Yearly Archives: 2002

Bankruptcy Court approves assets transfer from Teligent to NextWave

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—NextWave Telecom Inc. and bankrupt fixed wireless company Teligent were given approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to transfer approximately $1 million...

Five new mobile health lawsuits filed

BALTIMORE—Five new lawsuits seeking a total of more than $6 billion in damages have been filed against the cellular industry, alleging use of wireless...

Gralak appointed VP of sales at LG InfoComm

SAN DIEGO—LG InfoComm announced Dan Gralak has been appointed vice president of sales and will take over LG's sales operations, distribution strategies and branding...

DCN chosen as value-added reseller for Accompli 009

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.—Motorola Inc. announced Direct Connect Networks Inc. will be the first value-added reseller of its Accompli 009 personal communicator.DCN will also develop...

Foreign influence

Global interest in the U.S. cellular market is high. And with consolidation expected in the United States and around the world in coming months,...

Conexant modules chosen for China Unicom CDMA network

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—Conexant Systems Inc. announced its CDMA power amplifier modules (PAMs) have been chosen by several handset manufacturers for use on China Unicom's...

CellStar reports improved results

CARROLLTON, Texas-In its earnings report released after the close of trading February 25, CellStar Corp., a distributor of wireless products, reported improved results for...

Rural Cellular reports increased revenue

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.—Rural Cellular Corp. reported $106.5 million in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2001, compared with $99.5 million during the same quarter of...

Ecutel joins HP’s Mobile E-Services Bazaar

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Ecutel Inc. announced it is participating in Hewlett-Packard's Mobile E-Services Bazaar program, an initiative aimed at developing software and services for the mobile...

Harris wins wireless e-mail contract in Japan

SINGAPORE—Harris Corp., a supplier of military tactical radios for worldwide defense forces, has been chosen by the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force to provide...

Sierra Wireless contributed to Games security

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...

Palm says Court rejected Xerox motion in handwriting patent infringement case

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Palm Inc. said the U.S. District Court in Rochester, N.Y. rejected a motion made by Xerox Corp. pertaining to Xerox' 1997 claim...

TSTT to launch prepaid wireless data through deal with Logica

DUBLIN, Ireland—Trinidad and Tobago's operator, TSTT Mobile Service, will be the first Caribbean carrier to launch prepaid wireless data services on a GPRS network...

P-Com receives order for spread spectrum radios

CAMPBELL, Calif.—P-Com Inc. announced it has received an order for 100 of its AirPro Gold.20.Net spread spectrum radios, bringing the total units sold to...

Palm license Colligo apps

CANNES, France-Colligo Networks Inc. announced Palm Inc. has licensed two of its Portable Collaborative Networking (PCN) applications to offer a new Bluetooth short-range wireless...

Siemens names Nolen to head U.S. ICN unit

MUNICH—George Nolen has been named U.S. head of Siemens Information and Communication Networks. Nolen, 45, previously served as president of Siemens Enterprise networks in...

Sasken W-CDMA software optimized for Intel platform

CANNES, France—Sasken announced this week at the 3GSM World Congress that its wideband CDMA protocol stack software has been optimized to work on Intel...

Oberthur releases software tool for UMTS application development

LOS ANGELES—Oberthur Card Systems unveiled its SIMphonIC 3G Composer, a software tool for developing and simulating applications and services on 2G and 3G UMTS...

Nokia introduces multimode radio card

HELSINKI—Nokia introduced the Nokia D211, a multimode radio card that allows for wireless Internet access within GPRS, HSCSD and wireless LAN coverage areas.The card...

MetroPCS launches unlimited local service in Calif.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—MetroPCS launched its unlimited local calling service in the greater Sacramento and Stockton, Calif. areas, allowing customers to talk all they want on...

DoCoMo, subsidiaries plan FOMA expansion

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. and its regional subsidiaries Tokai and Kansai said they will expand their respective FOMA next-generation mobile service areas in early March,...

Qwest faces class-action lawsuit

NEW YORK—A class-action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado against Qwest Communications International Inc. claiming...

Verizon plans trial of flat-rate prepaid plan

TAMPA, Fla.—Verizon Wireless plans to launch a three-month trial of a flat-rate wireless plan for its Freeup prepaid service in Florida.The flat-rate plan will...

UK’s Multitone to take over Motorola paging business

Motorola's Personal Communications Sector announced it is selling off its core paging device product lines to integrated wireless networking (IWN) and wireless messaging company...

3GSM show focuses on bottom line

CANNES, France—The mobile industry put on a brave face last week at the annual 3GSM World Congress here, with few signs of the financial...
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