STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it has agreed to supply Hong Kong carrier SmarTone with an end-to-end W-CDMA solution, including handsets, core network, radio access network, network management solutions and other related …
LONDON-Hutchison 3G UK reported an agreement with 186k to provide a nationwide fiber optic network and co-location services, and a separate agreement with Nortel Networks Corp. to provide 10-gigabits-per-second-per-channel dense …
NEW YORK—In the wake of the events of Sept. 11, efforts are being made to reschedule Wireless World 2001, which was to begin September 24 at the World Trade Center …
WEST MELBOURNE, Fla.—Relm Wireless Corp. announced it has received four orders totaling $899,000 for BK Radio-branded mobile and portable radio products, three of which were from the U.S. Forest Service …
WASHINGTON—InPhonic Inc., Washington, D.C., has raised $19 million in fourth-round venture capital to abet its provision of equipment, software and services that enable corporations, affinity groups and Web-based companies to …
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—The Danish telecom agency awarded four third-generation licenses for $118 million each after receiving bids from five companies. Incumbent operators TDC Mobile, Telia Denmark and Orange each won a …
Any plans to take the J-Phone wireless business of Japan Telecom Co. Ltd. public must wait until the performance of its parent improves, said Chris Gent, chief executive of Vodafone …
TOKYO—Japan’s KDDI Corp. said it was postponing the launch of its high-speed mobile Internet access service from this fall to next April. KDDI said the cdma2000 1x-based service planned by …
WASHINGTON—The National Telephone Cooperative Association has canceled its fall conference originally scheduled for Baltimore starting Sept. 23. “After careful consideration, NTCA decided that the current uncertainty in air travel schedules …
WASHINGTON—The American Mobile Telecommunications Association and the Licensing Assistance Office have entered into a strategic alliance to effectively represent and promote the interests of independent two-way radio dealers, AMTA announced …
WASHINTON, D.C.—InPhonic Inc. announced it has closed a $19 million in Series D capital financing round led by Core Capital Partners. InPhonic plans to use the funding to expand its …
LONDON—According to a recent Frost & Sullivan study, the pending introduction of GPRS may change mobile data access, especially among enterprises. According to Ben Connelly, a research analyst at Frost …
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission’s rejection of the cellular industry’s request to waive the Sept. 30 deadline packet-data wiretap deadline for all mobile phone carriers has drawn mixed reactions from service …
BOSTON—In a recent report, analyst and consulting company Ovum warns that operators need to follow thought-out strategic business plans in order to successfully implement third-generation technologies in the foreseeable future. …
LE PLESSIS-ROBINSON, France—Wireless operator Orange selected Lucent Technologies Inc. to provide a network management solution for its mobile network in France. Lucent said its Netminder solution will provide detailed surveillance, …
TOKYO—Toshiba Corp. is launching its wireless notebooks Portege 4000 and Tecra 9000 models , which will offer 802.11b and Bluetooth technologies. Toshiba hopes to differentiate itself from competitors like Dell …
NEW YORK—Millicom International Cellular S.A. sold its 24.5 percent stake in Indian cellular operator SkyCell Communications Ltd. to Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd. “The selective sale of our non-core assets, including the …
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Somera Communications, which provides infrastructure equipment and support services, says it has appointed Rick Darnaby as its president and chief executive officer. He will succeed Founder Dan Firestone, …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Wireless software developer Veratium Software Ltd. has launched its Motivus Enterprise Server 2.3, which it said enables users to wirelessly access files and folders residing on desktop computers …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Mobile networking software developer Ecutel Inc. has unveiled its Viatores Secure WLAN edition, a new product for secure communication across all wireless LANs. According to Ecutel, the Viatores Secure …
