TOKYO—Matsushita Communication Industrial, the leading mobile handset vender in Japan, announced that it is expecting to have a 40 billion yen (US$325 million) operational loss for fiscal year (FY) 2001 …
TOKYO—NEC, a leading communications vender in Japan, announced that the firm is expecting its revenues for fiscal year (FY) 2001 ending March 2002 to decline by 2 percent, and the …
LONDON—Vodafone Group said its average revenue per user (ARPU) has begun to stabilize based on its end-September financial figures. The operator said its total inactive customer base in its controlled …
MURRAY HILL, New Jersey, United States—Lucent Technologies fell below market estimate as it recorded a fourth-quarter net loss of US$8.8 billion, or US$2.59 a share, as against a loss of …
NEW YORK—Millicom International Cellular (MIC) said it will complete the final distribution of its shares to the former shareholders of Millicom Incorporated pursuant to the 1993 merger terms between MIC …
TORONTO—Facing tough times, Microcell Telecommunications has laid off 5 percent of its work force. The Montreal-based carrier of the Fido brand wireless service gave the pink slip to about 200 …
ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless rolled out its Wireless Internet Express General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) service in a number of markets in the Southeast and in Las Vegas, following the initial introduction …
LONDON—Marconi and Somera Communications announced a strategic partnership to deliver configuration of Marconi’s power solution combined with Somera’s OneSource services for rural carriers across the United States. “Through our supply …
BUCHAREST, Romania—According Gulf News, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) newspaper, Thuraya’s services will be available in 30 countries, including Pakistan, Sudan, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Algeria, Tunisia, Iran, Greece, Bangladesh, Sri …
BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, United States—CTI Squared said Israel’s Bezeq has begun a unified messaging trial called OneMail using CTI’s unified messaging application. Access to the service will be available by fixed …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The Italian government has told its five third-generation (3G) license holders that it has no plans to follow the French government’s example of reducing the license fees or …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The grand plans by Royal Philips Electronics to become a worldwide player in the cell-phone market have all but disappeared with the announcement that China Electronics Corporation (CEC) …
LONDON—Motorola Inc. says it has revised its view of when it expects third-generation mobile services to attract mass-market acceptance in Europe to 2004 instead of 2003 in line with analyst …
DOVER, N.J.—Casio and Sierra Wireless announced their plans to jointly deliver several wireless solutions. The Sierra Wireless AirCard wireless modems will support the new Cassiopeia BE-300 and the new E-200 …
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—Oracle Corp. announced its Oracle 9i Application Server, along with the company’s Oracle9i Lite for wireless devices, now allows users to centrally manage both online and offline mobile …
BOULDER, Colo.—Software company SandCherry Networks Inc. has released version 2.0 of its flagship SoftServer platform, which allows service providers to offer services including unified messaging, streaming media, speech recognition, text-to-speech, …
BEIJING—Motorola Inc. said it has made its first cdma2000 1x data call successfully in a live demonstration to Chinese telecom operators at the PT Wireless & Networks Comm China 2001. …
ATLANTA—Wireless platform provider Air2Web announced it will launch its Mobile Email Platform, which will provide wireless access to Lotus Domino and Microsoft Exchange applications, in November. The platform, which supports …
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France—Mobile telecommunications industry executives paid tribute this week to Akio Sasaki, chairman of the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Project Coordination Group following his October 5 death, a …
