NATICK, Mass.-Sage Research Inc. announced the publication of findings from the August 5, 2002, Sage Technology Roundtable “WLANs in the Enterprise,” which covered topics including security, mobile wide area network …
REDMOND, Wash.-Smart antenna solution provider Metawave Communications Corp. announced its common stock has been approved for listing on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market. Effective August 19, 2002, Metawave’s common stock was …
DALLAS-Looking Glass Networks Inc., Oak Brook, Ill., celebrated the anniversary of its inaugural metropolitan fiber network, which went live Aug. 20, 2001, in Dallas, by announcing it has received to …
DENVER, United States-The world is watching to see which standard-GSM or CDMA-will succeed as the third-generation (3G) battle revs up in the United States, said Probe Research, but the seemingly …
BEIJING-China’s telecom industry is seeking more government support for China’s own third-generation (3G) technology, Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA), but so far, the government has not indicated which …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Scott McGregor, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Philips Semiconductor, has added to the mounting tide of third-generation (3G) criticism by claiming the company is not convinced about …
TOKYO-The number of picture service users in Japan is growing rapidly. NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, announced that the number of subscribers of its i-shot picture phone …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-While it has become accepted that Vodafone will take control of Vizzavi, its Internet portal joint venture with Vivendi, the transaction will need careful handling to ensure Vodafone …
JAKARTA, Indonesia-Indonesia’s wireless market faces two opposite trends from the implementation of CDMA technology. Four analog and CDMA operators, Komselindo, Mobisel, Metrosel, and Telesera, counted a 20.06-percent decrease in growth …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Regardless of the decision by KPN to make a 1.2 billion euros (US$1.2 billion) write-off on its 15-percent stake in Hutchison 3G, Hutchison Whampoa Managing Director Canning Fok …
BEIJING-Ericsson has granted Huawei Technologies a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable patent license for its W-CDMA/UMTS mobile telephony technology, allowing Huawei to develop, manufacture and sell infrastructure and subscriber equipment using Ericsson’s …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Nigerian Telecommunications (Nitel) recently launched its prepaid services in the major cities of the country. However, potential subscribers have been frustrated in their efforts to gain lines, as …
BEIJING-The price war between China Mobile and China Unicom is heating up across the country, except in the big metropolises of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The Ministry of Information Industry …
TOKYO-Access, a Tokyo-based venture, announced it concluded an agreement with China Unicom to provide multimedia messaging service (MMS) software to China’s second-largest mobile operator. Based on the agreement, Access is …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo announced that it signed share exchange agreements with eight of its regional subsidiaries. Through the share exchange agreements, NTT DoCoMo will acquire all the outstanding shares of these …
NEW DELHI, India-Thai Mobile, the joint venture between the Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT) and the Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT) formed to operate a 1900 MHz mobile-phone system, has …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson said it will be the sole supplier of equipment and services for a GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) 800 MHz network in Panama. Cable & Wireless will be …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia said it will supply multimedia messaging system (MMS) equipment to DTAC in Thailand. The value of the deal was not disclosed.
SAN DIEGO-Sharp Electronics Corp. unveiled a consumer edition wireless data service for its Zaurus SL-5500 personal digital assistant designed to run on Verizon Wireless Inc.’s CDPD network. The Microsoft Pocket …
