Yearly Archives: 2002

EFJ secures line of credit

WASHINGTON-EFJ Inc. signed a $10 million line of credit with the Bank of America N.A. it will use for working capital and to finance...

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...

TETRA system deployed in Venezuela

CARACAS, Venezuela-Motorola announced deployment of a TETRA digital dispatch radio service in Venezuela for police and security in the state of Tachira.The vendor said...

First Russian CDMA 450 MHz network to launch shortly

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia-The first commercial CDMA 450 MHz network is to be launched soon in Russia by the St. Petersburg-based carrier Delta Telecom. City...

Partner requests delay for use of 1800 MHz band

BUCHAREST, Romania-Israel's GSM operator Partner, which operates under the Orange brand, has sent to the Ministry of Communications a request to delay receiving its...

Handspring’s Treo to be available in China

BEIJING-Treo mobile phone/personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc. announced it will sell its Treo 270 device in China through a new partnership with CEC...

Telia signs on with Hotmail SMS service

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telia's mobile subscribers will be able to access Hotmail e-mail sent via short message service to their mobile phones under a new deal...

3G in China awaits government decisions: Another golden egg?

BEIJING-Already the largest mobile-phone market in the world with more than 190 million subscribers at the end of September, China is gearing up to...

Verizon in deal with FoxSports.com

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. reported a deal with FoxSports.com to deliver sports news through Verizon Wireless' vtext.com text messaging service. Customers who sign up...

Intec buys Ericsson billing unit

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

Nokia signs TETRA contracts

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia recently announced two contracts for its TETRA network using IP technology.Nokia will join with Moratel to implement the TETRA system in Morocco....

New licenses ruled out in Bangladesh

NEW DELHI, India-Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Syed Marghub Murshed has ruled out issuing new licenses for private mobile-phone operators, as well as...

Pyramid sees strong global telecom market

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, United States-Casting some sunshine on the bleak telecom industry, Pyramid Research released a report predicting the global telecom sector will increased from...

Most Southeast Asian markets driven by prepaid

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Economic factors coupled with customers' general habits have driven most Southeast Asian customers to choose the most appropriate payment method for their mobile-phone...

Canada to review foreign-ownership telecom law

TORONTO-The federal government launched a review yesterday of the law restricting foreigners to minority stakes in domestic telephone companies. It is a process that...

Samsung lays out plans for U.S. market

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics laid out its vision for the U.S. wireless market in conjunction with the Comdex show in Las Vegas, boasting of...

Qwest begins private securities exchange offer

DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. began a private offer to exchange $12.9 billion in debt securities of its Qwest Capital Funding Inc. subsidiary for new...

Qualcomm announces gpsOne milestone

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said more than 5 million gpsOne-enabled wireless devices are now in commercial use in Japan, South Korea and the United States,...

Verizon appoints Brown director of Northwest sales

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Verizon Wireless Inc. appointed David Brown director of sales for the carrier's Northwest Region where he will lead, plan and direct sales of...

J-Phone raided by Japanese Fair Trade Commission

TOKYO-Japanese operator J-Phone's news that it has signed 1 million picture service users was overshadowed by a raid on its headquarters by the country's...

Motorola introduces new DragonBall generation

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it has introduced the second generation of its ARM core-based DragonBall microprocessor known as DragonBall MXL applications processor.Garmin International is...

Rogers to offer Intermec device

TORONTO-Intermec Technology Corp. reported that its GSM/GPRS-enabled 700 series mobile computing device will be available on Canadian operator Rogers Wireless Inc.'s network.Intermec said the...

KPN Telecom reduces debt, reports profit

THE HAAG, The Netherlands-KPN Telecom released its quarterly results on Friday, reporting its net debt decreased to about $14 billion at the end of...

Digital Orchid signs Nascar content deal with AT&T, Sprint

ATLANTA-Wireless development company Digital Orchid Inc. announced it scored an exclusive license to sell Nascar-related content to AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Sprint PCS...

Dobson reports slightly higher revenues

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. released full quarterly results posting a slight increase in total revenues for the third quarter from $164.8 million last year...
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