REDMOND, Wash.-Wayne M. Perry, a member of AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s board of directors since last July, resigned Wednesday. Perry said he decided to resign to focus on serving as …
KIHEI, Hawaii-Maui Sky Fiber announced The Ritz-Carlton Kapalua will offer Maui Sky Fiber’s broadband services to its resort guests. Maui Sky Fiber is in the process of deploying an islandwide …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Air2Lan is going to provide wireless local area network connectivity throughout the Southeast using the Vernier Networks System, the companies announced. The Vernier Networks System authenticates WLAN users, …
DUBLIN, Ireland-BAE Systems and Marconi Mobile have been chosen as the preferred bidders for a major contract with the British armed forces for the provision of a secure wireless communications …
HONG KONG-GSM operator SmarTone has launched a “picture mail” service that enables multimedia messaging service (MMS) phone users to send messages combining pictures, text, voice and music. Using either the …
JAKARTA, Indonesia-Indonesia’s slow growth of 2.5-generation (2.5G) services has not inhibited Indonesia’s government to begin preparations for the country’s 3G regulatory framework. Tulus Rahardjo, the country’s director of frequency arrangement …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-TIM Digitel is the new name for Digitel, the third cellular operator in Venezuela, which in its first year of operations has attracted 300,000 customers. A one-year transition …
NEW DELHI, India-The Taiwan-based Comtrend Corporation, a solutions provider to telecom companies, will market wireless instant messaging solutions from New Delhi-based ACL Wireless Limited in Taiwan. The two companies announced …
BEIJING-The packet data service node (PDSN) manufactured by Lawton Development passed testing by China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII). The equipment will be used in the upgrade of China Unicom’s …
TOKYO-Omron, a pioneer of automated control equipment, developed what the company called a next-generation ticket gate system that lets mobile-phone users go through gates without train tickets, the firm announced. …
BEIJING-Siemens has won a US$22 million contract to expand China Mobile’s GSM network in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Implementation will be performed by Siemens Shanghai Mobile Communications (SSMC). This …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia mobile-phone sales rose in the second quarter, but infrastructure sales lagged considerably behind totals recorded for second-quarter 2001. Nokia also lowered its handset sales figures once again. The …
SCHAUMBURG, Illinois, United States-Shares of Motorola rose slightly after the company reported promising second-quarter results. Discounting charges of nearly US$3.5 billion taken during the second quarter, Motorola said it had …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator Vodacom announced it will assist students in schools throughout South Africa and the region to become computer literate following the opening of the E-Learning Resource …
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration’s top telecom adviser today refused to say how much longer a much anticipated report on frequency options for third-generation wireless systems and related legislation will be delayed. …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Currently known as VoiceStream, T-Mobile today broke into the U.S. market, launching voice and data services in California and Nevada. T-Mobile’s Get More services, promoted by spokeswoman Catherine Zeta-Jones, …
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-Mobile computing provider Vytek Wireless Inc. announced two acquisitions, moves the company said would help it expand into the fleet management and public safety industries. First, Vytek announced …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Treo maker Handspring Inc. announced relatively solid earnings for its fourth quarter, including evidence that its line of advanced personal digital assistant/mobile phone devices are continuing to gain …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Although Sprint PCS experienced increased revenues and narrower losses for the second quarter ended June 29, the wireless service provider added drastically fewer subscribers than it did during …
SAN DIEGO-Zyray Wireless announced it is establishing a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) that will consist of several university and industry experts with extensive wireless communications experience. Initial board members include: …
