel Networks Corp. warned that reduced customer spending will pare down its first-quarter revenue below market forecasts and force it to draw on a $1.75 billion loan. The telecom gear …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Telia Mobile signed a national roaming agreement in Finland with Suomen 2G Oy, allowing Telia Mobile Finland’s customers to use Suomen’s national GSM network. “This is an important step …

FREMONT, Calif.—Nextel Communications Inc. reported the availability of @Road’s iLM2710 Internet Location Manager with Nextel’s iO1000 embedded wireless data modem. The companies said the offering will provide businesses with critical …

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Troy Wireless unveiled its Wireless WindConnect Bluetooth print adapter software for use with select Palm handheld computers. The printer software allows Palm handhelds with a Bluetooth Card to …

DENVER—Digital Reliance Inc., provider of applications for managing business wireless and optimizing cellular rates, announced it has finalized agreements with three new customers: Agilera Inc., DaVita Inc. and Fountain View …

VILNIUS, Lithuania—Lithuanian operator Omnitel has begun a short message service parking payment service, allowing postpaid subscribers to pay for parking with mobile phones. Users send specific messages to a short …

NEW YORK—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is expected to raise $3 billion this week by selling five-year and 10-year global bonds, according to Reuters. Cingular Wireless raised $2 billion in a …

WASHINGTON—The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association, which is holding its annual legislative and regulatory conference here this week, got a pep talk today from Rep. John Thune (R-S.D.), who encouraged the …

MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless said its indirect subsidiary MobiFon in Romania paid a first $11.4 million installment on a $26.6 million dividend declared on March 27. Romanian operator MobiFon is held …

WASHINGTON—Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) plans to pursue spectrum reform legislation later this year, a move that comes as the mobile-phone industry renews its campaign to obtain radio frequencies from the …

MOSCOW—The Russian Ministry for Anti-Monopolist Policy (MAP) ruled in April that the decision of the Communications Ministry to oust U.S.-developed CDMA and AMPS carriers from the 800 MHz band by …

NEW DELHI, India—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, the 50:50 joint venture between Ericsson and Sony Corporation, hopes to grab a substantial share of the emerging market for multimedia mobile phones in …

Nearly six months after United Kingdom-based Virgin Group and Sprint PCS announced they formed Virgin Mobile USA, the U.S. wireless industry continues to wait for the launch of the highly …

MobileSpring Inc. and InphoMatch Inc., rival vendors for short message service interoperability solutions, have been working together during the past few months to ensure their cross-carrier messaging systems are themselves …

SYDNEY, Australia—Telstra has won a tender from the Australian government to provide mobile coverage for towns in Australia with populations of 500 or more. The tender is part of a …

DENVER—Qwest Communications International Inc. said the SEC has informed the company that it will be subject to a formal investigation regarding its accounting practices. The investigation follows an informal inquiry …

TORONTO—Moody’s Investor Services has lowered Nortel Networks Corp.’s credit rating to junk status. The rating on its senior long-term debt dropped to Ba3 from Baa3, while the rating on its …

FAIRFAX, Va.—IBM Corp. entered an alliance with Trust Digital LLC. to provide secure data on mobile devices. Using password protection, data encryption and a variety of administration control measures, Trust …

WASHINGTON—A class-action antitrust lawsuit filed against the mobile-phone industry in early January and promptly withdrawn two weeks later is expected to be refiled today in Manhattan federal court, according to …

MELBOURNE, Australia—Former directors of failed mobile-phone operator One.Tel this week launched a new telecommunications reseller with a strikingly similar company name, TeleOne. The announcement was met with disbelief and skepticism, …