Monthly Archives: February, 2003

Telstra acquisition of SkyNetGlobal WLAN business continues

MELBOURNE, Australia-Wireless communications services provider SkyNetGlobal announced this week the transfer of its assets to Telstra will proceed in quarterly payments during the next...

KDDI to terminate Iridium service

TOKYO-KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, announced it will terminate communications service via Iridium in the second half of February due to complaints...

Ministry grants Telenor silver SMS lining

OSLO, Norway-Norway's Ministry of Transport and Communication made a surprising intervention Thursday, halting a Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority (PT) ruling granting sub-operators cheap...

China Unicom to further expand its CDMA network

BEIJING-China Unicom plans to expand its CDMA network capacity to 40 million by year-end and add 13 million new subscribers to its existing base...

Index wins funds from Dentsu, NEC

TOKYO-Index, a leading Japanese mobile content service provider, won a total of 2 million yen (US$16,600) in funds from Dentsu and NEC, the firm...

China to produce one-third of handsets worldwide

BEIJING-China could produce close to one-third of all handsets manufactured in the world this year, according to Shao Chunguang of the China Center for...

MTN Nigeria notches up 1 million subscribers

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator MTN Nigeria announced it has broken the 1 million subscriber barrier, the first network operator in the country to...

NEC firm launches printing service for mobile-phone photos

TOKYO-NEC Mobiling, an NEC Group company, announced it will launch a printing service for photos taken by mobile phones. It will be a mobile-phone...

Accusations fly between Telefónica CTC, Entel PCS in Chile

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The court case Telef

Short messaging soars in China, so does spam

BEIJING-China mobile handset users sent close to 6 billion short message service (SMS) messages and more than 1 million multimedia message service (MMS) messages...

Orange names Trujillo chief executive, attempts to ignite corporate GPRS use

OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an unexpected decision, Orange has named U.S. citizen Solomon Trujillo as its chief executive. Finance Director Simon Duffy announced his resignation...

Nigeria’s Globacom to have GSM coverage in 74 cities

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Nigerian mobile and fixed-line operator Globacom said it estimates its GSM network will cover 74 cities across the country within six months...

Fusion of Comcel, Celcaribe in Colombia complete

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The finalized fusion of Celcaribe and Comcel was announced 13 February, after the acquisition in December last year of the Colombian Atlantic...

Wireless players invest in mobile music services

LEDBURY, U.K.-Companies across the industry are investing in mobile music services according to a recent report from BWCS."Many of the leading players we spoke...

InterDigital to show W-CDMA solutions in Cannes

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. will demonstrate its W-CDMA air interface solutions at the upcoming 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The demonstrations...

BenQ to develop Symbian-powered devices

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Symbian Ltd. will provide Taiwanese vendor BenQ Corp. with access to Symbian's operating system source code, allowing BenQ to develop Symbian OS phones,...

Qwest restates 2000/2001 financials

DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. has restated its financial results for 2001 and 2000 following an internal review.Qwest said its revenue for full year 2001...

Verizon sells LG phone

SAN DIEGO-LG Mobile Phones said Verizon Wireless has begun retailing its new VX2000 tri-mode phone for $70, as part of a two-year service agreement,...

Sony Ericsson uses Beatnik solution in phone

SAN MATEO, Calif.-Beatnik Inc., which provides structured audio software solutions for mobile devices, said Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. is using its Beatnik Audio...

Comverse introduces InSight

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse has introduced InSight, a value-added services environment that integrates voice and data with a multimodal interface and also disparate messaging and communications...

Mobility Electronics, Snapperfish team on e-mail attachment solution

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Mobility Electronics Inc. and Snapperfish Ltd. have teamed up to offer Quickoffice/SnapperMail, which lets users of handheld computers running on the Palm operating...

IntroWeb to use Navini system

DALLAS-Under a $20 million contract announced Feb. 12, Dallas-based Navini Networks will deploy a non-line-of-site wireless broadband network for IntroWeb, headquartered in Hengelo, the...

Nortel Networks demos UMTS capacity increase

DALLAS, Texas-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has demonstrated a 30-fold increase in UMTS radio capacity, using new multiple input, multiple output and multibeam smart...

Distracted driver criminally indicted for negligent homicide

WASHINGTON-A Texas man who publicly blamed cell phone use for distracting his driving has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of criminally...
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