Monthly Archives: February, 2003

Cut-price 802.11b opens U.K. coffee shop wars

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...

Telefónica Móviles’ Latin America income falls 15% in 2002

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Latin American subsidiaries of Telef

Sanmina-SCI, Fujitsu align to market fingerprint sensor technology

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...

PCTel releases roaming software

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...

Siemens Mobile Acceleration opens U.S. headquarters

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...

Core Communications selects NetAccess for wireless LAN deployments in hotels

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...

Crown Castle 4Q reflects lower revenues but improved net loss

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...

Wayport to provide wireless Internet at L.A. hotel

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...

CDMA service possible on high-speed Chinese train

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...

Motorola, Avis test driving service

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...

Toshiba integrates CSR Bluetooth tech into tablets

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

UbiquiTel closes private placement

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...

Security company says Nokia 6210 vulnerable to hackers

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...

Cingular Wireless hires regional V.P.

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...

Lucent strikes deal with SEC

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...

Swedish operators extend free MMS trials

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...

Hughes to acquire Lucent’s wireless software business

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,...

S&P lowers iPCS rating

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...

Qualcomm offers free use of encryption algorithms

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...

Cingular refocuses advertising message on customers

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...

Alvarion solution in use by Utah police

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...

SingTel Mobile offers bundled data package

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...

Iospan ceases operations

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....

Alcatel snags 2 follow-on contracts

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...

New government moves forward with PCS auction in Ecuador

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