2002

CHICAGO, United States—Motorola plans to lay off 20 percent of its 600 executives between next week and April as part of ongoing job cuts in the company. “While our sales …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia said it has launched a TDMA/GSM phone model, which will enable roaming in the United States, Europe and other parts of the world. Nokia believes it is the …

Murray Hill, New Jersey, United States—Lucent Technologies has appointed a returning executive, Patricia Russo, as its chief executive officer (CEO). She replaces Henry Schacht, 67, who will now serve as …

BOSTON, United States—The Yankee Group expects the deployment of new technologies to drive handset sales between 2002 and 2005, with Asia leading the way, especially China. The research firm said …

RESTON, Virginia, United State—Nextel Communications entered a licensing agreement with Qualcomm for the further development and deployment of Qualcomm’s QChat software, which is designed to provide push-to-talk functionality on CDMA …

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ROCHESTER, New York, United States—Eastman Kodak Company announced it will spin off its wireless business into a company called Appairent Technologies, which will develop technology for the wireless transmission of …

LAS VEGAS, United States—In his keynote at the 2002 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates detailed his company’s new wireless strategies, which include …

LONDON—Hutchison 3G UK partnered with BBC Technology to manage the production of Hutchison’s audio-visual content to be available in its third-generation (3G) service. BBC will process and edit content for …

MOSCOW—Russian Communications Minister Leonid Reiman said the Arabic Thuraya satellite communications company is likely to get a license in Russia if it fulfills all the necessary requirements. “I believe Thuraya …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The U.K. government is calling on cell-phone operators and terminal manufacturers to rapidly improve the security features of handsets to halt a steep increase in street crime involving …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—In an effort to stimulate the use of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-based services, Telia Mobile has become the first cell-phone operator to offer GPRS roaming throughout the …

NAPERVILLE, Illinois, United States—SingTel in Asia will use Tellabs’ EC Duo 8000 echo canceller and voice-quality enhancement technology in its GSM network, Tellabs announced. The EC Duo 8000 eliminates echo, …

NEW YORK—A trio of wireless carriers tapped the deep well of the debt markets last week, collectively raising nearly $2 billion. Korea Telecom was first out of the starting gate, …

LONDON—Vodafone Group plc said it began global payment trials in the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. The trials are intended to test the global carrier’s payment platform. Full commercial service, …

LAS VEGAS-Audiovox Communications Corp unveiled its dual-band TDMA phone known as T-300, operating on the 800 MHz/1900 MHz TDMA/AMPS frequencies. The phone has a handsfree headset, cigarette lighter charger, desktop …

SEATTLE—E-City Software Inc., which develops interactive maps, said new market initiatives in the wireless industry have created significant product opportunities for wireless versions of E-City’s core 3D CityMap technology, and …

YUBA CITY, Calif.—Prime Companies Inc. announced it is now offering live and passive video streaming as a new service package through its subsidiary NACC-TEL Corp.“We anticipate a substantial increase this …

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—Superconductor Technologies Inc. said it will introduce the IMT-2000 SuperFilter Tower Top System next week at the 3G Mobile World Summit in Japan. The product is a cryogenic …

BEIJING—China’s Minister of Information Industry Wu Jichuan announced that China will set up four integrated telecom operators that will provide fixed-line, mobile, data and basic telecom services. In addition to …

HELSINKI, Finland—Skanova, the wholesale division of the Swedish state telecom Telia, signed a letter of understanding to sell network capacity to Svenska UMTS-net, a company that is building a Universal …

TORONTO—Sierra Wireless announced that regulators approved one of its high-speed wireless modems for sale. The Vancouver modem maker said that Industry Canada and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission had granted …

MEXICO CITY—Mexico passed a 10-percent telecommunications tax that will directly affect mobile operators with postpaid clients. Iusacell, which has a high number of postpaid customers, will be the most harshly …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Nextel’s international operator, NII Holdings, informed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it was unable to comply with a due date on 31 December in Argentina …

BEIJING—In more than 200 cities throughout China, China Telecom has launched its Xiaolingtong PHS service, putting pressure on mobile carriers China Mobile and China Unicom. China Telecom does not have …