CAMPBELL, Calif.—P-Com Inc. announced it has received an order for 100 of its AirPro Gold.20.Net spread spectrum radios, bringing the total units sold to 220 since the product was released …
DUBLIN, Ireland—Trinidad and Tobago’s operator, TSTT Mobile Service, will be the first Caribbean carrier to launch prepaid wireless data services on a GPRS network as it just signed a deal …
CANNES, France—Logica set a Guinness World Record by successfully delivering the fastest text message around the globe in 197.53 seconds. Logica Mobile Networks Chief Executive Officer Gerry McKenna sent the …
REDMOND, Washington, United States—AT&T Wireless Services completed its all-stock acquisition of the 77-percent of TeleCorp PCS it did not already own. The deal involved AT&T Wireless issuing approximately 146 million …
DENVER, United States—Aerie Networks subsidiary Ricochet Networks initiated a technical trial of the Ricochet high-speed wireless data network in Denver, marking the return of the service since its former owner, …
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said it charged two firms with making false claims about devices purporting to protect consumers against mobile-phone radiation. The FTC said it filed a lawsuit …
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, on 18 February announced it will launch i-mode-like service in Germany in March or April through its partner, E-Plus. Based on the …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The major cellular operator in Paraguay, Telecel (Millicom International), has launched its prepaid fixed wireless telephony service called Tele2. The new service uses an 800 MHz cellular network …
BEIJING—China Unicom welcomed 439,000 subscribers on its new CDMA network last year, while the number of its GSM customers rose by 1.07 million to 28.1 million. Many of the CDMA …
Regardless of not having a product portfolio, the Sony Ericsson joint venture has declared that it aims to take the top market position for handset sales by 2005. The company’s …
WASHINGTON—More than 30 members of Congress have sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) siding with the bulk of the wireless industry in opposing the mandatory implementation of …
CANNES, France—IBM Corp. unveiled its Service Provider Delivery Environment (SPDE), an open-standards-based framework that telecommunications service providers can use to introduce new voice, text and Internet-based services to customers faster, …
CANNES, France—Motorola Inc. made several announcements at this week’s 3GSM World congress in Cannes, France. The company announced its partnership with CH2M Hill, a network delivery service provider. According to …
CANNES, France—MapInfo has been chosen by Vodafone D2 to provide the technology platform for its location-based D2-NightGuide Premium WAP service. MapInfo’s miAware technology platform will offer navigation and routing functions …
CANNES, France—Nortel Networks made two announcements at this week’s 3GSM World Congress in France. The company commercially launched its Network Gateway Server (NGS), which it said simplifies the development of …
CANNES, France—Dynamic Telecommunications Inc. announced its new Distance Based Sampling (DBS) option at the 3GSM World Congress. The DBS option, which is incorporated into DTI’s W-CDMA receiver, allows one drive-test …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Networks says it has signed a contract to deploy its mPosition solution for location-based services over Fujian Mobile Communications Company’s networks. “With location-based services, mobile operators are realizing …
CANNES, France—Telecom Italia Group said it will support Nokia’s Open Mobile Architecture initiative, which seeks to provide a software platform for the mobile software and services market, utilizing the GSM/GPRS …
ATLANTA—Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. announced it is now offering Internet service to wireless handheld device users as well. According to the company’s Web site, EarthLink-powered wireless e-mail and Internet …
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Fixed-wireless equipment manufacturer Hybrid Networks Inc. said it may be forced to seek bankruptcy protection if it does not find a buyer soon. The company is facing liquidity …
