LONDON—Deutsche Telekom announced it will implement a four-point plan to keep its debt reduction program on track: A dividend US$0.37 for 2001, which is 40 percent lower than last year, …
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Globalstar and small satellite provider AeroAstro are developing a low-cost data modem for remote sensing and asset tracking via satellite, the companies announced. The new modems will be …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA) announced John Sherlock, its chief operating officer, will give the morning keynote address at the Wireless Arena Marketplace Strategies 2002 conference, scheduled for …
LOS ANGELES—SchlumbergerSema and Telemac Corp. plan to collaborate to develop and market a SchlumbergerSema Telemac-enabled SIM card for GSM wireless devices. The card, which will be available to Telemac-licensed networks …
ALBANY, N.Y.—Sprint PCS network partner IWO Holdings Inc. announced its results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2001. Total revenue for the fourth quarter was $33.2 …
PARIS—Online location-centric application provider Maporama launched its i-mode platform, which allows Maporama customers to integrate i-mode based location-centric solutions into their Internet services. “Location-centric solutions are at the strategic core …
LONDON—724 Solutions Inc. gained a major vote of confidence from Radiolinja Eesti, an Estonian carrier with 146,600 subscribers. The carrier purchased 724 Solutions’ extensive data services platform and will use …
SUDBURY, Mass.—Carl Yankowski, the former chief executive officer of Palm Inc., and Abbot Gilman, founder of Broadband Access Systems, joined the advisory board of Thinmail Inc., the company announced. Thinmail’s …
DUBLIN, Ireland—Messaging company Logica continued to expand its range of messaging products with the release of its Mobile Community Messaging services, which the company said will allow users to form …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Motorola Inc. appointed David Devonshire chief financial officer, replacing Carl Koenemann, who had been Motorola’s CFO since 1991. Devonshire most recently served as CFO of Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd., and …
LONDON—Bluefish Technologies introduced a new SIM card facility that it said will allow several different network identities to be held on a single SIM card. According to Bluefish, its multiple …
IRVINE, Calif.—FieldCentrix Inc. announced it has joined the Microsoft Mobility Partner Advisory Council (MPAC), which was formed as a feedback mechanism for Microsoft mobility platform development and to offer support …
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.—Revenue for mobile services in Western Europe will reach $85.7 billion in 2002, only four percent more than in 2001, according to recent research by Analysys. Mobile services revenue …
RESTON, Va.—America Online Inc., continuing its wireless strategy of partnering with carriers to distribute its content, announced a deal with Nextel Communications Inc. to offer its popular AOL instant messaging …
NEW YORK—Standard & Poor’s revised its outlook for SpectraSite Holdings Inc. to negative from stable due to the tower company’s dependence on external funding. “The current economic environment increases the …
LONDON—Mobile commerce is poised for a take-off within the next few years, according to a new Frost & Sullivan study. The consulting firm expects trade worth $25 billion to be …
HOUSTON—Compaq Computer Corp. said its shareholders approved the company’s merger with Hewlett-Packard Co. yesterday in a vote carried by a nine-to-one margin. “At the end of the day, this merger …
ORLANDO—The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association wrapped up CTIA Wireless 2002 today with a final keynote address by Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev encouraged companies to …
ORLANDO—Amdocs unveiled ClarifyCRM, its new end-to-end solution that offers integrated customer relationship management and billing applications to service providers, this week at CTIA Wireless 2002. Amdocs said the new CRM …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia and AT&T Wireless said they have completed their joint MoU to develop and test advanced enhancements supporting the evolution of an All-IP network. “The finalization of this agreement …
