SEOUL, Korea-Lucent Technologies Inc. will supply third-generation cdma2000 technology to Korean mobile operator KTF. Under the contract, Lucent will upgrade KTF’s 2G network in Korea’s Kyungsang province to cdma2000 1x …
McLEAN, Va.-As the telecommunications industry tries to recover from the double blow of a Wall Street meltdown and recent accounting scandals, startup companies meeting here this morning were told that …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless synchronization company Pumatech Inc. said Kyocera Corp. will use the company’s Intellisync Lite software to synchronize e-mail, contact and calendar information for Kyocera’s upcoming PocketCosmo Java-based wireless …
OTTAWA, Canada-BitFlash’s mobile player will be made a standard software offering on Texas Instruments Inc.’s popular OMAP processor platform for mobile phones, the companies announced. BitFlash’s Mobile SVG Player will …
ATLANTA-The Weather Channel has partnered with Nextel Communications Inc. to provide Nextel Online Internet users with wireless weather information. Nextel customers with Web-enabled wireless phones will be able to access …
WASHINGTON-President George W. Bush named Michael Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, to serve on his newly created Corporate Fraud Task Force. “I gained a heightened appreciation for the …
NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. are in preliminary talks to merge their wireless operations, which would create the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier, according to a Wall …
TORONTO-Standards & Poor’s said it has removed Nortel Networks Corp. from its 500 index in accordance with its criteria of U.S. members only. “We do not expect S&P’s announcement to …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. introduced Vindigo’s personal navigation applications service, allowing subscribers to download local information on where to eat, shop and play in 25 major metropolitan areas nationwide onto …
LONDON-Wireless platform provider Cash-U scored another major win through a new resale deal with Ericsson. Under the agreement, Ericsson will resell Cash-U’s wireless application platform to its carrier customers. Cash-U’s …
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. reported it is implementing a Cisco wireless local area network at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., enabling health care providers to access real-time and historical clinical data …
TAMPA, Fla.-TSI Telecommunications Services Inc. will provide its INLink SS7-based intelligent network solution for Rural Cellular Corp.’s network. TSI said the solution provides a network backbone for advanced intelligent network …
ISTANBUL, Turkey-Turkish wireless carrier Turkcell reported adding approximately 1.1 million net subscribers during the second quarter, doubling the 511,000 net customer additions reported for the first quarter of this year. …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a letter of intent to supply Sonera with its Nokia D500 multiservice access platform to begin Sonera’s next-generation broadband access rollout in the …
DALLAS-Nortel Networks Corp. shipped its first commercial EDGE radio and base-station equipment to Cingular Wireless L.L.C., which plans to deploy the solution in several of its GSM/GPRS markets including North …
HELSINKI, Finland-Matsushita Communications has selected Nokia Corp.’s Series 60 software platform to be integrated into Matsushita’s Symbian OS-based multimedia phones. “Panasonic multimedia phones combined with Series 60 Platform will enable …
DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. said it was informed by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Denver that it had begun a criminal investigation of the telecommunications provider, though the subject matter …
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Wingcast L.L.C.’s recent and sudden withdrawal from the telematics market has left many doubting the viability of the overall personal telematics industry, according to a new report from …
LONDON-Credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service cut French vendor Alcatel to “junk” status, driving down the price of the company’s bonds. Moody’s decision was due to the continued weak demand …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin marketing a next-generation FOMA-compatible two-part terminal made up of a personal digital assistant base unit with a Bluetooth wireless handset. The base unit …
