September 2003

Siemens AG said it has completed its first investment in the United States with V-Enable, a wireless startup that focuses on multi-modality technology. The investment was executed by Siemens Mobile …

HILVERSUM, The Netherlands-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has won a contract to supply ATM infrastructure and software for KPN Mobile’s third-generation network in the Netherlands. “Lucent will deliver equipment and …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it has won a contract worth $84 million to supply GSM equipment to the networks of China Unicom in Beijing, Shangdong, Liaoning and Jilin. Siemens said …

Nokia Corp. and Sprint PCS continued to make nice, as the carrier announced it will sell a second mobile phone from the world’s No. 1 phone maker. Sprint said it …

ATLANTA-America Connect and BellSouth announced the joint trial of a wireless broadband network in two rural North Carolina counties. “Wireless will allow us to economically provide broadband services into rural …

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has won a contract worth $64 million to supply GSM equipment to Chunghwa Telecom to cover more than 7.5 million subscribers. Nortel will supply …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-The Wi-Fi Alliance said it has certified more than 900 products from 116 companies for each or a combination of the four protocols, including 802.11a, b, g and …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Bankrupt mobile satellite service provider Globalstar L.P. and its subsidiaries have filed a joint plan of reorganization, according to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. …

WASHINGTON-Enforcement of the constitutionally disputed Do-Not-Call Registry will continue notwithstanding the current legal uncertainties. However, there will be only manual enforcement rather than the automated enforcement envisioned when the registry …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s GSM network failed last weekend, affecting thousands of customers nationwide. The outage affected Cingular’s GSM overlay network in the southern, northeastern and midwestern United States, preventing about …

GUATEMALA CITY-Guatemalan mobile operator SERCOM has selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to deploy a nationwide GSM network. Nortel will overlay SERCOM’s current CDMA2000 1X network, also supplied by Nortel, with the …

LONDON-Telecommunications infrastructure company Alan Dick & Co. announced the opening of a new office in Innsbruck, Austria, to better service customers in Europe. “This local support strategy really works,” said …

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Symbol Technologies Inc. said it scored another favorable ruling in its Wi-Fi patent battle with Proxim Corp., this time with a jury deciding Symbol’s technology does not infringe on …

NEW YORK-SandCherry Inc. announced it has entered several partnerships to address the increased demand for advanced speech services. Through partnerships with Apptera, Fortegra, speechvantage, Voxpilot, Voice Objects and 8Hertz, SandCherry …

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y.-IBM Corp. said it has demonstrated what it describes as the world’s first silicon germanium transistor that can improve performance four times and reduce power consumption five times …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Although Bluetooth technology is an early favorite of the automotive industry for telematics and wireless applications, it will compete with a range of other offerings, according to research …

ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wireless technology company Wavecom SA announced it will open a research laboratory for the world’s handset makers, a development studio that the company said will include all the latest …

RICHMOND, Va.-A three-judge federal appeals court panel wrestled with arguments over whether U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake abused her discretion or appropriately carried out her gate-keeping role in rejecting scientific …

LONDON-ITU Secretary-General Yoshio Utsumi has been accused of “atrocious financial management” and threatened with dismissal, according to a report in the respected Swiss business magazine L’Hebdo. The revelations come just …

LOWELL, Mass.-M/A-COM Inc. has been awarded an $11 million contract by the U.S. Army to deploy and link critical communications to 10 Army installations, including more than 5,000 Army base …

SYDNEY, Australia-Australian mobile operators Vodafone Australia and Telstra Wholesale announced a network-partnering trial that will see the operators share mobile base-station infrastructure in areas where duplicate coverage exists. If the …

Having cast his shadow over the company for more than half a decade, the resignation of Christopher Galvin as chief executive officer of Motorola Inc. has foisted on the company …

New research shows global sales of camera phones hit 25 million in the first half of this year, surpassing digital camera sales and marking perhaps the most notable event in …

Hollywood, meet wireless. It seems the Boob Tube is the latest mobile phone add-on for the world’s wireless industry, a business constantly hunting the next new technology to astound and …

Wireless local area network infrastructure company AirFlow Networks has developed a system intended to simplify the installation and administration of WLANs, a critical need for the technology to gain traction …