Yearly Archives: 2002

Openwave expects loss at low end of expectations

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Wireless Internet giant Openwave Systems Inc. announced it expects its loss for the second quarter to be on the low end of...

vVault, Genient to integrate products

SAN FRANCISCO—Wireless application and software infrastructure provider vVault announced it will integrate its products with those of Genient, which provides a Web services integration...

Infowave launches downloadable wireless e-mail service

LAS VEGAS—Infowave Software launched a new enterprise product that bypasses the corporate information-technology department and puts wireless deployment decisions in the hands of individual...

Merrill Lynch cuts subscriber forecast

NEW YORK—Subscriber growth for U.S. wireless services companies for fourth quarter 2001 may fall below previous Wall Street expectations, according to analysts from Merrill...

Lucent sells stake in New Ventures Group

NEW YORK—Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has sold 80 percent of its New Ventures Group portfolio to British-based Coller Capital. The portfolio will be...

Wi-Lan sells controlling interest in DTS

CALGARY, Alberta—Wi-Lan Inc. said it sold its controlling interest in Digital Transmission Systems to a DTS employee stock ownership program."DTS was a good acquisition...

AT&T, Telmex express interest in Ecuador auction

QUITO, Ecuador—According to Conatel, Ecuador's national telecom regulator, AT&T and Mexico's Telmex have expressed a formal interest in Ecuador's upcoming April auction of three...

TDMA association closes shop, new group formed

DENVER, United States—Nothing demonstrates that the sun will eventually set on TDMA technology as strongly as the decision by its supreme advocates, the Universal...

SK Telecom, SK Shinsegi Telecom merger hits roadblock

NEW YORK—The planned 5 January completion of the merger between SK Telecom and SK Shinsegi Telecom, which together control 52 percent of South Korea's...

Slovakia to award 3 UMTS licenses

BUCHAREST, Romania—Slovakia's Telecommunication Office announced it will invite interested companies to submit bids for three Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) licenses and one GSM...

Lawsuit filed against XO

BALA CYNWYD, Pennsylvania, United States—The law offices of Marc Henzel and Cauley Geller Bowman & Coates filed class action lawsuits in the U.S. District...

AT&T sells final shares in AT&T Wireless

NEW YORK—AT&T announced last week it has sold the last of its interest, approximately US$3 billion worth of shares, in AT&T Wireless, leaving the...

Pepsi plans wireless system for vending machine purchases

PURCHASE, New York, United States—Pepsi-Cola North America will deploy a wireless technology system that will allow customers to use their credit cards to make...

Mobil overtakes fixed services in Latin America

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, United States—Mobile services overtook fixed-line services in Latin America during 2001, according to data released by U.S.-based Pyramid Research. Mobile penetration in...

Motorola inaugurates first software center in South America

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Motorola inaugurated its first Software Development Center in South America, in the province of C

Alcatel to expand network in Turkey

PARIS—Alcatel has won a contract to expand the capacity of Turkish operator Aycell's GSM 1800 MHz network. The three-year, US$144 million contract will allow...

Gemplus wins China Unicom contract

BEIJING—Smart cards solutions maker Gemplus said it has won a contract to supply its first live card-based CDMA network to China Unicom."The launch of...

Globalstar expands service to Central Asia

SAN JOSE, California, United States—Globalstar said it began service throughout Central Asia, including Afghanistan, through its Russian service provider, GlobalTel. The company said its...

Asia to see strong handset sales

BOSTON—Asia is poised for strong growth in mobile handsets, according to a new report from the Yankee Group. The report projects that the Asia-Pacific...

Lucent sells majority stake in venture-capital group

NEW YORK—Lucent Technologies said it has sold 80 percent of its New Ventures Group portfolio to British-based Coller Capital. The portfolio will be called...

ETSI holds smart card event

NEW YORK—The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) held its first smart card interoperability event in mid-December at its headquarters in Sophia Antipolis, France, bringing...

Austria’s One to launch 3G services in the second half of 2002

BUCHAREST, Romania—Austrian operator One said it will launch third-generation (3G) services in the second half of 2002 once sufficient handsets are available. In addition,...

Russia’s 3G licensing awaits equipment

MOSCOW—Despite a recent Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) test by one of Russia's largest operators, Russian Communications Minister Leonid Reiman refused to disclose the...

Samsung introduces ultra-thin lithium-ion rechargeable battery

SEOUL, South Korea—Samsung SDI said it has developed the world's thinnest lithium-ion rechargeable cell phone batteries, which can store 355-watt hours in a space...

HP introduces wireless notebooks

PALO ALTO, Calif.—Hewlett-Packard Co. introduced two new wireless notebooks, offering embedded 802.11b or Bluetooth connectivity and digital home networking features.HP's Pavilion zt1000 notebook comes...
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