Yearly Archives: 2002

Itronix combines with two other providers to win contracts

WASHINGTON-By combining its rugged mobile computing applications with offerings from other providers, Itronix Corp. of Spokane, Wash., said on Wednesday that it will...

Hi3G joins Swedish companies seeking rollout delays

HELSINKI, Finland and OSLO, Norway-Hutchison Whampoa and Investor-backed Hi3G, which will operate under the brand name "3," will join Swedish third-generation (3G) license holders...

Europe sees outbreak of MMS pricing war

OXFORD, United Kingdom-As many mobile operators around the world install and trial their multimedia message service (MMS) infrastructure, those that have launched services have...

Leegur Oy receives financing from Nokia, Alafi

HELSINKI, Finland-Leegur Oy, which provides analysis and software tools, said it has received a new round of funding amounting to $1.5 million from Nokia...

Lucent may face civil charges from SEC

CHICAGO-The Securities and Exchange Commission may file civil charges against Lucent Technologies Inc. over sales accounting practices, according to a report by USA Today.The...

Powell suggests setting ‘interference temperature’ for underutilized spectrum

WASHINGTON--FCC Chairman Michael Powell on Wednesday called for the Federal Communications Commission to set an "interference temperature" as a way of using underutilized spectrum."The...

U.K.’s TTPcom opens Shanghai office

BEIJING-The U.K. supplier of wireless communication technologies TTPcom has opened an office in Shanghai. Ten percent of the company's US$60.5 million of sales in...

PT/Expo Comm China 2002 opens in Beijing

BEIJING-Nearly 600 companies from 24 countries are participating in PT/Expo Comm China 2002, which opened in Beijing on 30 October. The central theme of...

Australia considers new number ranges for SMS

MELBOURNE, Australia-The explosive growth of short message service (SMS) in Australia has prompted the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) to consider reserving new telephone number...

Sharp expands market share riding on Sha-mail boom

TOKYO-The top two Japanese mobile handset manufacturers-NEC and Matsushita Communications Industrial-have lost market share, while Sharp, which is the leading maker for picture phone...

Jury rules in favor of Harris in Ericsson patent claim

DALLAS-A Texas jury has asked L.M. Ericsson to pay $61 million to Harris Corp. for infringing on the company's patent, which allows handsets to...

Korea slaps business suspension order on mobile firms

SEOUL, Korea-In a surprising move, the Korea Communications Commission, South Korea's top telecom regulator, decided Monday to place business suspension orders on three mobile...

Brightpoint completes of Mexican assets

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. said it has completed the sale of certain operating assets of Brightpoint Mexico to Soluciones Inteligentes para el Mercado Mobile S.A. de...

Chinese government favors TD-SCDMA in spectrum allocation

BEIJING-According to Zhou Huan, president of Datang Telecom Technologies, co-developer with Siemens of the TD-SCDMA third-generation (3G) technology, the Chinese government has allocated broader...

Doubts raised over Hutchison’s 3G launch timing

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having consistently stated that it would be the first to launch a third-generation (3G) service in the United Kingdom, Hutchison has now...

Senators urge FCC to allow NextWave re-auction winners to opt-out

WASHINGTON-Three senators have urged the Federal Communications Commission to allow the re-auction winners of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.'s licenses to opt-out of their bids."We...

Brightpoint completes sale of Mexican assets

INDIANAPOLIS, United States-Brightpoint said it has completed the sale of certain operating assets of Brightpoint Mexico to Soluciones Inteligentes para el Mercado Mobile, which...

CTIA: Wireless data revenues grow by 135 percent

WASHINGTON-U.S. wireless data revenues have grown by 135 percent, and voice revenues have increased 19 percent since last year, according to the semi-annual survey...

Japanese carriers push pricing competition

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, will launch a flat rate mobile service in the second quarter of 2003, the company said...

China’s mobile subscribers to surpass fixed-line users soon

BEIJING-China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) announced that the country's two mobile-phone operators added 45.17 million new users in the first three quarters of...

Orsus acquires assets of Speedwise

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Orsus Solutions has acquired the intellectual property and other assets of Speedwise Technologies Ltd. in a cash and stock transaction.The acquisition enables...

ABI says ultra-wideband needs standard to reach potential

WASHINGTON-Ultra-wideband technology will not meet its full potential without a definable standard, according to a report released last week by Allied Business Intelligence, a...

Government cracks down on prepaid card providers in the Philippines

MANILA, The Philippines-The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is set to issue next month new regulations cracking down on providers and distributors of prepaid...

Telus Mobility, SmartServ launch Forbes.com service

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada and STAMFORD, Conn.-Telus Mobility and SmartServ Online Inc. launched Forbes.com Wireless Powered by SmartServ giving Telus consumers the ability...
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