Yearly Archives: 2002

France Télécom reportedly prepares for Orange selloff

OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an attempt to reduce its crippling debt mountain of 70 billion euro (US$67.9 billion), France T

Carriers, vendors participate in EDGE seminar at Wireless IT

LAS VEGAS-Vendors TTPCom, 7 Layers and Analog Devices and carriers AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, and T-Mobile will take part in a seminar called "Making...

Europe’s 3G pioneers continue to invest

OXFORD, United Kingdom-While industry gurus and market survey reports continue to pour cold water on the likely success of third generation (3G) technology, Hutchison...

Sandbridge introduces new baseband processor

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-Sandbridge Technologies has made commercially available its new Sandblaster Baseband Processor, which uses software defined radio to enable multimode, multiplatform and multifunction...

U.S. Cellular to offer BREW games to trial customers

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp., which is running a customer trial of Binary Runtime for Wireless Environment in its Knoxville, Tenn., market, will offer those customers...

Nitel ordered to interconnect

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has ordered the incumbent network operator Nigerian Telecommunications (Nitel) to interconnect its mobile network with that of...

Moviso launches V4 platform for mobile media content

LAS VEGAS-Moviso L.L.C. unveiled its new V4 technology platform, designed to support the production, presentation and distribution of mobile media content across all wireless...

Ericsson wins MMS contract in Iceland

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has signed a contract with Iceland Telecom to supply its end-to-end multimedia messaging service solution."Ericsson will supply a total...

Audiovox handset to include BREW apps

LAS VEGAS-Handset maker Audiovox Corp. said its CDM-9500 handset will carry applications from eight BREW applications providers."Now consumers using our new CDM-9500 wireless phone...

Verizon Wireless launches new vtext.com SMS services

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless introduced new services on its vtext.com short message service companion Web site. Vtext.com includes up to 20 people in its group...

Eyematic announces animated messaging service for Verizon Wireless

LOS ANGELES, Calif.-Eyematic Inc. said it has built what it describes as the first wireless animated messaging service known as "Shout Messenger" on Verizon...

IPWireless releases latest version of network software

SAN BRUNO, Calif.-IPWireless Inc. said the latest version of its network software is now commercially available. Enhancements to the solution include Universal Subscriber Identity...

Motorola posts net earnings of $111M

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, Ill., reported a third-quarter net sales decline to $6.37 billion from $7.4 billion a year ago, but it also posted...

Telespree develops activation software for cdma200 1x networks

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-Telespree Communications said it has developed what it calls Fast Card, an instant-use activation software for cdma2000 1x networks."In Fast Card, device...

Church of Christ urges FCC to cancel WorldCom’s licenses

WASHINGTON-Saying that WorldCom Inc. is unfit to hold its licenses, the Office of Communications of the United Church of Christ Inc. filed an informal...

RIM unveils new Blackberrys at IT show

LAS VEGAS-Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled two data and voice-enabled BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds on the opening day of CTIA's Wireless I.T. & Internet in...

iAnywhere mobile database technology to be used in Dutch rail application

MAARSSEN, The Netherlands-Wireless enterprise company iAnywhere Solutions Inc., a subsidiary of Sybase Inc., announced its mobile database technology will be integrated into a wireless...

NReach to sell Cellus content

LAS VEGAS-Mobile content provider Cellus USA announced nReach will sell Cellus wireless content through its Mobile Content Kiosk.The kiosks allow consumers to order wireless...

S&P lists American Tower, Crown, SBA on CreditWatch negative

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said late last week it has placed B-plus corporate credit ratings on American Tower Corp. and Crown Castle...

Zeosoft releases new version of Zeosphere

TAMPA-Zeosoft is releasing version 1.5 of its Zeosphere application server at this week's CTIA Wireless IT and Internet show in Las Vegas.Zeosoft's new solution,...

RF Micro Devices to buy Resonext Communications

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. said it has signed a deal to purchase Resonext Communications Inc., which makes integrated CMOS WLAN solutions for 802.11a...

Hatfield blames everyone but carriers, vendors for E911 delays

WASHINGTON-The independent report on the problems associated with deployment of enhanced 911 blames everyone but the wireless industry and location vendors for the constant...

Wavecom shows dual-band GSM/GPRS module

LAS VEGAS-Wavecom Inc. will showcase its new 850/1900 MHz dual-band GSM/GPRS module for plug-in wireless communications capabilities at CTIA's show in Las Vegas this...

Wayport to add business centers at Oakland International Airport

AUSTIN, Texas-Wayport, which provides wireless and wired Internet access in airports and hotels, said it will open two Laptop Lane airport business centers at...

GSM Association restructures, refocuses on 3G rollouts

ISTANBUL, Turkey-The GSM Association has announced a restructuring and renewed focus on speeding the implementation of third-generation networks amid continued W-CDMA delays across Europe....
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