Yearly Archives: 2002

AvantGo stock drops on earnings news

HAYWARD, Calif.-Wireless enterprise company AvantGo Inc. reported revenues of $4.5 million and a net loss of $5.5 million, news the sent the company's stock...

Investors pleased with InfoSpace earnings

BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc., which sells Web and wireless software and application services, reported revenues for its third quarter of $33.6 million and a net...

Pinpoint raises $4M in venture funding

CARY, N.C.-Pinpoint Networks Inc., which sells content platforms to wireless carriers, announced it raised $4 million in venture funding from its new investor New...

CSI Wireless releases Driver-Link

CALGARY, Alberta-CSI Wireless Inc. has released Driver-Link, a one-touch in-car calling device that uses wireless and GPS technology to allow drivers to communicate hands-free...

Movicom BellSouth to be only participant in Uruguayan auction

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Movicom BellSouth was the only operator that presented the prequalification documents to participate in the spectrum auction that will take place on...

Australian mobile complaints decrease in 2002

MELBOURNE, Australia-Consumers contacted Australia's Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman 62,275 times to complain about telephone and Internet services last financial year, a drop of 13 percent...

New mobile operator to extend rural coverage in Malawi

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Recently, the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) licensed a new operator, the Malawi Mobile Cellular Network Limited, with an eye to increasing...

724 stays focused on profitability goals

TORONTO-724 Solutions Inc. reported revenue for its third quarter of $5.6 million, up from the $5 million in the company's previous quarter but down...

Sweden’s PTS may seek all-party compromise

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-PTS, the Swedish telecom regulatory authority, has hinted it is prepared to organize a roundtable discussion with third-generation (3G) license holders that feel...

MobilCom’s 3G network attracts interest

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having built a wireless network covering nearly 20 percent of the German population, the beleaguered operator MobilCom is now said to be...

Cellon launches GSM/GPRS module

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Cellon International launched its new CMS91 GSM/GPRS wireless module, which the company said will allow manufacturers and designers to develop wireless handsets...

Intel opens expanded chip plant

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intel corp. said it has opened a $2 billion expanded chip plant, called Fab 11X, in New Mexico to build microprocessors on...

Nigeria orders Nitel to pay outstanding debts to MTN, Econet

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered the state-owned telecommunications network operator Nigeria Telecommunications (Nitel) to pay MTN and Econet Wireless more...

Wireless users holding on to handsets longer

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-Although carriers continue to lower the price of new mobile phones in an effort to attract more customers, wireless subscribers are waiting...

Access Spectrum subsidiary to provide band management

BETHESDA, Md.-Access Spectrum LLC said federal regulators have given permission to its subsidiary to provide band management services in the 220-222 MHz band. The...

Colligo releases instant network product

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Colligo Networks Inc. released the Colligo Workgroup Edition, the latest product in their line of "instant network" solutions.Colligo Workgroup Edition is designed...

Redwood woman gets settlement from wireless companies

NEW YORK-Julia Butterfly Hill, who lived in a redwood tree nicknamed "Luna" for two years to protest old growth forest destruction, has reached an...

Sprint PCS won’t renew Metro One contract

PORTLAND, Ore.-Metro One Telecommunications Inc. reported that Sprint PCS would not renew its contract to provide enhanced directory services to the wireless operator once...

T-Mobile to market riteMail products

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Pen&Internet LLC, creator of riteMail, a handwritten e-mail application, has teamed with T-Mobile dealer RACO Industries to market riteMail products and services through...

Sierra Wireless records surprise profit

TORONTO-Sierra Wireless Inc. reported a surprise third-quarter profit Tuesday as sales of its wireless modems came in higher than management had expected.The Vancouver-based company...

Devon to auction tower assets

WILMINGTON, Del.-Bankrupt Devon Mobile Communications L.P. said it will attempt to sell, via auction, substantially all of its site tower assets and will assume...

Wireless Services, CMG set up text service in Canada, U.S., Latin America

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Messaging companies Wireless Services Corp. and CMG Wireless Data Solutions announced they set up a service to allow mobile customers to send text...

Openwave Systems reports $71.2 M in revenues

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless Internet software and infrastructure provider Openwave Systems Inc. reported slightly higher revenues for its first quarter and a smaller net loss...

Bankruptcy court denies NII Holdings reorganization plan

WILMINGTON, Del.-A U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., denied NII Holdings Inc.'s proposed Chapter 11 reorganization plan noting its filed documents violated a number...

Microsoft to acquire Vicinity

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. announced it will acquire location-services company Vicinity Corp. in a deal valued at about $96 million.Microsoft said it will integrate Vicinity...
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