2003

CARLSBAD, Calif.-Wireless broadband solution provider Alvarion Inc. said its BreezeACCESS solution, being used by police officers in Helper, Utah, has helped in the recovery of stolen property and sped the …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens Mobile Acceleration, an early-stage wireless venture investor wholly owned by Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group, Munich, Germany, has opened an American headquarters in San Jose, Calif. Gerald …

CHICAGO-PCTel Inc. has made commercially available its new Segue Roaming Client, which it said would help “resolve the problems that service providers and subscribers encounter when roaming (between) wide area …

AUSTIN, Texas-Wayport Inc. will provide wireless Internet access in meeting rooms and common areas and wireline access in the 1,354 guestrooms of The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites in Los …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Iospan Wireless, a provider of fixed wireless broadband antenna technology, has ceased operations and its assets have been acquired by Intel Corp. and PrimeWave Communications, according to several …

PARIS-Alcatel announced two new mobile infrastructure contracts, one in Latin America and one in Europe. In Argentina, Telecom Personal, a subsidiary of Telecom Argentina, contracted Alcatel to extend its GSM/GPRS …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada-Canadian mobile Internet company Contec Innovation said it signed agreements with six sales agents in the Middle East covering Bahrain, Jordan and Palestine, Sultanate of Oman, Qatar, …

MURRAY HILL, New Jersey, United States-Lucent Technologies Inc. has announced an agreement in principle with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff to close an investigation begun two years ago, after …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-MTN Nigeria announced it has suspended sales of its prepaid starter packs (SIM Packs) and handsets to the public. The network’s contract packages will not be affected. Afam …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, will launch flat-rate PHS service in April, NTT DoCoMo said Thursday. DDI Pocket, a PHS operator of KDDI Group, launched Japan’s first …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Latin American subsidiaries of Telef

NEW DELHI, India-Hutchison CAT Wireless MultiMedia, a joint venture of Hutchison and the Thai government’s Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT), has formally rolled out its CDMA mobile-phone service in Bangkok …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having seen the U.K. fixed-line incumbent British Telecommunications (BT) deploy nearly 100 Wi-Fi hot spots around the country, Internet Exchange, the European Internet caf

OXFORD, United Kingdom-With as many as six mobile payment “standards” competing to gain acceptance, four European mobile operators have clubbed together in an attempt to agree on a clearinghouse mechanism …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Despite the hype surrounding the success of multimedia messaging service (MMS), the Swedish cell-phone operator Comviq has joined Vodafone and Telia by extending its free trial of the …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-After several months of indecision caused by the change of pesidents in Ecuador, Freddy Rodr

CROLLES, France-Three semiconductor companies STMicroelectronics, Philips and Motorola Inc. opened a research and development center to pioneer CMOS technology from 90 nanometer processes to 32 nanometer processes over the next …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Computer hackers could use a text message to crash a Nokia Corp. 6210 mobile phone, said security company @stake Inc. in a security advisory. Attackers can manipulate the parameters …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Sanmina-SCI Corp. and Fujitsu Microelectronics America Inc. have established an alliance to co-market products using Fujitsu’s fingerprint sensor technology. The technology will focus on mobile devices, wireless systems …

TOKYO-J-Phone, a Vodafone Group company in Japan, will launch a new location information service 3 March. The new location service, called Loco Guide, will provide local information based on the …

BEIJING-Experiments prove that CDMA service is available on the magnetic levitation (maglev) train between Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport and the center of the city’s new financial district. The maglev train …

NEW DELHI, India-Hughes Software Systems (HSS), a subsidiary of Hughes Electronics Corporation based in India, announced an outsourcing relationship with Lucent Technologies. Under the agreement, Lucent Technologies will outsource the …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Nigerian government announced it has awarded several contracts valued at US$202 million total for the expansion of the Nitel GSM network. Ojo Maduekwe, minister of transport, said …

BEIJING-As China’s domestic handset makers gain market share from their foreign competitors, analysts warn that they should address quality and service issues, following reports from the Chinese Consumers’ Association that …

TOKYO-Toshiba, via its local joint venture business in China, will launch a mobile video messaging handset in China in early March, Toshiba announced Thursday. The T618X handset will let users …