ARLINGTON, Va.—Iridium Satellite L.L.C. announced the five satellites it launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on February 11 have ascended into their assigned orbits and are fully functional. The new …
TORONTO—Canada’s Bell Mobility launched the country’s first 1x wireless network in the greater Toronto area, with plans to extend the coverage throughout the year to cover most of the country. …
FREMONT, Calif.—Embedded software and server solution provider Access Systems America has joined the CDMA Development Group (CDG). “We have been closely working with the CDG to define next-generation data service …
CARY, N.C.—Parthus Technologies Inc. and UbiNetics said they have reach an agreement to combine Parthus’ 2G/2.5G technology with UbiNetics’ 3G technology to develop an integrated multimode GSM/GPRS/wideband CDMA solution. “Not …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—Ntelos Inc. awarded a $44 million contract to Motorola Inc.’s Global Telecom Solutions Sector to upgrade the carrier’s CDMA network to 1x capability and install new call switching …
MEXICO CITY—Nokia launched its 8270 model phone, a CDMA 1900 MHz “fashion” phone at Expo Comm Mexico 2002. Shipments of the phone, which is Nokia’s first CDMA fashion phone for …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Multimedia messaging continues to make waves in the wireless industry, as two major messaging companies today announced MMS products for both wireless carriers and corporate customers. Wireless Internet …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. introduced its MiLife Intelligent services gateway to enable mobile operators to develop and deliver enhanced voice and data services for third-generation networks. “With the MiLife …
LONDON—About 23,000 high-end Samsung A300 mobile phones valued at approximately $6 million disappeared from a warehouse in West London this week. Police believe the handsets were stolen by thieves with …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint PCS unveiled its eBilling & Analysis service, a Web-enabled billing and analysis tool designed to help wireless enterprise customers monitor their corporate wireless accounts, analyze invoice data …
BOSTON—According to a new report from Strategy Analytics, Samsung will fall below Siemens in 2002 global cellular market share results, and Sony Ericsson may push Samsung down even further. Analysts …
KIRKLAND, Wash.—Captaris Inc. announced its Infinite Mobile Delivery 2.5, which supports Microsoft Exchange 2000 as well as Exchange 5.5 on a wide range of Internet-enabled wireless devices, is now available. …
BERLIN—Berlin is a city undergoing a rebuilding and refurbishment program the likes of which few other cities in Europe have experienced in modern times. Against this backdrop of transformation, Deutsche …
GENEVA—Europe’s mobile users will likely wait much longer than expected for next-generation cellular, as the daunting implications of full-scale third-generation (3G) deployment are finally brought home to the region’s 60-plus …
CHICAGO—Until March 31, U.S. Cellular Corp. said it will be collecting used wireless phones through its Community Action Recycling Effort program with proceeds from the donations benefiting the Families Scholarship …
SAN DIEGO—While the Olympics may be in their own backyard, Salt Lake City residents who do not have tickets to events will be able to watch live coverage on the …
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.—UbiquiTel Inc. reaffirmed previously issued guidance on its funding position, reporting it had approximately $130 million in cash and cash equivalents and $85 million in available bank credit facilities …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—With the first signs that European cell-phone operators are generating better revenues than expected, the major handset developers are gearing themselves up for better days after many months …
BERLIN—The mobile division of Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile, has forcefully indicated that it plans to be the first to launch third-generation (3G) services in Germany. The company announced plans to deploy …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—As branding becomes a more important weapon in the struggle to win cell-phone customers, industry analysts are beginning to question how Hutchison 3G will be able to make …
