February 2003

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 …

TOKYO-Toshiba, via its local joint venture business in China, will launch a mobile video messaging handset in China in early March, Toshiba announced Thursday. The T618X handset will let users …

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

NEW YORK-As part of its bankruptcy filing, Devon Mobile Communications L.P. intends to sell all of its rights, title and interest in nine wireless licenses and related personal communications network …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit ratings on UbiquiTel Inc. and its subsidiary UbiquiTel Operating Co. from ‘CC’ to ‘SD’ and lowered its rating on UbiquiTel …

PORTSMOUTH, N.H.-Meetinghouse Inc., Portsmouth, N.H., has introduced its AEGIS Client for Pocket PC 2002, which it said, “supports a broad range of Extensible Authentication Protocol methods, including MDS, TLS, TTLS, …

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. scored a deal to make a specialized device to be used in the upcoming “The Matrix: Reloaded” movie due out in May, although the …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-In a recent survey of 450 active mobile-phone users nationwide, 72 percent of respondents said they would take and place more calls in noisy environments if voice and sound …

LAS VEGAS-Antenna manufacturer DAMAX International and United Plastics Group announced a strategic alliance through which UPG will manufacture and sell new DAMAX antennas for cell phones. “The new technology eliminates …

BOSTON-Research firm Strategy Analytics said 18 million mobile phones were sold last year with integrated digital cameras, with Nokia Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. taking the lead in the …

ROHNERT PARK, Calif.-Next Level Communications Inc. said it plans to appeal a court ruling that denies its request to prevent Motorola Inc. from taking over the company. “The court’s ruling …

FORT LEE, N.J.-California Lutheran University has deployed at its Thousand Oaks campus the ConnectSystem developed by ReefEdge Inc., Fort Lee, N.J., which is designed to guard against rogue wireless networks, …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Wireless giant Ericsson said it created an interoperability test program for instant messaging and presence services and will work with IM companies Ecrio, magic4, MessageVine, Motorola Inc., Ruksun Software …

ATLANTA-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. will use a mobile infrastructure solution from XcelleNet to manage and control wireless devices used by AT&T Wireless sales and marketing employees. XcelleNet’s mobile infrastructure will …

TORONTO-Research in Motion (RIM) is expected to soon add color to a new line of low-cost BlackBerry handheld computers, according to analysts that follow the Canadian company. Last week, at …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Computing giant Hewlett-Packard Co. reported first-quarter revenues of $17.9 billion, down from the $18 billion it scored in the prior quarter. The company’s operating profit totaled $1.1 billion. …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-FutureDial said its mobile phone software products and mobile phone data cable accessories are now available in more than 500 Best Buy retail stores nationwide. “Providing support for the …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. increased its wireless footprint with announcements in the United States, China and Japan. In China, the CDMA proprietor signed a joint venture with China Unicom to foster …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Cable channel Game Show Network said it will offer game show trivia, news, programming alerts and prizes using wireless text messages, thanks to a deal with interactive TV …

DUBLIN, Ireland—Following on from the Ukrainian parliament’s decision to override the veto of the president on a bill legitimizing calling party pays (CPP) (see Ukraine overrides CPP bill veto ), …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. has introduced a new base station system known as the Flexent CDMA High Density 4.0 that it says will enable operators to increase capacity by …

WASHINGTON-InPhonic said it will create and provide the Palm Tungsten Activation Service, a self-service customer activation process combining online and call center support for buyers of the new Palm Inc. …

SINGAPORE-Singapore operator MobileOne (M1) said it has launched General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) roaming with China Mobile, the largest operator in China. The new offering will allow subscribers of the …

SAN DIEGO, United States-Qualcomm increased its wireless footprint with announcements in China and Japan. In China, the CDMA proprietor signed a joint venture with China Unicom to foster the development …

HELSINKI, Finland-Wireless users in the United States will soon get to try out Nokia Corp.’s first camera phone for the U.S. market, the 3650. The company said it is shipping …