GREEN BAY, Wis.—Andrews Corp. says it has selected Schneider Logistics to provide supply chain execution services across its North American network of manufacturing and distribution facilities. “Schneider Logistics will utilize …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Cellular clients in Colombia increased by 10 percent during this year’s first quarter, amounting to 3.55 million subscribers, according to official information released by the Ministry of Communications. …
WASHINGTON—The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed by voice vote the Auction Reform Act of 2002, which directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to delay the 700 MHz band …
CALGARY—Wi-Lan Incorporated shares soared 20.9 percent after the Calgary-based maker of wireless data communications equipment said it will meet revenue targets for 2002. Its stock was up 42 Canadian cents …
MANILA, The Philippines—Ayala-owned Globe Telecom posted strong growth during the first quarter of 2002, reporting a 33-percent increase in net income to 1.421 billion Philippine pesos (US$28.4 million) compared with …
BEIJING—China’s People’s Daily newspaper predicted that local mobile-phone producers will see more mergers and acquisitions this year. Langchao Qilu Software recently acquired 46 percent of joint venture mobile-phone vendor Langchao …
BEIJING—The Ministry of Information Industry (MII) announced that the country added 16.69 million mobile-phone users in the first quarter of the year. There are now 160 million mobile-phone subscribers. At …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—MTN Nigeria announced it has sliced tariffs for international calls for all the network’s subscriber packages, including prepaid products. Mike Blackburn MTN chief executive officer, said the international …
PITTSBURGH, United States—Marconi said it will provide wireless access and a synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) backbone to Brazilian mobile operator Tele Centro-Oeste Celular (TCO). Marconi will also provide all necessary …
COLUMBIA, S.C.—South Carolina on Thursday celebrated the implementation of a statewide interoperable public-safety communications system in the 800 MHz band. “This cutting-edge technology will allow South Carolinians equal access to …
ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless said it completed the first GSM call using 850 MHz spectrum outside of a laboratory environment. The carrier said the call was made on May 8 in the …
LAS VEGAS—Symbol Technologies announced plans to license and integrate the Columbitech Wireless virtual private network into its wireless network management platform and new MobiusGuard suite of wireless security mechanisms to …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it has teamed with other companies to release the application programming interface for operations support system initiative in the wireless arena. The other companies include BEA, …
NIEUWEGEIN, The Netherlands—CMG Wireless Data Solutions announced a major sale to Portugal wireless carrier Optimus for its full multimedia messaging product line. Optimus will use CMG’s Multimedia Messaging Service Centre, …
BERWYN, Pa.—Triton PCS Holdings Inc. said it reached a long-term roaming agreement incorporating all of its TDMA and GSM markets with Cingular Wireless. The agreement, which established a minimum term …
KIRKLAND, Wash.—Nextel Partners Inc. opened a 65,000 square-foot customer care center in Panama City Beach, Fla., to go along with its current facility in Las Vegas. The carrier currently employs …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint Corp. and AT&T Wireless completed the exchange of 10 megahertz blocks of personal communications services spectrum covering approximately 18.5 million potential customers under an agreement announced by …
DENVER—Qwest Communications International Inc. said it received multiple inquiries during the first round of bidding for its QwestDex Yellow Pages directories business. While the company did not provide any information …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—The Alan Broadband Co. Inc. recently released the Zap Checker, a handheld device that detects and displays transmitted electronic energy. Zap Checker detects devices being used in bandwidths …
WASHINGTON—COFETEL, Mexico’s federal telecommunications committee, announced its chairman, Jorge Arredondo Martinez, will headline WCA’s Latin American Broadband Wireless Forum on June 24 in Boston. Martinez is scheduled to follow a …
