2002

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 downturn the industry is currently enduring …

CANNES, France—Among the slew of announcements made here at the 3GSM World Congress last week, location services seemed to move farther up on the radar screens of both operators and …

EDINBURG, Va.—Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. said it added 26,000 wireless customers last year, more than doubling its customer base to 49,000 subscribers. Company revenues increased more than $25 million from 2000 …

RESTON, Va.—Openet Telecom announced that its recently unveiled FusionWorks wireless convergent mediation platform will be deployed by Rural Cellular Corp. to enable it to offer advanced 2.5G and 3G-related services …

ANNAPOLIS, Md.—OpenPath Products announced its SMS Testing Suite, a collection of tools that support SMS application developers, testers, and carriers, is now available. “The SMS Testing Suite allows users to …

DUBLIN—Logica is demonstrating the delivery of full color animated images, based on FunMail’s wireless animated messaging technology, over a GPRS network via the Logica Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMSC) this …

CANNES, France—Bitfone Corp. is demonstrating its mProve solution, which delivers firmware and software updates to mobile phones over the air, this week in Cannes, France, at the 3GSM World Congress. …

WASHINGTON–AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has been awarded the TRUSTe Privacy Seal after completing a comprehensive certification process. “Consumer education about privacy issues is critical to establishing consumer confidence. As our …

WASHINGTON—A recent federal appeals court on media ownership limits could impact the Federal Communications Commission’s process for reviewing its rules every two years, said FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps during …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Fixed-wireless equipment manufacturer Hybrid Networks Inc. said it may be forced to seek bankruptcy protection if it does not find a buyer soon. The company is facing liquidity …

ATLANTA—Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. announced it is now offering Internet service to wireless handheld device users as well. According to the company’s Web site, EarthLink-powered wireless e-mail and Internet …

CANNES, France—Telecom Italia Group said it will support Nokia’s Open Mobile Architecture initiative, which seeks to provide a software platform for the mobile software and services market, utilizing the GSM/GPRS …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Networks says it has signed a contract to deploy its mPosition solution for location-based services over Fujian Mobile Communications Company’s networks. “With location-based services, mobile operators are realizing …

CANNES, France—Dynamic Telecommunications Inc. announced its new Distance Based Sampling (DBS) option at the 3GSM World Congress. The DBS option, which is incorporated into DTI’s W-CDMA receiver, allows one drive-test …

CANNES, France—Nortel Networks made two announcements at this week’s 3GSM World Congress in France. The company commercially launched its Network Gateway Server (NGS), which it said simplifies the development of …

CANNES, France—MapInfo has been chosen by Vodafone D2 to provide the technology platform for its location-based D2-NightGuide Premium WAP service. MapInfo’s miAware technology platform will offer navigation and routing functions …

CANNES, France—Motorola Inc. made several announcements at this week’s 3GSM World congress in Cannes, France. The company announced its partnership with CH2M Hill, a network delivery service provider. According to …

CANNES, France—IBM Corp. unveiled its Service Provider Delivery Environment (SPDE), an open-standards-based framework that telecommunications service providers can use to introduce new voice, text and Internet-based services to customers faster, …

WASHINGTON—More than 30 members of Congress have sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) siding with the bulk of the wireless industry in opposing the mandatory implementation of …

Regardless of not having a product portfolio, the Sony Ericsson joint venture has declared that it aims to take the top market position for handset sales by 2005. The company’s …

BEIJING—China Unicom welcomed 439,000 subscribers on its new CDMA network last year, while the number of its GSM customers rose by 1.07 million to 28.1 million. Many of the CDMA …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The major cellular operator in Paraguay, Telecel (Millicom International), has launched its prepaid fixed wireless telephony service called Tele2. The new service uses an 800 MHz cellular network …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, on 18 February announced it will launch i-mode-like service in Germany in March or April through its partner, E-Plus. Based on the …

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said it charged two firms with making false claims about devices purporting to protect consumers against mobile-phone radiation. The FTC said it filed a lawsuit …

DENVER, United States—Aerie Networks subsidiary Ricochet Networks initiated a technical trial of the Ricochet high-speed wireless data network in Denver, marking the return of the service since its former owner, …