2003

SAN RAFAEL, Calif.-Alltel has chosen Fair Isaac Corp.’s Risk Manager and Fraud Manager For Telecommunications solution to improve its fraud and payment risk detection capabilities. “This superior fraud management solution …

SARASOTA, Fla.-Retrieval Dynamics Corp. and EarthLink Inc. announced a teaming to create a wireless data package for real estate executives. The program combines a BlackBerry wireless e-mail device from Research …

SEOUL, Korea-Samsung Electronics announced its first-quarter figures, showing a 4.8-percent increase in mobile-phone sales. Samsung said it aimed to sell 13 million mobile phones in the second quarter and 52 …

WOBURN, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. reported record first-quarter earnings of $23.1 million, a 53 percent increase from the same period a year ago. The telecommunications billing and transaction processing company, …

WASHINGTON-If the Federal Communications Commission thought that the regulatory issues for mobile wireless were challenging, the issues for broadband wireless could be overwhelming. “Broadband-wireless technologies are not yet at a …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens said it won a contract to operate the SAP R/3 systems for Austrian telecom provider One. The six-year contract is worth 5 million euros (US$5.4 million). Siemens Business …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia said it has signed an agreement to supply W-CDMA equipment to Greek operator Telestet. Nokia also said it has already started providing core and radio-access network equipment for …

TOKYO-KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, 17 April launched a voice search service for its au brand mobile handset users. KDDI has developed the system called “Lycos Mobile for …

BEIJING-The Beijing Morning Post reported Huawei Technologies came out on top of a third-generation (3G) vendor test by China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII), beating Nokia, Ericsson, Siemens and Nortel. …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Telecom Personal, the largest cellular operator in Argentina and Paraguay, announced it has US$45 million in cash to pay its creditors, which will agree to accept a lowering …

TOKYO-Japan Telecom and East Japan Railway are going to launch a demonstration experiment for high-speed wireless local area network (WLAN) service via mobile phones in mid-May, the firms jointly announced. …

MOSCOW-The biggest CDMA IS-95 carrier in Russia operating in the 800 MHz band launched an offensive against the Communications Ministry, which has restricted its development since the standard first appeared …

BEIJING-According to China Unicom’s listed subsidiary’s annual report, the company had a handset inventory worth 2.36 billion Chinese yuan (US$285 million) in 2002. The inventory would contain around 1 million …

DUBLIN, Ireland—Vodafone has announced plans to restrict access to adult services over its network just 24 hours after wireless research and consulting company Strategy Analytics suggested in a new report …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Proxim Corp. closed out its first quarter, which ended March 28, with increasing revenues and declining losses compared with the same period a year ago. Revenues were $40 million, …

WASHINGTON-Sens. Don Nickles (R-Okla.) and Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) offered legislation to make wireless telecommunications equipment eligible for depreciation treatment on par with other qualified technological gear. The bill, introduced April …

METUCHEN, N.J.-Berkeley Varitronics Systems announced two new international distributors will provide sales and support for its wireless products. Genetel Online will offer sales and support for BVS WLA and Bluetooth …

WASHINGTON-A former Internet advertising executive has been tapped as the Department of Homeland Security’s first privacy czar. Nuala O’Connor Kelly, who previously oversaw data protection and privacy at Double Click …

TAMPA, Fla.-TSI Telecommunication Services Inc. said two regional wireless carriers will use the company’s technology to offer ring tones, graphics and other messaging services. Montana Wireless Inc. d.b.a. Blackfoot Communications …

NEW YORK-Airespace Inc., San Jose, Calif., hatched in the Storm Ventures incubator 18 months ago, reached a fledgling milestone last weekwhen it made the first commercial shipment of its Wireless …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Zambian President Mwanawasa recently inaugurated the Zamtel GSM link in Chipata with a call to the operator to begin offering affordable prepaid tariffs. The system has been commissioned …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Kenyan mobile network company Kencell Communications recently announced the extension of its local network to the towns of Iten and Kabarnet. Philippe Vandebrouck, managing director of KenCell, said …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The new Ecuadorian cellular operator, which will begin to offer its services before the end of the year, will gain 20 percent of the market by 2007, according …

TOKYO-Hewlett-Packard Japan released a new personal digital assistant (PDA) with both wireless local area network (WLAN) and Bluetooth functions. The new PDA, called “iPAQ Pocket PC h5400,” has a built-in …

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