February 2003

CANNES, France-L.M. Ericsson flexed its muscles within and outside the 3GSM Congress with a series of announcements from interoperability testing to deals with carriers and content providers as well as …

CANNES, France-The GSM Association announced its new board members and said it will now position itself as a global trade organization for the mobile industry, focused on a high-profile series …

CANNES, France-Powerwave Technologies Inc. said it is demonstrating its multicarrier power amplifier technology for UMTS networks, which it claims delivers 22 percent efficiency. “Powerwave’s next-generation amplifier solutions have once again …

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. said it will pay the quarterly dividend on its 12 3/4-percent senior exchangeable preferred stock on March 17 to holders of record as of March 1. …

CANNES, France-The Mobile Communications Department of the Institut Eurecom announced the release of UMTS TDD software under a GNU public license developed within the PLATON platform, an open platform that …

CANNES, France-RealNetworks Inc. announced two mobile media-related partnerships at this week’s 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The company said Hong Kong wireless operator CSL will cooperate with Nokia to …

LONDON-Actix Solutions said it will develop and supply optimization and analysis software for Agilent Technologies Inc.’ s portfolio of wireless solutions. “The combined solution illustrates the two companies’ dedication to …

PHILADELPHIA-BellSouth Corp. asked an appeals court to overturn a ruling voiding a clause in current Vice Chairman Gary Forsee’s employment contract that would make it easier for him to accept …

CANNES, France-Anadigics Inc. announced a new family of switch products and what it describes as the world’s smallest GSM/GPRS quad-band power amplifier modules at this week’s 3GSM Show in Cannes, …

CANNES, France-The 2003 GSM Association Awards were presented this week in conjunction with the 3GSM World Congress being held in Cannes, France. In the technology innovation category, Sharp Corp. won …

CANNES, France-ICQ, an instant messaging and online community owned by America Online Inc., announced it is working with wireless carriers across the world to extend its services to mobile users. …

DALLAS-Lucent Technologies Inc.’s board of directors has announced that president and chief executive officer Patricia Russo will replace Henry Schact as chairman of the company. “Over the past year, Pat …

CANNES, France-Asian carrier SmarTone Mobile Communications Ltd. will offer wireless e-mail services through a new partnership with ViAir, the companies announced. Under the deal, SmarTone will offer an “e-mail on …

DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. reported a 15.7 percent drop in wireless revenues for the fourth quarter of 2002, falling from $198 million during the final three months of 2001 to …

WESTFORD, Mass.-Sonus Networks, whose Open Services Architecture supports 4 billion minutes of wireline network user traffic monthly, has extended its offering to mobile operators with the introduction of its Smarrt …

ATLANTA-AirGate PCS Inc. posted $133.1 million in revenue for its first fiscal quarter of 2003 ended Dec. 31, 2002, an increase from the $81.7 million the Sprint PCS affiliate reported …

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Kada Systems plans to offer a mobile device integration design, code named Katahdin, that will allow mobile original device manufacturers (ODMs) to develop new devices using a configurable software …

DALLAS-Alcatel and NTT DoCoMo Inc.’s DoCoMo Engineering Inc. subsidiary signed an agreement on consulting and cooperation for UMTS indoor mobile communication network design, operations and enhancement. Terms of the agreement …

TORONTO-Canadian wireless operator Rogers Wireless Inc. appointed Jean Laporte president of its Eastern Region where he will be responsible for all sales, distribution, customer service and local marketing activities across …

CANNES, France-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile released an advanced new mobile phone to be sold in the next few months in Europe and Asia, the first phone from the company …

HERZLIYA, Israel-Israeli supplier Niragongo said Israeli operator Partner Communications launched Niragongo’s Lava Smart Proxy for its Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) services. The new solution will mediate between the services, devices …

HELSINKI, Finland-Kuwaiti operator Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) has selected a messaging system upgrade from Tecnomen under a 1 million euro contract (US$1.1 million). Tecnomen said it will deliver the latest …

NEW DELHI, India-Thai fixed-line operator, TelecomAsia, has decided to expand and improve the quality of its personal cordless telephone (PCT) network. The company will invest 500 million baht (US$11.6 million) …

ATLANTA-Telemetry company Numerex Corp.’s stock dove 30 percent after the company said its losses for its fourth quarter will be more than the previous quarter and that its full-year growth …

NEW YORK-Nextel Partners Inc. said it will report positive cash flow for last year, that it added more customers than expected and spent less money to expand its network then …