February 2003

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having seen the U.K. fixed-line incumbent British Telecommunications (BT) deploy nearly 100 Wi-Fi hot spots around the country, Internet Exchange, the European Internet caf

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Latin American subsidiaries of Telef

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Sanmina-SCI Corp. and Fujitsu Microelectronics America Inc. have established an alliance to co-market products using Fujitsu’s fingerprint sensor technology. The technology will focus on mobile devices, wireless systems …

CHICAGO-PCTel Inc. has made commercially available its new Segue Roaming Client, which it said would help “resolve the problems that service providers and subscribers encounter when roaming (between) wide area …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens Mobile Acceleration, an early-stage wireless venture investor wholly owned by Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group, Munich, Germany, has opened an American headquarters in San Jose, Calif. Gerald …

DULLES, Va.-Core Communications, a managed network services provider for the hospitality and meeting industries, has selected NetAccess, a broadband subscriber management solution developed by San Diego-based IP3 Networks Inc. for …

HOUSTON-Tower owner and operator Crown Castle International Corp.’s fourth-quarter 2002 results released late Wednesday reflected lower total revenues, but an increase in site rental and broadcast transmission revenues and an …

AUSTIN, Texas-Wayport Inc. will provide wireless Internet access in meeting rooms and common areas and wireline access in the 1,354 guestrooms of The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites in Los …

BEIJING-Experiments prove that CDMA service is available on the magnetic levitation (maglev) train between Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport and the center of the city’s new financial district. The maglev train …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it will team with rental car company Avis Rent A Car System, Inc. to test a location-based driving direction service. For a daily fee, Avis customers …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Cambridge Silicon Radio said Toshiba Corp. was using its BlueCore2 Bluetooth technology in its Portege 3500 tablet personal computer.

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-UbiquiTel Inc. subsidiary UbiquiTel Operating Co. reported the closing of its private placement exchange of $48.2 million aggregate principal amount of its new 14 percent senior discount notes due …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Computer hackers could use a text message to crash a Nokia Corp. 6210 mobile phone, said security company @stake Inc. in a security advisory. Attackers can manipulate the parameters …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. appointed Terry Stenzel vice president and general manager of its Arkansas and Oklahoma regions where he will lead and oversee all wireless sales and operations …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. has announced an agreement in principle with Securities and Exchange Commission staff to close an investigation begun two years ago, after Lucent discovered and notified …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Despite the hype surrounding the success of multimedia messaging service (MMS), the Swedish cell-phone operator Comviq has joined Vodafone and Telia by extending its free trial of the …

NEW DELHI, India-Hughes Software Systems (HSS), a subsidiary of Hughes Electronics Corporation based in India, announced an outsourcing relationship with Lucent Technologies. Under the agreement, Lucent Technologies will outsource the …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit rating on iPCS Inc. from ‘CC’ to ‘D’ and removed the carrier from CreditWatch following iPCS’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. will allow free use of its SOBER and Turing encryption algorithms for any purpose, in a break from past practice, which provided the software only to the …

NEW YORK-Despite what he called, “one of the greatest brand launches ever and excellent results in brand awareness,” the Cingular Wireless name has “not delivered,” said Stan Sigman, chief executive …

CARLSBAD, Calif.-Wireless broadband solution provider Alvarion Inc. said its BreezeACCESS solution, being used by police officers in Helper, Utah, has helped in the recovery of stolen property and sped the …

SURABAYA, Indonesia-SingTel Mobile, which offers several mobile data services, launched a new bundled data pricing package called Data3 (pronounced Data Cube). By subscribing to Data Cube, subscribers will have access …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Iospan Wireless, a provider of fixed wireless broadband antenna technology, has ceased operations and its assets have been acquired by Intel Corp. and PrimeWave Communications, according to several …

PARIS-Alcatel announced two new mobile infrastructure contracts, one in Latin America and one in Europe. In Argentina, Telecom Personal, a subsidiary of Telecom Argentina, contracted Alcatel to extend its GSM/GPRS …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-After several months of indecision caused by the change of pesidents in Ecuador, Freddy Rodr