MORRISVILLE, N.C.—Orange U.K. has completed its transition of its GSM network to an IP-based signaling network. Orange U.K. has replaced 90 percent of its Time Division Multiplex-based signaling network with …
BALA CYNWYD, Pa.—The law offices of Marc Henzel in Bala Cynwyd, Pa., and Cauley Geller Bowman & Coates L.L.P. in Little Rock, Ark., joined several other firms in filing class …
RESTON, Va.—NII Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of Nextel Communications Inc., revealed it failed to make an $8.3 million payment on Dec. 31 under its Argentine credit facility and could be …
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission said on Dec. 28 that it was re-allocating 27 megahertz of spectrum for new flexible services. The spectrum is being made available as part of the …
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Network access management software provider Interlink Networks announced it developed a wireless data authenticator based on the emerging Diameter protocol. The company said the authenticator allows wireless data …
ORLANDO, Fla.—The disposable phone market is getting a little more crowded with the launch of another company, New Horizons Technologies International, which plans to introduce its disposable product at the …
LONDON—Mobile entertainment company Cash-U Mobile Technologies released the second-generation versions of its products, the Pecan mobile entertainment platform and the Pistachio software developers kit. The company said the new versions …
NEW YORK—The European Telecommunications Standards Institute held its first smart card interoperability event in mid-December at its headquarters in Sophia Antipolis, France, bringing together 35 industry experts to address three …
WALTHAM, Mass.—Adaptix 1.0, which enables mobile workers to perform job functions on smart phones, two-way pagers and handheld computers in connected, intermittently connected and disconnected modes, began shipping last month …
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.—Long-term growth in the wireless handset component market will be “impressive,” according to a recently released Allied Business Intelligence Inc. report. ABI predicts that increased demand for mobile …
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia—The third-biggest Russian carrier, St. Petersburg-based North-Western GSM, launched a GSM 900/1800 MHz network in the Central Asian republic of Tajikistan in the last days of 2001. The …
TORONTO—Microcell Telecommunications completed a C$39.6 million (US$27.4 million) rights with shareholders Telesystem and VoiceStream Wireless, increasing total proceeds to C$450.6 million (US$312.2 million) to date. The Montreal-based carrier of the …
TORONTO—WaveRider Communications Inc. announced its securities are subject to delisting from the Nasdaq National Market. The company said it was issued a Nasdaq Staff Determination that said it did not …
RYE, N.Y.—Lynch Interactive Corp. said it has withdrawn its interest in acquiring telecommunications holding company Conestoga Enterprises Inc. in a $273 million cash deal. The announcement follows Conestoga’s statement that …
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. has amended the terms of its proposed exchange offer for its five percent Convertible Subordinated Notes due October 2002. Now, for each $1,000 principal amount of Subordinated …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless unveiled the SCH-N300, a new wireless phone capable of identifying a caller’s calling location and phone number to an emergency call center. Verizon said the E911 location-based …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint PCS announced its Rhode Island customers will soon have access to location-based E911 technology on their handsets. The customers must have GPS-enabled pones, which Sprint recently began …
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Motorola Inc. filed last week with U.S. regulators to sell up to $2 billion in debt securities, common and preferred stock and other securities. The company said it will …
MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced it has sent the maturity notice for the 7 percent equity subordinated debentures due February 15, 2002, and has advised registered ESD holders that it …
HELSINKI, Finland—Sonera opened its third-generation network in Finland on Jan. 1 in line with its license conditions. However, commercial service will not begin until UMTS phones become available to consumers. …
