2003

HELSINKI, Finland-Norway’s National Oil Fund (NOF), capitalized at US$100 billion and the largest of Europe’s state-managed investment funds, has resolved to downgrade investments in telecom and broadband wireless stocks in …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Ecuadorian government assigned a national personal communications services (PCS) license at 1900 MHz to Telecommunication M

BEIJING-China’s fixed-line operators have received approval from the all-powerful Ministry of Information Industry (MII) to roll out the “Little Smart” or “Xiaolingtong” PHS service nationwide. Until now the service was …

OSLO, Norway-An increasingly strident campaign to keep third-generation (3G) telephone masts out of protesting communities won surprising backing from Sweden’s regulator National Post and Telecom Agency (PTS), which now seems …

DALLAS-Alliance Tower Corp. and Central Wireless Inc. have entered a partnership under which Central Wireless will provide all tower construction services on behalf of Alliance Tower. Alliance Tower is currently …

DENVER-Steve Hubbard has been made vice president of Daniels & Associates, providing mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance and financial advisory services to clients in the information technology and telecommunications industries. …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service lowered its corporate credit rating on Rural Cellular Corp. from ‘B+’ to ‘B’ due to the potential the rural carrier could breach a debt …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS said it plans to launch multiplayer wireless games in early April that will allow customers to compete against each other from anywhere on the carrier’s network. …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. launched Inciscent Inc.’s Java-based Command & Control network and systems management software for the Blackberry 6510 device. Inciscent said the software will enable information technology professionals …

PARIS-France Telecom and Orange France have entered into an agreement to deploy their Wi-Fi hot spots at 900 Accor hotels, including Sofitel, Mercure, Libertel, Suitehotel, Ibis, Etap and Formule 1. …

REDMOND, Wash.-Action Engine, whose customers include Orange SA and MmO2, has closed a $15.5 million Series C round of venture financing, led by Baker Capital and including Cascadia Capital LLC, …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-A filing on the Federal Communications Commission’s Web site seems to have inadvertently revealed details and pictures of an unannounced Motorola Inc. mobile phone that features an array of …

REDMOND, Washington, United States-AT&T Wireless Services and Cingular Wireless officially formed their previously announced “Roadrunner” joint venture to build out GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) service along more than 4,000 …

TOKYO-A total of 18 telecommunications carries in Japan 10 March lodged complaints against the Japanese governmental plan to let NTT companies raise their communication charges, the carriers said. The 18 …

BEIJING-An expert of the State Radio Regulation Organization (SRRO) of China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII) was quoted in the China Daily newspaper as saying that the government should issue …

TOKYO-J-Phone, a Vodafone company in Japan, gained 164,800 new subscribers in February, according to a survey compiled by the Telecommunications Association of Japan. Due to the strides made by J-Phone, …

TOKYO-T-Engine Project, an industry association consisting of virtually all major Japanese vendors, including NEC, Fujitsu and Mitsubishi Electric, will jointly develop a standardized platform for middleware for third-generation (3G) handsets …

NEW YORK-Former Nextel Communications Inc. chief operating officer James Mooney was named chairman of Britain’s largest cable television operator NTL Inc., which recently emerged from Chapter 11-bankruptcy protection. Mooney, who …

TORONTO-Canadian wireless operator Rogers AT&T Wireless Inc. introduced Motorola Inc.’s T720 handset onto its network. As part of an introductory promotion for the hew handset, Rogers said it will offer …

HANNOVER, Germany-Nortel Networks issued separate announcements with two carriers, T-Mobile International and MmO2. T-Mobile selected the Brampton-Ontario-based vendor as a preferred supplier to deliver GPRS across it main markets in …

WESTPORT, Conn.-Peace of Mind at Light Speed Inc., a developer of location-based and location-aware services, has entered a strategic alliance with New York-based Igicom L.L.C. to provide in-house software development …

IRVINE, Calif.-SMC Networks will make commercially available at the end of March the SMC EZ Connect Universal Wireless CardBus Adapter, which enables connectivity to standards-based Wi-Fi networks, 802.11a, 802.11b and …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Broadband wireless system provider Ceragon Networks Ltd. launched FibeAir 3128, a new ultra-high-capacity network connectivity solution. According to Ceragon, the new system enables better spectrum utilization for the …

WALTHAM, Mass.-IONA, provider of Rapid Integration software, said its Mobile Orchestrator will support Intel’s Centrino technology to provide uses with an “occasionally connected computing” solution. Mobile Orchestrator allows clients to …

HANNOVER, Germany-Intel Corp. finally launched its much-publicized set of wireless chips known as Centrino to enable end users to access the Internet through their notebooks. “We are unwiring the computer …