Yearly Archives: 2002

Fujitsu, Sagem cooperate on 3G handset development

TOKYO—Fujitsu, a leading telecom vender in Japan, and Sagem, the second-largest telecom vender in France, signed a third-generation mobile handset agreement, both firms announced...

India’s Wipro in Bluetooth alliance with Austrian firm

NEW DELHI, India—The Bangalore-based Wipro Technologies has announced a partnership with Graz, Austria-based Austriamicrosystems to jointly produce and market chipsets for the emerging Bluetooth...

Shenandoah adds 26,000 users in 2001

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...

Rural Cellular to use Openet solution

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...

OpenPath offers SMS Testing Suite

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...

Logica, FunMail demonstrate animated messaging at 3GSM

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...

Bitfone shows off mProve solution

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,...

AT&T Wireless awarded TRUSTe Privacy Seal

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...

Media ownership ruling could impact FCC’s biennial review process

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...

Hybrid Networks may be forced into bankruptcy

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...

EarthLink launches wireless Internet service

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...

TIM supports Nokia Open Mobile Architecture initiative

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...

Nokia to deploy mPosition on Fujian network

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...

Dynamic Telecommunications unveils drive-test tool

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...

Nortel launches server, completes UMTS call

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...

Vodafone D2 chooses MapInfo platform

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...

Motorola partners with CH2M Hill, begins China research

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...

IBM unveils SPDE framework

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...

U.S. lawmakers champion wireless LNP delay

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...

Sony Ericsson aims for top handset position

Regardless of not having a product portfolio, the Sony Ericsson joint venture has declared that it aims to take the top market position for...

China Unicom users still favor GSM

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...

Telecel starts fixed wireless telephony in Paraguay

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...

I-mode-like service to be launched in Germany in March

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...

FTC charges firms with false claims about radiation protection devices

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...

Ricochet trial moves ahead in Denver

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...
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