2002

NEW DELHI, India—Thailand’s largest mobile operator, Advanced Info Service (AIS), plans to invest 2.8 billion baht (US$64 million) for the installation of a smart customer care and billing system over …

BEIJING—Last year on average 4.95 million new mobile users were added to the networks in China every month. In January, the number topped 5.09 million, showing a sustained growth to …

TOKYO—NTT East, a regional operator of NTT Group, said it will launch an 11 Megabits per second (Mbps) wireless local area network (LAN) service in March or April at the …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—A U.K.-based company is claiming that most 2.5-generation (2.5G) applications will be almost impossible to run, given that more than 40 percent of packets can become lost on …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—European Union (EU) Competition Commissioner Mario Monti has accused German and U.K. cell-phone operators of overcharging their customers when making calls from outside their home countries. Monti, who …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The proceeds from a string of disposals will be used by the owner of Virgin, Richard Branson, to develop his burgeoning mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) cell-phone business. …

MONROE, La.—CentruyTel Inc.’s board of directors voted to increase the quarterly cash dividend from 5 cents to 5.25 cents per share payable on March 22.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Sweden’s Telia said it was not granted a stay of execution for telecom regulator National Post and Telecom Agency’s (PTS) order to reduce Telia’s GSM interconnection charges from about …

CARY, N.C.—SpectraSite Holdings Inc. reported results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31. The company’s revenues for the quarter totaled $131.3 million, compared with $103.4 million for fourth-quarter …

SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass.—Integrated wireless and Web-based software application provider ViryaNet said it has acquired all outstanding shares of iMedeon Inc., of Alpharetta, Ga., for about 4.3 million shares of ViryaNet, plus …

WASHINGTON—The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association held the first meeting of its Wireless Internet Caucus Leadership Council last week. The council said it will address hurdles facing the U.S. market …

HAYWARD, Calif.—Certicom and Funk Software have joined to develop the EAP-TTLS 802.1x security protocol that provides security for WLAN connectivity. Funk Software’s Odyssey is the first commercial implementation of EAP-TTLS. …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.—There is a clearly defined need to adopt fleet management systems for tracking and remotely controlling vehicles in an emergency, as well as provide added value, according to …

WATERLOO, Ontario—Research in Motion Ltd. and PrinterOn Corp. announced they will team to deliver and market PrinterOn’s wireless Internet printing application for BlackBerry, under the name PrinterOn PocketWhere for BlackBerry. …

BEIJING-Texas Instruments will provide the chipset technology for a new entrant in the Chinese mobile-phone business, Legend Holdings Ltd., which entered a joint venture with Xiamen Overseas Chinese Electronics Company …

SALEM, Ore.—Supra Products is now part of GE Industrial Systems and will operate as GE Interlogix Inc. as a result of GE’s acquisition of Supra’s parent company Interlogix Inc. “The …

MADRID, Spain—European Union Competition Commissioner Mario Monti said on Tuesday he will take action to bring down prices for mobile-phone calls across Europe. The commissioner said his agency is looking …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Western Wireless Corp. posted $286.4 million in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2001 and $1 billion in revenue for the entire year compared with $237.1 million and $834.9 …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. launched what it describes as feature-rich CMX 2.1 multimedia software, which offers enhanced audio, animation, speech and sound effects for wireless devices. The company said handset makers …

SAN FRANCISCO-In an another tie-up, Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to combine Intel’s Xscale microarchitecture’s PX250 and PXA210 and Windows CE .NET to enable hardware and software developers …

SALT LAKE CITY—During the recently completed Winter Olympics, AT&T Wireless said its network handled 9.6 million calls from the venues where the athletes competed, averaging more than 500,000 calls daily. …

GREENSVILLE, S.C.—Verizon Wireless launched its Best Network Challenge campaign asking consumers to compare wireless carriers on a number of criteria, including network performance, availability of advanced data services, customer support …

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless said it plans to invest more than $500 million in its Southeast markets of Georgia, Tennessee, the Carolinas and Kentucky this year. “Cingular has built its reputation in …

HELSINKI, Finland—Telia Mobile, the Nordic region’s biggest mobile operator, is moving to strengthen its position through acquisitions. The company is soon expected to bid for Sonera’s mobile telephone business in …

VANCOUVER, B.C.—Sierra Wireless announced its solutions were used by the Utah Highway Patrol to enhance security during the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City. During the games, Sierra Wireless …