February 2003

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 antenna technologies. “Using these innovations, Nortel …

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 negligent homicide in connection with an …

PARIS-Alcatel will launch version 2.0 of its Multimedia Messaging Services at the upcoming 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The products feature a high-performance ratio per cost per unit; interoperability …

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 system receive, view and edit e-mail …

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 platforms. The Comverse Technology unit said …

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 Engine in its new Symbian OS …

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, through the carrier’s direct sales channels …

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 was $18.37 million, down $1.325 …

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, according to a recently signed agreement. …

CASCAIS, Portugal-Alcatel Portugal and mobile data company Mobilitec announced a partnership. The companies will offer a joint solution combining Mobilitec’s content delivery platform and Alcatel’s equipment for mobile operators’ content …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Mobilaris announced it has integrated MapInfo’s geospatial location-based services platform miAware into its Pacific Ocean LB middleware product. The companies will give live demonstrations of applications made possible through …

CANNES, France-Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) plans to unveil several RF solutions for RF optimization at this year’s 3GSM World Congress in Cannes. RFS will offer a sneak preview of its …

CANNES, France-Speech recognition companies Kirusa, SandCherry and Telisma will host a stand at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes to demonstrate next-generation multimodal speech recognition technology. Kirusa will show off …

CANNES, France-Advanced Recognition Technologies (ART) will exhibit smARTspeak XG, a “feature-rich phonemic-based embedded speaker independent name and continuous digit dialing solution,” at this year’s 3GSM World Congress. ART will also …

LONDON-U.K. newcomer Hutchison 3G has released additional pricing details for its third-generation service, dubbed “3,” which it says will formally launch on March 3, with “pre-orders” beginning online Feb. 22. …

TOKYO-Keiji Tachikawa, president of NTT DoCoMo, on Thursday said it will be difficult for the mobile carrier to clear its own sales target for its third-generation (3G) FOMA service. NTT …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Malaysian operator AtlasOne said it awarded a US$3 million contract to Cambridge Broadband for its fixed wireless equipment. AtlasOne will deploy the equipment in the 3.5 GHz band …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia warned in a statement that users should use only Nokia batteries with Nokia phones, an announcement Nokia said was spurred by reports of overheating batteries in Nokia phones …

HACKENSACK, N.J.-Wireless enterprise company GoAmerica Inc. said it will combine its Outlook Companion product with partner EarthLink’s new Wireless Enhanced Access service. GoAmerica’s Outlook offering gives users managed wireless access …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. warned in a statement that users should only use Nokia batteries with Nokia phones, an announcement Nokia said was spurred by reports of overheating batteries in Nokia …

OSLO, Norway-The Norwegian government said it will ease third-generation license conditions as it increases competition, with plans to auction two more 3G licenses in the country. The regulator said the …

CANNES, France-Zyray Wireless, developer of W-CDMA and space time technology (STP), will launch SPINNERchip 1.0 at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes later this month. SPINNERchip 1.0, a W-CDMA FDD …

CANNES, France-Emblaze Systems, which develops customized services and technologies for wireless carriers, will join Micorsoft, Nortel, LG and others to demonstrate third-generation (3G) technologies for mobile carriers at this year’s …

CANNES, France-Tecnomen will show live MMS video messaging via its Multimedia Messaging Service Centre (MMSC) at the upcoming 3GSM World Congress. Tecnomen plans to showcase: phone-to-phone video messaging, video value-added …

CANNES, France-RAD Data Communications, which manufactures equipment for data communications and telecommunications applications, will exhibit its new Vmux-2100 compressed voice gateway at this year’s 3GSM World Congress. “In order to …