2002

NAPERVILLE, Ill.-Tellabs announced several changes to its corporate management team that it said will strengthen relations with customers, speed product development and grow international business. The changes, effective August 5, …

WASHINGTON-ATX Technologies and The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials International Inc. launched a program to provide formalized emergency response training and certification for telematics call center employees who respond …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Contec Innovations announced it has joined the HP Mobile e-Services Bazaar, a forum that helps operators, service providers and enterprises shop for mobile solutions and brings companies together …

WASHINGTON-There are currently more telephone numbers available for assignment to end-users than currently assigned, said the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday. There are 480 million assigned telephone numbers while 625 …

BELLEVUE, Washington, United States-T-Mobile USA, which is known as VoiceStream Wireless in most of the country, launched its T-Mobile-branded Windows Powered Pocket PC Phone Edition for its T-Mobile and VoiceStream …

BEIJING-Nortel Networks said it signed a US$26.8 million GSM contract to supply China Mobile with equipment for the carrier’s cellular network in the Shaanxi province. The equipment, which will include …

LONDON-Unconfirmed reports stated telecom equipment maker Marconi has sold its mobile unit to Italian state-controlled defense and engineering company Finmeccanica. Finmeccanica has approved US$594.5 million to acquire the struggling mobile …

TOKYO-Fujitsu, a leading telecommunications vendor in Japan, is going to restructure its overseas telecommunications business. To promote the restructuring in its telecommunications business, as well as other sectors, Fujitsu will …

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BEIJING-China’s largest personal computer vendor Legend Group has teamed with Intel and China Mobile to offer mobile wireless Internet services in 138 cities in China and broadband mobile Internet in …

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Singapore’s mobile operators are looking to spread their services wings into the highly lucrative Chinese market. Singapore’ Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) this week set up the Infocomm Section of …

HELSINKI, Finland-Michael Treschow, chairman of Stockholm-based vendor Ericsson, forecasted “challenging months ahead” for the world’s leading telecom equipment suppliers, a battle that he contended will leave only the “strongest standing” …

BEIJING-South Korean vendor LG Group plans to build a copy of its Seoul headquarters along Beijing’s Chang’an Avenue, which also passes Tiananmen Square. Investment in the twin towers would amount …

SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. announced the City of Westminster, the historic heart of London, has rolled out a mobile IT solution powered by Novatel’s Merlin G201 wireless PC card modem …

NEW YORK-WorldCom Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reached a tentative agreement yesterday settling the dispute between the two companies over the possible transfer of approximately 300,000 WorldCom wireless customers to …

BEIJING-China’s largest wireless operator China Mobile selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to expand its GSM network in Shaanxi Province as part of a $26.8 million contract. The expansion is expected to …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The National Telecommunications Council in Ecuador assigned two of the three national 3.4 GHz to 3.6 GHz bands for wireless local loop (WLL) services to TV Cable and …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Speaking at a recent technology and communications summit in Johannesburg, executives from South Africa’s mobile and fixed operators reiterated their calls that the local regulator, the Independent Communications …

NEW DELHI, India-Idea Cellular said it will launch its services in the Indian capital next month, taking the total number of GSM players to four. The company has already invested …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Europe’s largest mobile-phone retailer shows no signs of relinquishing its market-leading position, with Carphone Warehouse announcing a 16-percent increase in connections during the past four months. These 1.16 million …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Venezuelan cell-phone operator Movilnet presented a new service that allows new clients to receive mobile-phone messages without actually owning their own cellular phones. The “Virtual Cellular” service …

BEIJING-Expansion of China’s PHS network called Little Smart in the suburbs of Beijing and Tianjin has been put on hold by the Ministry of Information Industry (MII), which fears a …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-While outsiders have praised Sonera and Telef

OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an effort to calm the nerves of the third-generation (3G) community, Canning Fok, Hutchison’s managing director, said reports of call handover problems between current-generation and 3G networks …

TOKYO-Gartner Japan, a Japanese business unit of Gartner Group, has predicted the mobile handset market on a unit basis will expand at an annual increasing rate of 5.3 percent between …