2002

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Java giant Sun Microsystems Inc. announced Chinese carrier CSL will be the first in greater China to launch Java-based wireless services. The carrier will deploy the services through …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Colligo Networks Inc., formerly SynchroPoint Wireless, announced $3.5 million in venture capital financing and a deal with PricewaterhouseCoopers. The company, which provides collaborating software for mobile workers, sold …

ATLANTA—Wireless hardware and software provider Discrete Wireless announced it has completed $1.3 million equity capital round of private investments, bringing the total investments the company has raised to more than …

IRVINE, Calif.—Electronic company D-Link said it has developed what it calls the first wireless Internet camera known as the D-Link Air DCS-1000W, which does remote security monitoring as well as …

ARLINGTON, Va.—TeleCorp PCS Inc. shareholders approved the company’s proposed merger with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which is expected to be completed on Feb. 15. “Over 94 percent of the votes …

AMAGASAKI, Japan-Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said it has developed a browser that will enable mobile phones, car navigation systems and other mobile terminals to handle a multi-markup language known as xHTML …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—As branding becomes a more important weapon in the struggle to win cell-phone customers, industry analysts are beginning to question how Hutchison 3G will be able to make …

BERLIN—The mobile division of Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile, has forcefully indicated that it plans to be the first to launch third-generation (3G) services in Germany. The company announced plans to deploy …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—With the first signs that European cell-phone operators are generating better revenues than expected, the major handset developers are gearing themselves up for better days after many months …

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.—UbiquiTel Inc. reaffirmed previously issued guidance on its funding position, reporting it had approximately $130 million in cash and cash equivalents and $85 million in available bank credit facilities …

SAN DIEGO—While the Olympics may be in their own backyard, Salt Lake City residents who do not have tickets to events will be able to watch live coverage on the …

CHICAGO—Until March 31, U.S. Cellular Corp. said it will be collecting used wireless phones through its Community Action Recycling Effort program with proceeds from the donations benefiting the Families Scholarship …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Mobile operator MTN Nigeria has reported that it will assist the city of Lagos, Nigeria, recover from an explosion at an arms dump, which led to the death …

LONDON—The Omani government approved plans for the privatization of Oman Telecommunications to move forward to offer a 40-percent stake in the company. Privatization plans, which were revived in January after …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—An increased volume in calls being made by KenCell and Safaricom’s mobile subscribers over the fixed-line network of Telkom Kenya has caused the company’s revenues to increase by …

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands—Royal Philips Electronics said it has successfully concluded a trial of its solution for delivering multimedia content and applications over wireless networks using Verizon Wireless’ Express Network data …

DENVER, United States—WebLink Wireless found its white knight. The paging and messaging carrier said last week it scored a deal with Sun Capital Acquisition, which buys cash-strapped companies and then …

WASHINGTON—President Bush’s 2003 budget eliminates a major telecom infrastructure grant program, while including legislative proposals to reschedule broadcast spectrum auctions and to charge television licensees US$500 million a year starting …

TORONTO—Sierra Wireless has begun shipments of its high-speed communications card to Verizon Wireless. The new AirCard 555 modem will provide higher connectivity speeds for mobile workers who want to send …

BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States—Verizon Wireless filed a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, asking the court to …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile carrier in Japan, announced the average revenue per user (ARPU) of FOMA, DoCoMo’s new third-generation (3G) service, was 10,400 yen (US$78) during the three months …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—More than 41 percent of Ericsson’s last half-year losses were attributed to the possible failure to pay by various telephony operators in Argentina and other countries in the …

BERLIN—German vendor Weblicon Technologies said it joined the Wireless Village initiative, which focuses on integrating instant messaging and presence services into mobile services. Weblicon said it will integrate instant messaging …

HAUPPAUGE, New York, United States—Audiovox Communications and Hyundai CuriTel in Korea signed an estimated US$730 million agreement for Hyundai CuriTel to manufacture CDMA handsets for Audiovox during the next 12 …

LONDON—Logica announced it scored a US$2.3 million sale through its reselling deal with Ericsson. Under the deal, Ericsson sold Logica’s Telepath short message service (SMS) product to a Latin American …