Yearly Archives: 2002

Wireless entertainment group studies using devices during flight

WASHINGTON-Wouldn't it be cool to receive e-mail, a mobile-phone call or connect to the Internet while you are flying?That was the question examined last...

Carriers shoot for increased revenues from camera phones

Once the domain of top secret British agents with licenses to kill, wireless handsets that include cameras are now available to the common man...

Moody’s downgrades Alcatel debt rating

FRANKFURT, Germany-Moody's Investors Service has downgraded French vendor Alcatel's senior debt ratings to B1 from Ba1, reflecting the company's dwindling revenue flow, the need...

Hyundai to sell vehicles with telematics

SEOUL, South Korea-Hyundai Motor Co. will begin selling vehicles with a wide range of advanced telematics features next year in South Korea, and plans...

Intec buys Ericsson billing unit for $5M

LONDON-Intec Telecom Systems said it acquired L.M. Ericsson's Settler interconnect billing product unit for a cash amount of $5.1 million.The deal also allows Intel...

Sony creates mobile division to handle ring-tone business

Record industry giant Sony Music Entertainment bought wireless entertainment company Run Tones, and will use the acquisition to create a new Mobile Products Group...

Microsoft to use Pumatech sync software

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Investors roared their approval of a new deal between synchronization company Pumatech Inc. and Microsoft Corp.'s MSN business, sending Pumatech's stock up...

SBA faces Nasdaq delisting

NEW YORK-Tower company SBA Communications Corp. has been notified by The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. that it may be delisted from the Nasdaq National...

Open Mobile Alliance offers interoperability testing program

LAS VEGAS-Along with continuing to combine various industry standards groups, the Open Mobile Alliance said it will initiate a new interoperability testing program to...

FCC to check if phones comply with 911

WASHINGTON-The FCC's Enforcement Bureau on Friday said it wanted to evaluate test results by the Wireless Consumers Alliance that claimed that none of the...

Lucent installs cdma2000 1x for China Unicom

BEIJING-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has replaced 65 of China Unicom's CDMA base stations with cdma2000 1x technology in a day in Shanghai province.The...

Telus Mobility expands cdma2000 1x network

SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Telus Mobility said it has expanded its cdma2000 1x network throughout Canada via a combination of network buildouts in Western Canada and the...

Exports of China-made handsets increase

BEIJING-According to Shanghai Customs figures, 11.14 million handsets were exported from Shanghai in the first ten months of the year, an increase of 53.4...

Royalties on TD-SCDMA may be waived

BEIJING-The 3G Planning Group of the State Information Office of the Chinese government has discussed a proposal to waive royalties on TD-SCDMA equipment to...

RIM loses patent claim against NTP

WATERLOO, Ontario-BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. lost a patent claim against NTP Inc., and could pay damages of $23 million. RIM said it...

Trend Micro launches network security solution

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Trend Micro Inc. has made commercially available the PC-cillin 2003, the latest version of its consumer and small office-home office security solution for...

American Tower stock upgraded

NEW YORK-American Tower Corp.'s stock has been upgraded to "Strong Buy" by Raymond James & Associates Inc. in anticipation of several financial actions expected...

France Telecom, MobilCom to terminate UMTS agreements

PARIS-France Telecom and MobilCom will terminate their agreements concerning UMTS development in Germany.France Telecom and MobilCom have agreed to follow the MobilCom rescue plan...

TCL Mobile to offer color LCD display phones

ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Chinese mobile phone maker TCL Mobile Communications will offer color LCD display phones using modules from wireless module provider Wavecom."The flexibility of the...

Selby secures tower contracts with Orascom Telecom

MIAMI-Selby Communications announced at last week's Tower Summit & Trade Show that it has secured contracts valued at $30 million with Orascom Telecom, an...

China Unicom acquires nine provincial networks from parent

BEIJING-Hong Kong- and New York-listed China Unicom has acquired nine GSM networks from its parent company at a cost of CNY22.5 billion (US$2.72 billion)....

Verizon to buy interest in Virgina 10 RSA

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. signed an agreement to purchase Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.'s 66 percent general partner interest in the Virginia 10 RSA L.P., which...

SpectraSite to be delisted from Nasdaq

CARY, N.C.-Following its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing earlier this month, SpectraSite Holdings Inc. has been notified it will be delisted from the Nasdaq Small...

Alamosa names Richardson COO

LUBBOCK, Texas-Alamosa Holdings Inc. named Steve Richardson to fill the previously vacant chief operating officer position at the Sprint PCS affiliate beginning Dec. 1.Richardson...

Handset market share disputed in China

BEIJING-Consultants CCID, affiliated with China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) and Analysys Consulting, a partner of the Gartner Group, published conflicting figures on China's...
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