Yearly Archives: 2002

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Moody’s downgrades Verizon’s senior long-term debt

NEW YORK-Moody's Investor Services downgraded its senior unsecured long-term debt ratings of Verizon Communications Inc. from A1 to A2 and the long-term debt ratings...

U.S. Cellular to incorporate Ericsson network support services

PLANO, Texas-Ericsson Mobile Systems CDMA said it has signed an agreement with U.S. Cellular Corp. to deploy its TEMS DriveTester tool and CDMA 1x...

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...

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...

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...

Nokia reports $100M expansion in China

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

AIR2LAN, US Wireless Online to merge

JACKSON, Miss.-AIR2LAN and US Wireless Online, two of the largest U.S. wireless broadband Internet service providers, announced they will merge to operate as AIR2LAN...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Nokia launches online store with LetsTalk

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. will bypass carrier sales efforts with a new online store, where Internet surfers can compare and buy phones and wireless services.The...

Dobson downgraded

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit ratings on Dobson Communications Corp. from B+ to B, citing the impact of lower...

Rural Cellular delisted

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. reported its stock would be delisted beginning today and would begin trading on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board immediately under the...

Telenor to shut down NMT network in 2004

FOREBU, Norway-Telenor Mobile said it will end its NMT 450 MHz service at the end of 2004. The company's NMT 450 MHz license expires...

WLAN continues to attract telco interest

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Perhaps wanting to recapture some of their "lost" wireless revenues due to 3G delays, Europe's major telecom companies have launched wireless local...

Convergys wins contract in Qatar

CINCINNATI, United States-Convergys said it will supply an integrated billing system to Qatar Telecom. The company will use the service to bill General Packet...

Delta launches first Russian CDMA 450 MHz network

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia-St. Petersburg-based Delta Telecom, an NMT 450 MHz carrier, launched the first commercial cdma2000 1x network based on the International Mobile Telecommunications-Multi...

Analysys report warns against European price war

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Market research firm Analysys has released a new report warning European operators against a price war between fixed and mobile carriers as fixed-to-mobile...
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