Yearly Archives: 2002

DNA, Virgin vie for Telia Mobile in Finland

HELSINKI, Finland-DNA Finland, the Finnish regional telecom group, has displaced Virgin Mobile as the lead contender to acquire Telia Mobile's network operations in Finland....

Matsushita licenses DoOnGo’s provisioning technology

SAN JOSE, Calif.- Matsushita Communication Industrial Co. Ltd. will license over-the-air application provisioning technology from DoOnGo Technologies Inc. for use in the company's Panasonic...

GSM WLL offering in India may upset CDMA bandwagon

NEW DELHI, India-The wireless market in India could be set for an upheaval. As large basic service operators plan to roll out economical CDMA-based...

Nextel, Motorola celebrate 10 years of Direct Connect

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. and Motorola Inc. announced the 10 year anniversary of the first lab test of Nextel's Direct Connect push-to-talk service allowing...

Cellcom completes trial of Celerica system

MORRISTOWN, N.J.-Celerica Inc. said Israeli-based wireless operator Cellcom has completed a successful trial of the Celerica 500 System. Celerica's system allows carriers to deploy...

TI expects smaller revenue decline in 4Q

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc., which makes chips for mobile phones, said it expects revenues in the fourth quarter to decline only 2 percent, not the...

Mobitex association creates documentation procedure

BETHESDA, Md.-The Mobitex Operators Association announced it created a new standardized procedure the group said will allow developers more quickly gain worldwide documentation for...

Vivendi plans purchase of Cegetel stake

PARIS-Vivendi Universal said it plans to buy BT Group's 26-percent stake in Cegetel for $3.985 billion, removing control from Vodafone.In response, Vodafone withdrew its...

Mobility Networks products interoperate with hot spots

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobility Network Systems Inc. announced its ipRAN products are compatible with the Generic Interface Specification (GIS) developed by iPass Inc., which allows...

SuperShuttle uses Vetro fleet application

RESTON, Va.-SuperShuttle, which provides shuttle services to 22 airports nationwide, deployed mobile field service and sales applications provider Vettro's mobile Fleet Optimization application on...

Spirent teams with TestQuest on CDMA application testing

SAN DIEGO-Spirent Communications has teamed with Minneapolis-based TestQuest to provide completely automated testing for applications embedded into most commercially available CDMA handsets."Right now, applications...

TDK introduces Bluetooth software

BOSTON-TDK Systems introduced its Bluetooth application version 1.3 software designed to allow Bluetooth devices to exchange voice, images and data in support of advanced...

Wavecom debuts tri-mode CDMA module

ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom SA released its new tri-mode CDMA WISMO Quik module-the WISMO Quik Q2438 at this week's CDMA Americas Congress.The module incorporates CDMA digital...

Dobson signs billing contract with Convergys

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. signed a five-year outsourced billing services contract with Convergys Corp. to use Convergys' Atlys billing and customer care product operating...

Adelstein sworn in to FCC

WASHINGTON-Jonathan Adelstein, former telecommunications aide to Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle (D-S.D.), was sworn in on Tuesday as a member of the Federal Communications...

FCC inspector addresses fraud allegations in E-Rate program

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's inspector general says allegations of fraud and corruption continue to plague a multibillion-dollar government that gives Internet-access discounts to...

Verizon Wireless launches Motocross game

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. launched Thumbworks Inc.'s Suzuki Motocross Challenge game for its Get It Now service allowing customers to download the game over...

Boingo certifies Nomadix system

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Public access solutions supplier Nomadix Inc. reported wireless local area network hot spot aggregator Boingo Wireless certified its Universal Subscriber Gateway II...

TIM selects Portal Software billing products

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Portal Software Inc. announced Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) has chosen Portal's Infranet convergent billing product as the billing solution for its wireless voice,...

Cegetel affiliate chooses Ericsson for MMS

PARIS, France-Cegetel affiliate SFR has selected L.M. Ericsson to supply, install and integrate its MMS platform, according to a press release."MMS will play a...

Qualcomm, China Unicom encourage BREW developers in China

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. said it has signed an agreement to create a joint venture with China Unicom to foster the growth of a...

Microcell skips interest payment

MONTREAL-Canada's smallest wireless operator, Microcell Telecommunications Inc., said it will not make a scheduled $29.3 million interest payment this week as it continues to...

AT&T, vendors demonstrate UMTS, EDGE services

DALLAS-The future of GSM-based next-generation services are being demonstrated this week as AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Ericsson Inc., Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp., Nortel Networks...

Morgan Stanley cuts ratings on semiconductor sector

NEW YORK-Semiconductor companies like National Semiconductor Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. witnessed stock declines on the downgrade handed out by Morgan Stanley to...

Magex launches mobile payment platform

LONDON-Mobile commerce company Magex Ltd. released its new mobile payment platform that supports mobile-phone payments through interactive voice response systems, text messaging and WAP...
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