Yearly Archives: 2002

Cambridge trial shows progress on E-OTD

CAMBRIDGE, England-Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. said its latest trial results show enhanced observed time difference systems are making progress, with 81 percent of calls...

T-Mobile, Borders books announce Wi-Fi service

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Expanding the coverage of its Wi-Fi-based HotSpot service, T-Mobile USA Inc. announced a partnership with Borders Group Inc. to provide wireless Internet access...

RIM under fire for dealings on fees

TORONTO-Canada's Research in Motion (RIM) is facing allegations that it agreed to pay New York broker Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) to ensure analyst...

Colombia delays PCS auction, sets 2.5G requirement on new operator

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Alvaro Uribe's Colombian government has decided to postpone the national-level auction of three regional personal communications services (PCS) licences until January and...

Zimbabwean mobile licenses threatened

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Witness Mangwende, Zimbabwean minister of transport and communications, has informed parliament that the regulatory body, the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of...

Viterbi to speak at Marconi Foundation conference

NEW YORK-The Marconi Foundation announced Andrew Viterbi, who developed the interference suppression algorithm used for major digital standards, will be a panelist at its...

Telenor troubles typify Scandinavian woes

OSLO, Norway-A surprise tax bill of 2.4 billion crowns (US$323 million) is the latest bit of bad news for Norway's leading telecom operator and...

XO, FBI, Justice reach agreement to allow ownership transfer

WASHINGTON-XO Communications Inc., the FBI and the Department of Justice last month entered an agreement which will allow XO's fixed-wireless licenses to be transferred...

Esat BT makes mobile consumer move an option

DUBLIN, Ireland-Barely a week after its parent company British Telecommunications (BT) revealed plans to re-enter the U.K. consumer mobile market, there are indications that...

Korea’s mobile payment service faces disruption

SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea's mobile payments made for purchases of digital content or other inexpensive products may face a disruption as the Fair Trade...

Telefónica Móviles slows down its decline in Argentina

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MTN pays subscribers for prepaid

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African mobile network operator MTN claimed it has paid back more than US$370,000 in funds to prepaid subscribers since the relaunch...

DoCoMo posts only 135,700 FOMA subscribers at end-September

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, gained merely 2,200 new subscribers for its third-generation (3G) services in September, which brought NTT DoCoMo's...

BrainHeart steers clear of 3G investments

HELSINKI, Finland-BrainHeart Capital, a Stockholm-based group dedicated to investments in wireless technologies, has decided against investing in the third-generation (3G) industry, 3G company stocks...

Inktomi cuts jobs

FOSTER CITY, Calif.-Inktomi Corp. announced it will cut about 20 percent of its staff, or about 85 positions, a move the company said would...

Globalstar system to be used in Brazilian presidential election

AMAZON STATE, Brazil-Citizens of Brazil will use the Globalstar satellite phone system to cast votes in the upcoming presidential elections.Votes are cast on battery-operated...

Nortel, Qualcomm test UMTS voice and data at 1.9 GHz

OTTAWA-Nortel Networks Ltd. and Qualcomm Inc. announced the successful test of an UMTS voice and data call across commercial cell sites using live 1.9...

Summus will offer Snapfish photo service for WAP

RALEIGH, N.C.-Summus Inc. announced it will make online picture service Snapfish available to wireless carriers that support WAP. The companies said wireless users will...

Motorola stock falls to 10-year low

CHICAGO-Motorola Inc.'s stock fell 15-percent on Wednesday, to trade at $8.30, a new 10-year low for the infrastructure giant.By Thursday morning, shares were back...

Smart Card Alliance appoints director

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-The Smart Card Alliance announced its 2003 board of directors and executive committee as well as the appointment of Randy Vanderhoof as the...

U.K. outcry over ‘secret’ cell-phone masts

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Tabloid newspapers in the United Kingdom have used banner headlines to alert readers that hundreds of cell-phone transmitter masts have been secretly...

Kyocera Mita releases 802.11b printer controller

FAIRFIELD, N.J.-Kyocera Mita introduced a 802.11b network interface print controller for its printers and multi-functional devices designed to allow companies to deploy printing capabilities...

Consumer watchdog urges prepaid users to switch to contracts

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The U.K.-based consumer magazine Which has called on prepaid cell-phone users to consider saving money by switching to yearly contracts with their...

Fujitsu develops robot controlled by mobile phone

TOKYO-Fujitsu Research Institute, a research arm of Fujitsu Limited, has developed a home-use robot controlled by a mobile phone, the company announced.According to the...

Taiwanese supplier to enter European market

DUBLIN, Ireland-Handset manufacturer DBTEL, which already has contracts to produce phones for a number of leading European operators including British Telecommunications (BT), is to...
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