CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom—Smart antenna developer Antenova and Cambridge Consultants Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly market advanced antenna solutions.Under the terms of...
FRIDLEY, Minn.—The FDA has approved Medtronic Inc.'s CareLink, a wireless system that allows doctors to view data from defibrillators implanted in heart patients' chests...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The United Telecom Council announced Nancy J. Victory, assistant secretary of commerce, will give the keynote address at UTC Telecom 2002 this June...
LOS ANGELES—USIntellicom's prepaid wireless system infringes Telemac Corp.'s patent for a network-independent prepaid billing system, according to a recent Federal District Court ruling.Pre-Cell Solutions...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—The Federal Communications Commission and Industry Canada have issued regulatory approvals for Sierra Wireless's AirCard 710 Wireless Network Card, the first GSM/GPRS...
BEIJING, China—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...
IRVINE, Calif.—Verizon Wireless said it is introducing Maestro, a duo of Microsoft Windows-powered Pocket PC and CDM-9100 wireless phone with Internet access and "a...
BELLEVUE, Wash.—The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium says it has dissolved its operations, having concluded its five-year program in support of TDMA, WIN and EDGE...
PARIS—Alcatel has won a contract to expand the capacity of Turkish operator Aycell's GSM 1800 MHz network. The three-year, $144 million will allow the...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Sierra Wireless Inc. has reduced its fourth-quarter revenue and earnings estimates, citing delays in shipments and production.The company now expects revenues between...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said CDMA operators in North America have started receiving volume shipments of its cdma2000 1x products.The company said such companies as...
HELSINKI, Finland—Sonera opened its third-generation network in Finland on Jan. 1 in line with its license conditions. However, commercial service will not begin until...
MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced it has sent the maturity notice for the 7 percent equity subordinated debentures due February 15, 2002, and has...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Motorola Inc. filed last week with U.S. regulators to sell up to $2 billion in debt securities, common and preferred stock and other...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint PCS announced its Rhode Island customers will soon have access to location-based E911 technology on their handsets. The customers must have...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless unveiled the SCH-N300, a new wireless phone capable of identifying a caller's calling location and phone number to an emergency call...
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. has amended the terms of its proposed exchange offer for its five percent Convertible Subordinated Notes due October 2002.Now, for each...
RYE, N.Y.—Lynch Interactive Corp. said it has withdrawn its interest in acquiring telecommunications holding company Conestoga Enterprises Inc. in a $273 million cash deal.The...
TORONTO—WaveRider Communications Inc. announced its securities are subject to delisting from the Nasdaq National Market.The company said it was issued a Nasdaq Staff Determination...
TORONTO—Microcell Telecommunications completed a C$39.6 million (US$27.4 million) rights with shareholders Telesystem and VoiceStream Wireless, increasing total proceeds to C$450.6 million (US$312.2 million) to...
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia—The third-biggest Russian carrier, St. Petersburg-based North-Western GSM, launched a GSM 900/1800 MHz network in the Central Asian republic of Tajikistan in...
TOKYO—Japanese mobile-phone shipments in November 2001 dropped by 24.2 percent to 3.22 million units, the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) announced....
