Yearly Archives: 2002

Sega to provide games to firms in Taiwan and Hong Kong

TOKYO-Sega on Tuesday announced it would supply gaming software to FarEasTone in Taiwan and SmarTone in Hong Kong. Both Asian telecom companies launched game...

Agilent Technologies opens R&D center in Beijing

BEIJING-Agilent Technologies has opened a research and development center in Beijing focused on developing software tools for designing third-generation (3G) devices and components.This includes...

New Lucent chip doubles voice, data capacity

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies released a new chip the company said will work as a smart antenna for CDMA networks, doubling the networks' capacity...

Palm posts strong 2Q numbers

MILPITAS, Calif.-Personal digital assistant giant Palm Inc. posted a strong second quarter, finally managing to move into the black and capitalize on its new...

Atsonic premieres real-time wireless traffic service

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Software company Atsonic L.L.C. announced a new wireless service to deliver live video of traffic updates and travel times information to mobile phones...

Sharp launches mobile VoIP experiment

TOKYO-Sharp, a leading vendor in Japan, launched an experiment for mobile voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) using Sharp's popular personal digital assistant (PDA) Zaurus...

New York city council approves ban on cell phone use at public performances

NEW YORK-By a vote of 40-9, the city council of New York has approved a bill to prohibit the use of cell phones at...

North Korea to build GSM network

BEIJING-Reclusive North Korea has decided to build a GSM network, initially in an area 48 kilometers around the capital Pyongyang and to be expanded...

Arraycomm’s Australian unit receives additional funding

NEW YORK-CKW Wireless Pty. Ltd., the Australian subsidiary of ArrayComm Inc., San Jose, Calif., has obtained a $14 million capital infusion from two new...

Marriott to offer Wi-Fi in 400 properties

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Marriott International Inc. will partner with WLAN service provider STSN to deploy WLAN access at 400 hotels in Germany, the U.K. and the...

Motorola gets $33M expansion contract in India

BANGALORE-Motorola will expand Bharat Sandhar Nigam Ltd.'s (BSNL) cellular network in southern India according to a newly signed deal worth $33 million.According to their...

China’s fixed-line carriers eye CDMA WLL services

BEIJING-China Netcom and China Telecom, China's main fixed-line operators, are considering building wireless local loop (WLL) services based on the CDMA standard, but mobile...

Hudson launches voice mail service for i-mode

TOKYO-Hudson, a leading game software provider in Japan, announced it launched a new voice message service for NTT DoCoMo's i-mode service.When a user of...

Ireland’s GSM award controversy continues

DUBLIN, Ireland-As the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the awarding of the second GSM license in Ireland continues, those who advised the government at...

Orange withdraws from Swedish mobile market

OSLO, Norway-Mobile operator Orange confirmed Thursday it would back out of the Swedish mobile market, a move that had been widely predicted due to...

Kyocera, Roxio cooperate on smart phone

SAN DIEGO-Mobile phone maker Kyocera Wireless Corp. will use software from Roxio Inc. to allow users of its forthcoming 7135 smart phone to edit...

Nokia reports US$100 million expansion in China

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia will supply a GSM network expansion to China's Henan MCC in a deal valued at more than US$100 million.Deliveries of GSM core...

MobiFon stake changes hands

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless (TIW) and ClearWave said they reached an agreement with Emerging Markets Partnership (WMP) on the sale of the 5.68-percent stake of...

Impsat to restructure, emerge from Chapter 11

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Court of New York accepted Impsat's restructuring plan, which includes the reduction of its US$990 million debt to US$270 million, the...

Good Technology announces e-mail contract with law firm

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The nation's 18th largest law firm will be the first to use Good Technology Inc.'s new G100 wireless e-mail devices, and will equip...

AT&T’s Nelson elected to 3G Americas board

BELLEVUE, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. chief technology officer Rod Nelson was elected chariman of the board of governors for the 3G Americas industry organization,...

CDMA Operators Summit 2002 held in Beijing

BEIJING-Nine CDMA operators attended the CDMA Operators Summit 2002 hosted by China United Telecommunications, parent of New York-listed China Unicom.Vice President Wang Jianzhou called...

Comcel, BellSouth announce upgrade plans for Colombian networks

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The two major cell-phone operators in Colombia, which operate on TDMA technology, announced they are migrating their networks to different technologies. In...

Econet Zimbabwe to enhance network capacity

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator Econet Wireless Zimbabwe announced it has commissioned a new switching center with capacity to carry 100,000 additional subscribers.Douglas Mboweni,...

Report: Competition Commission says mobile customers overpaying

DUBLIN, Ireland-A report in one of the United Kingdom's leading tabloid newspapers suggested the Competition Commission has reached a decision on the fairness or...
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