Monthly Archives: January, 2003

China Unicom fined for tariff violations

BEIJING-The Beijing Telecommunications Administration has fined China Unicom 300,000 yuan (US$36,245) for tariff violations related to promotional packages offered on the carrier's GSM network.China...

Survey: Filipinos most likely Asian consumers to update mobiles

MANILA, The Philippines-Despite hard times, Filipino consumers adhere to mobile phones and will find the means to raise the cash needed to upgrade their...

Colombia Móvil plans PCS service by year-end

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The third cell-phone operator in Colombia will start cellular telephone service before the end of the year. Colombia M

Chipmaking gear sales drop 37.4%

TOKYO-Worldwide sales of chipmaking gear dropped 37.4 percent in November from a month earlier to US$1.27 billion, according to the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials...

Vienna unlikely leader in WLAN deployments

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Despite the growing hype surrounding wireless local area networks (WLANs), the Austrian capital, Vienna, has claimed the number-one position for the city...

bmd wireless adds features to call collection product

ZUG, Switzerland-bmd wireless AG has added new features to its Personal Call Collector, a solution that records information on missed calls when a subscriber...

LG sponsors Anaheim Mighty Ducks

SAN DIEGO-LG Mobile Phones is jumping into the rink as the exclusive mobile phone sponsor of the NHL hockey team the Mighty Ducks of...

Critical Path expects work force reduction to yield better results

SAN FRANCISCO-Critical Path Inc., which provides a range of wireless messaging products, said it expects to come in above its revenue estimates for its...

MmO2, Siemens partner on enterprise products in U.K.

LONDON-European carrier MmO2 and technology company Siemens announced they will partner to offer wireless enterprise products and services in the United Kingdom."Before taking this...

Nearly 93 percent of text messages delivered successfully

SAN MATEO, Calif.-About 7 percent of all text messages in the United States do not reach their destination, according to a new study from...

Nextel wins Frost & Sullivan award

RESTON, Va.-Industry consulting firm Frost & Sullivan named Nextel Communications Inc. its Mobile Communications Company of the Year for exceptional performance among wireless carriers."We...

Nokia gets China Mobile expansion contract

BEIJING, China-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a $70 million contract to expand Beijing Mobile Communications Company Ltd.'s GSM network. It also will provide...

Power management IC market set to take off

NEW YORK-The worldwide power management integrated circuits market, which generated $9.3 billion in revenues last year, is poised reach $12.02 billion by the end...

LSSi offers listing data in Birmingham, England

EDISON, N.J.-LSSi Corp. announced its new Redditch gateway, which provides redundant access to LSSi's telephone listing data to European customers via the company's IDA...

Verizon Wireless launches Snapfish photo service

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. launched its Snapfish Mobile personal photo-sharing application for its Get It Now service through a partnership with Summus Inc. and...

Intel beats forecast

SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. announced an upbeat fourth-quarter result with a net income of $1 billion, or 16 cents per share, beating an optimistic market...

Motorola nearly catches Nokia in U.S. handset sales

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Nokia Corp. managed to hold a .5 percent lead over Motorola Inc. in the United States handset market over the past year,...

Zyray Wireless to appear at ChinaTech conference

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Zyray Wireless will take part in a panel on third-generation wireless at the ChinaTech 2003 Conference taking place in Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan....

Comverse to replace Matav Digital server

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse said Israel's Matav Digital has chosen its e-mail server to replace and expand its current unified communication services offering.Matav Digital's users with...

Music groups pulled in $71M from ring tones in ’02

ESSEX, United Kingdom-Music groups collected $71 million from ring tone sales last year, a 58-percent increase from the previous year, according to an executive...

Dynamic Telecom unveils W-CDMA scanning receiver

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Dynamic Telecommunications Inc. introduced a dual- band 850/1900 MHz version of its W-CDMA Scanning Receiver for network testing in the United States."The...

Orange investigates security problems with SPV

LONDON-Orange is looking into possible security breaches in its new SPV smart phone, according to reports. The device is the first to use Microsoft...

BlackBerry to enter Spanish market

WATERLOO, Ontario-Telefonica Moviles Espana, a subsidiary of the Telefonica Moviles Group, will sell Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry wireless e-mail device starting in the...

One Voice gets European contract

SAN DIEGO-One Voice Technologies Inc., which develops wireless voice products, announced it scored a contract with an unnamed European wireless operator."Our team has been...

Nortel wins 3G contract in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has been selected by Asian Pacific Broadband Wireless to build what it describes as Taiwan's first cdma2000 1x...
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