PARIS—The French government has dramatically reduced its upfront cost of third-generation (3G) licenses and extended the license terms to 20 years from 15 years.The initial payment for a French 3G …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—A broad spectrum of technology companies, including Cisco Systems Inc., Comverse Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp., Philips Speech Processing and SpeechWorks International Inc., have agreed to form a …
SINGAPORE—Singapore’s telecom regular Infocomm Development Authority has selected four consortia to trial mobile payment solutions through a $11 million initiative. The trials will run from the first quarter of 2002 …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson AG says it has signed a cooperation agreement with Vytel Asia to build out next-generation networks in the Asia Pacific region. “The two companies are combining their expertise …
HAYWARD, Calif.—Certicom Inc. says it is shipping its virtual private network solution called movian VPN 2.0 for wireless devices using 802.11b, or WiFi, networks. “movian VPN allows companies to extend …
BOISE, Idaho—Extended Systems signed an agreement with Compaq Global Services allowing Compaq to resell Extended’s XTNDConnect Server software as part of its mobile solutions offering to iPAQ corporate customers and …
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.—Shorecliff Communications and RCR Wireless News announced the finalists for the 2001 Excellence in Business Awards, scheduled to take place Oct. 30 at the 2001 Tower Summit …
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—NMS Communications announced it has acquired Lucent Technologies’ voice enhancement and echo cancellation business. According to the agreement, expected to close by year-end, NMS will pay $60 million in …
NEW YORK—Telematics has the potential to create $20 billion to $40 billion in revenues during the next ten years, according to a recently released Booz Allen Hamilton report. Telematics has …
WASHINGTON—All of the principles in the negotiations for bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.’s PCS C- and F-block license have signed off on a concept agreement that would allow NextWave to walk …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Sierra Wireless Inc. posted better than expected third-quarter numbers, noting the introduction of new products during the fourth quarter should help it contend with the current difficult economic …
IRVINE, Calif.—Verizon Wireless reached a settlement with Acacia National Mortgage Co. stopping the lender from sending repeated, unsolicited commercial text messages to Verizon Wireless customers signed up for the carrier’s …
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens said China Mobile selected it as a major supplier to expand its GPRS-based mobile Internet services in nine provinces in China. The entire project will be completed in …
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.—Mobile marketing software provider, Avesair Inc., has expanded its services to the Latin American market via a partnership with RAM-Atlantic, an m-strategies and solutions provider. RAM-Atlantic will …
SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. rolled into its first Nebraska market launching its Cricket flat-rate service in Omaha. “We are very excited to offer Omahans a fresh and affordable wireless …
WOBURN, Mass.—Boston Communication Group Inc. signed a contract with Dobson Cellular Systems to expand its Prepaid Wireless Service in Dobson’s markets. BCGI said its prepaid offering includes nationwide roaming, a …
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo.—ARC Wireless Solutions Inc. said it integrated inventory and equipment, including base station antennas and very low profile antennas for use with a low-earth orbiting satellite networks, recently …
SHANGHAI, China—Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has demonstrated its first cdma2000 1x call for voice and data in China. Lucent said it is collaborating with China Unicom to demonstrate the …
WALLDORF, Germany—Siemens AG says it will build its wireless phones with mySAP Lifecycle Management, which reduces the time from design to production and, therefore time to market. “Siemens Mobile also …
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. says it has reached an agreement with Nokia to increase funding of the Wideband CDMA technology development program, which was initiated in 1999. “The …
