Monthly Archives: September, 2003

Siemens funds first U.S.-based vendor

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...

Lucent wins ATM contract with KPN 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...

Siemens scores $84M GSM contract in China

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,...

Nokia, Sprint continue relationship mend with second Nokia phone

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....

BellSouth begins wireless broadband trial in rural N.C. counties

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...

Nortel wins $64M contract with Chunghwa Telecom

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...

Wi-Fi Alliance certifies 900 products

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...

Globalstar files joint reorganization plan with SEC

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...

Powell says FCC will enforce Do-Not-Call Registry

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...

Cingular’s GSM customers hit with service outage

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...

Guatemalan operator overlays 1X network with GSM

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,...

Alan Dick opens office in Austria

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...

Symbol scores second favorable ruling in Proxim patent battle

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...

SandCherry announces partners at Speechtek event

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,...

IBM demos silicon germanium chip

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...

Bluetooth to see stiff competition in telematics market

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...

Wavecom to open development studio for handset makers

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...

3-judge panel hears testimony on Blake’s dismissal of brain-cancer case

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...

Crisis at the ITU: Council wants secretary-general to resign

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...

U.S. Army awards $11M contract to M/A-COM

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,...

Vodafone, Telstra test network sharing in Australia

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...

Motorola: The next steps

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

Camera phones click with consumers

New research shows global sales of camera phones hit 25 million in the first half of this year, surpassing digital camera sales and marking...

Phone/TV combo cool, but niche

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...

AirFlow system to simplify Voice over WLAN

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