MCLEAN, Virginia, United States—LCC International has acquired Transmast Italia SRL, a wireless infrastructure, deployment, civil engineering and project management firm in Milan, Italy, from its parent company Transmast, which provides …
MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless (TIW) announced it has sent the maturity notice for the 7-percent Equity Subordinated Debentures (ESD) due 15 February, 2002, and has advised registered ESD holders that it …
LONDON—Bahrain’s Batelco announced a further round of tariff cuts on its MobilePlus services. The rate cuts have been applied to a range of services, including registration, per-minute rates, monthly rental …
PALO ALTO, Calif.—Hewlett-Packard Co. introduced two new wireless notebooks, offering embedded 802.11b or Bluetooth connectivity and digital home networking features. HP’s Pavilion zt1000 notebook comes embedded with 802.11b connectivity and …
SEOUL, South Korea—Samsung SDI said it has developed the world’s thinnest lithium-ion rechargeable cell phone batteries, which can store 355-watt hours in a space of a 2.8mm-thin, 34mm-wide and 58mm-high …
MOSCOW—Despite a recent Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) test by one of Russia’s largest operators, Russian Communications Minister Leonid Reiman refused to disclose the timeline for issuing the first third-generation …
BUCHAREST, Romania—Austrian operator One said it will launch third-generation (3G) services in the second half of 2002 once sufficient handsets are available. In addition, the operator said it managed to …
NEW YORK—The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) held its first smart card interoperability event in mid-December at its headquarters in Sophia Antipolis, France, bringing together 35 industry experts to address …
NEW YORK—Lucent Technologies said it has sold 80 percent of its New Ventures Group portfolio to British-based Coller Capital. The portfolio will be called New Venture Partners 11 L.P. The …
BOSTON—Asia is poised for strong growth in mobile handsets, according to a new report from the Yankee Group. The report projects that the Asia-Pacific region will see total handset shipments …
SAN JOSE, California, United States—Globalstar said it began service throughout Central Asia, including Afghanistan, through its Russian service provider, GlobalTel. The company said its satellite communications service is already being …
BEIJING—Smart cards solutions maker Gemplus said it has won a contract to supply its first live card-based CDMA network to China Unicom. “The launch of smart cards for CDMA networks …
PARIS—Alcatel has won a contract to expand the capacity of Turkish operator Aycell’s GSM 1800 MHz network. The three-year, US$144 million contract will allow the operator to offer enhanced services, …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Motorola inaugurated its first Software Development Center in South America, in the province of C
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, United States—Mobile services overtook fixed-line services in Latin America during 2001, according to data released by U.S.-based Pyramid Research. Mobile penetration in the region reached 17 percent. The …
PURCHASE, New York, United States—Pepsi-Cola North America will deploy a wireless technology system that will allow customers to use their credit cards to make vending machine purchases. The system currently …
NEW YORK—AT&T announced last week it has sold the last of its interest, approximately US$3 billion worth of shares, in AT&T Wireless, leaving the company to fend for itself, five …
BALA CYNWYD, Pennsylvania, United States—The law offices of Marc Henzel and Cauley Geller Bowman & Coates filed class action lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of …
BUCHAREST, Romania—Slovakia’s Telecommunication Office announced it will invite interested companies to submit bids for three Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) licenses and one GSM license. The licenses offered are in …
