BEIJING-China Mobile Communications awarded Nortel Networks a $130 million contract to expand its GSM network in Shaanxi province. The dual-band digital cellular network will increase capacity by about 1.5 million …
PLEASANTON, Calif.- InPhonic Inc., a developer and manager of virtual private networks, signed an agreement with Nhancement Technologies Inc., a unified communications and information provider, to acquire 1 million inUnison …
AUSTIN, Texas-Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Chicago is adopting the wireless, Web-based VendCast system from Isochron Data Corp. to help the soft drink company manage their full-service vending operations, Isochron said. …
CAMBRIDGE, Ontario-COM DEV Wireless, a subsidiary of COM DEV International Ltd., and Alpine PCS will partner to conduct initial trials of COM DEV’s M/ERGY high-speed wireless Internet system in the …
WASHINGTON- Winstar Communications Inc. said it entered a long-term agreement to utilize LighTrade Inc.’s bandwidth pooling points, which switch bandwidth among carriers and service providers in minutes. Through the agreement, …
HAYWARD, Calif.-In an effort to raise awareness of the issue of security as a key enabler of mobile and wireless technologies, Certicom has announced the Certicom Trust Partner Program, an …
SAN RAMON, Calif.- U.S. Wireless Corp. announced its South Korean joint venture, Wireless Technology Inc., signed a memorandum of understanding with SK Telecom, Korea’s largest wireless carriers, to trial U.S. …
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse Technology Inc., signed an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services to provide its unified messaging solution for AT&T Wireless’ recently announced third-generation network. …
Like the old dog that would not die, digital subscriber line and cable services continue to dwarf wireless in the house of the end user. Yet wireless, the new dog …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. has expanded its CDMA license contract with Rohde & Schwarz to include using its patents and purchasing its integrated circuits and system software to manufacture and supply …
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Cricket Comfortable Wireless service in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, N.M. Leap said customers of its flat rate, all-you-can-talk local wireless service could receive …
CARLSBAD, Calif.-Denso Wireless, a manufacturer and supplier of wireless phones, and Unitech Industries, a manufacturer of phone accessories, signed a strategic alliance to jointly develop accessories for phones supplied to …
WASHINGTON-Despite uneven progress of fixed wireless broadband carriers in recent years, the ability of newcomers to the local market-small and large alike-to offer voice, data, video and Internet services competitively …
HONG KONG-Hong Kong plans to award four third-generation (3G) licenses by the middle of 2001 using a hybrid beauty contest and auction process. Companies must go through a qualification process …
A variety of wireless operators released fourth quarter results last week, including national carrier VoiceStream Wireless Corp., regional operator Western Wireless Corp. and flat rate, local calling provider Leap Wireless …
Like most other paging companies, PNI Technologies Inc. is working to pull itself out from under the shadow of the flagging paging industry. But while most carriers are tying to …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. won two GSM infrastructure contracts valued at $13 million from China Mobile Communication Corp. to expand its networks in two major cities in Heilongjiang Province in …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-French telecom manufacturer Alcatel has relaunched its GSM micro base station concept that it claims will work with PBXs from other developers. The success of the micro base …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Airflash, a wireless location technology developer, unveiled an interactive short message service location service that it claims is the first within the wireless industry. The firm said that, …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Despite the formation last September of the Location Interoperability Forum (LIF), which is dedicated to developing global interoperability between mobile positioning systems, technology developers are complaining that nothing …
