2002

BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless introduced per-megabyte rate plans for its Express Network data service as an alternate to its originally announced per-minute plans. The new plans, which the carrier said are …

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—Airtuit announced its BlueMoon 4.0 Mobile applications Server and BlueMoon Micro Edition, which allow mobile users to work in both online and offline modes. The solution is targeted to …

FORT WORTH, Texas—Travelocity.com launched My Messaging, a suite of wireless travel notification tools for travelers. The service, available for free following any Travelocity.com booking, enables travelers and people they designate …

TABY, Sweden—Allgon announced it will supply base station antennas to Swedish UMTS network operators 3GIS and Hi3G. “We won the contracts in hard competition, which once again confirms our high …

HANNOVER, Germany—Marco Boerries, developer of Sun Microsystems’ StarOffice office suite, unveiled his new company VerdiSoft at CeBit in Hannover this week. Boerries demonstrated VerdiSoft’s CrossPoint Server software that will allow …

CINCINNATI—InfoSpace launched a new wireless data service with Cincinnati Bell that the company said dramatically simplifies user provisioning of SMS alerts. The new service allows Cincinnati Bell users to stay …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.—To be successful, pay-per-use applications need to meet three criteria: an accurate bill, happy customers and happy developers, according to a new report from Probe Research Inc. The …

HAMAMATSU CITY, Shizuoka—Yamaha Corp. announced it will provide a 16-note polyphonic cellular ring tone download service to German carrier E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH & Co. KG—coinciding with E-Plus’s launch of i-mode …

LOS ANGELES—NetConnX Technologies said it has offered a team of IT experts to assist the newly formed Afghanistan government in technology infrastructure setup. The company said it will use its …

REDMOND, Wash.—Metawave Communications Corp. is terminating its SpotLight GSM product line, closing its Taiwan facilities and reducing headcount in China and the United States by 42 percent. In connection with …

GERMANTOWN, Md.—Dynamic Telecommunications Inc. unveiled its 3G PN Scanning Receiver, designed for the OEM drive-test receiver market. According DTI, the receiver is compact in size, has low power usage and …

CLAREMONT, Calif.—Wireless software developer WolfeTech Development Corp. announced its PocketGenie application is now available on SkyTel two-way paging devices. PocketGenie offers users access to more than 200 real-time information services …

RIDGELAND, Miss.—SIGFX L.L.C. announced field trials of its two-way wireless communications systems are now underway at company headquarters in Ridgeland, Miss. The network uses vacant spectrum in analog and digital …

SAN DIEGO—Ensemble Communications Inc., supplier of next-generation broadband wireless systems, announced its mobile backhaul solution is now available. The solution consists of the Ensemble’s new Fiberless 340 Backhaul Multiplexer and …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. announced it will join 13 BREW application developers and publishers to demonstrate BREW applications at CTIA Wireless 2002 in Orlando. “The companies joining us at CTIA have …

ORLANDO—Boingo announced it will enable the Orange County Convention Center with 802.11b broadband Internet access for CTIA Wireless 2002. In addition, CTIA has partnered with Boingo and Avaya to offer …

IRVINE, Calif.—Telmar Network Technology, supplier of new and reuse telecommunications infrastructure and services, said it will exhibit at CTIA Wireless 2002. “We offer exceptional value and an enormous selection of …

ORLANDO—ViaFone will team with EDS and Hewlett-Packard at CTIA Wireless 2002 in Orlando. ViaFone will join HP to show off the Quickstart Mobile Sales Solutions from HP and ViaFone. The …

CARLSBAD, Calif.—Airbility will showcase its AirForceOne cellular modem module at CTIA Wireless 2002. AirForceOne incorporates all required radio transceiver functions into one module that can easily be interfaced to a …

NEW DELHI, India—Thuraya mobile satellite services, being offered by Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), has reached a subscriber base of 32,000 in about 25 …

TOKYO—Mitsubishi Electric and Toshiba, two leading electronic manufacturers in Japan, partnered for third-generation (3G) handsets and will begin collaborating next month on the development of a new platform for multimedia-enabled, …

TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest operator in Japan, will launch its third-generation (3G) service based on cdma2000 on 1 April, the carrier announced. In Japan, NTT DoCoMo launched FOMA 3G services in …

JOHANNNESBURG, South Africa—South African mobile network operator MTN reported that it suspended its free PC-to-mobile short message service (SMS) on Mtnsms.com following an unsustainable third-party cost increase. A company spokesman …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Despite upbeat statements from equipment manufacturers and the organizers, this year’s CeBIT exhibition would seem to have been hit with bad news, particularly for the cell-phone industry, together …

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