2002

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Nordic telecom operators Telia AB and Sonera Corp. announced plans to merge through an all-stock transaction, creating a combined company with 2001 revenues of $7.9 billion. Sonera shareholders will …

TEL AVIV, Israel—Wireless streaming media company Emblaze Systems Ltd. released its financial results for last year, showing net losses of $29 million and no relief in sight for at least …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Handspring announced it will begin selling its much-lauded mobile phone/personal digital assistant Treo device throughout the nation’s retail stores. Further, the company said Cingular Wireless will also sell …

KIRKLAND, Wash.—Nextel Partners Inc. reportedly amended the terms of its credit facility providing an additional $50 million term loan, according to Dow Jones Business News. The carrier noted that even …

HACKENSACK, N.J.—GoAmerica Inc. continued to expand its network coverage by adding VoiceStream Wireless’ GPRS network to its long lineup of wireless access technologies. GoAmerica announced it will offer its Go.Web …

TOKYO—Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. and its eight regional companies reduced interconnection fees with other telecommunication operators retroactively from April 1, 2001. The carrier said the reduction was necessary …

BUCHAREST, Romania—Nortel Networks said it signed a contract with Connex to deploy packetized voice and data networks using Nortel’s softswitches and multiservice switches. “Connex will become the first service provider …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. announced it sold its Mobile Access Gateway version 5.1 to new Brazilian wireless carrier Telemar. Telemar will license Openwave’s technology for its new Oi wireless …

TEL AVIV, Israel—Ceragon Networks Ltd. announced it will deploy its FibeAir wireless backhaul system on Sonofon’s cellular network in Denmark. “This agreement marks our third major cellular win in Scandinavia,” …

SAN FRANCISCO—Motorola Inc. says it is demonstrating an application with Visionics Corp. and Wirehound L.L.C. that will enable law enforcement officials to identify criminals through facial recognition. “The application, developed …

ORLANDO, Fla.—Agilent Technologies Inc. is going to resell and develop solutions using Cramer Systems’ line of inventory and automated provisioning applications, Cramer announced. Agilent will incorporate these applications as core …

VIENNA, Va.—Motorola University, which provides corporate training and strategy consulting, announced mobile software provider mPortal Inc. will define and develop prototype mobile extensions to Motorola University’s Six Sigma products. MPortal …

BOSTON—Telecom Media Networks, an industry practice of the Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Group, announced it has integrated Netonomy’s MyNetonomy e-Care and e-Commerce solution with Portal Software’s Infranet convergent billing …

TORONTO—In a move to cut its costs and provide savings for its customers, 724 Solutions announced that Computer Sciences Corp. will resell its software applications, provide systems integration and manage …

WATERLOO, Ontario—The BlackBerry is going to Asia under a deal between the maker of the wireless e-mail and mobile-phone device, Research In Motion Ltd., and Hong Kong wireless carrier Hutchison …

HERZELIA, Israel—Comsys Communications and Signal Processing Ltd. are partnering with Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd. to develop software platforms for EDGE mobile terminals, Comsys announced. Comsys specializes in digital signal processing …

LONDON—European wireless operators O2 and Orange said they are interested in bidding for one of Ireland’s four third-generation licenses. The licenses, which run for 20 years, will be offered as …

PARIS—France Telecom and Gerhard Schmid, chief executive of German company MobilCom, entered a conditional agreement, finally resolving the feud between the two groups. Schmid and his associates will sell their …

LAUREL, Md.—EUR System announced it will add Sentori Inc.’s Sentori 3G’s wireless business solutions to the products and services offered in its outsourced data center environment. According to their agreement, …

HURST, Texas—Handango announced that it is working closely with handset manufacturers Motorola Inc. and Sharp to deliver Java-based applications to Motorola Accompli and Sharp Zaurus users. Handango said it is …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it signed a contract to supply General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) mobile handset platforms to Taiwanese original design manufacturer GVC Corporation. “By this agreement, we get to …

MOSCOW—The Russian Anti-Monopoly Ministry (MAP) is going to consider on 8 April the legality of the decision of the Communications Ministry to oust U.S.-developed CDMA and AMPS carriers from the …

MARLOW, U.K.—NetDespatch announced the launch of Masquerade, a MASC Communications-powered solution that allows centralized web-based order entry and tracking systems to be updated via wireless voice transactions. “Voice browsing is …

LONDON—O2, Vodafone’s wireless unit, the first carrier to sell Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry wireless e-mail device in Europe, announced it has signed up more than 250 corporate customers for …

ANNAPOLIS—TeleCommunication Systems Inc. that by revising a September 2001 contract, Cingular Wireless will make it a preferred vendor for Phase I and II wireless E911 services including Mobile Positioning Center …