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Redline gets venture financing

TORONTO-Redline Communications Inc. has received $10 million in second-round venture financing led by Telemedia Corp. and other existing investors to expand sales and distribution for its Access Node 50.AN-50 is a non-line-of-site, broadband fixed wireless system that uses orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, OFDM, to...

Millicom transfers Argentine branch to local partner

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Argentine branch of Millicom International was transferred to local group Sociedad Comercial del Plata, which already owned 35 percent of the company. Although the amount of the transaction was not disclosed, Millicom Argentina has invested US$20 million in the operation since...

Nigeria fixed wireless operator cuts tariffs

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Nigeria fixed wireless network operator Cell Communications (Cellcom) announced it has started the pilot phase of its 25 Nigerian nairas (US$0.19) per-minute billing without access fees.The rationale behind the tariff restructuring is an attempt to gain a share of the call center...

Allgon to supply Marconi with microwave products

TABY, Sweden-Allgon said it will supply microwave radio equipment to Marconi Communications GmbH for sale as standalone units or as part of a package to complement Marconi's fixed wireless communications solutions."The Allgon range of products, with its technical excellence and flexible design, perfectly complements...

Americatel, BellSouth bring Perú fixed wireless service

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-With the objective to challenge the monopoly held by Telef

T-Mobile cuts Starbucks Wi-Fi access fees

NEW YORK-T-Mobile USA has cut the price of its Wi-Fi Internet access service at 1,200 retail locations, including Starbucks coffee shops, to $30 for a monthly pass and $6 for a daily pass, CNet reported. With 20 or fewer people using the service at...

Iospan ceases operations

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Iospan Wireless, a provider of fixed wireless broadband antenna technology, has ceased operations and its assets have been acquired by Intel Corp. and PrimeWave Communications, according to several reports.Iospan specialized in multiple input-multiple output, non-line-of-site technology that it offered under the brand...

Alvarion buys InnoWave

NEW YORK-Alvarion Ltd., Tel-Aviv, Israel, a provider of point-to-multipoint broadband wireless solutions, has signed an agreement to acquire most of the assets of InnoWave ECI Wireless Systems Ltd. from its parent, Wireless Systems ECT Telecom Ltd.Alvarion will pay $9.7 million in cash and grant...

Malaysian operator selects Cambridge Broadband fixed wireless equipment

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Malaysian operator AtlasOne said it awarded a US$3 million contract to Cambridge Broadband for its fixed wireless equipment.AtlasOne will deploy the equipment in the 3.5 GHz band following technical trails. The operator plans a nationwide deployment beginning in the Klang Valley area...

Alcatel announces two GSM contracts

PARIS-French supplier Alcatel Corp. announced two infrastructure wins on Thursday.Alcatel said it will supply Ikatel, the second GSM operator in Mali owned by Sonatel/France Telecom, with a nationwide GSM network. The first phase of the installation began at end-2002. Ikatel was awarded a GSM...

Vyyo CFO takes leave

NEW YORK-Vyyo Inc., a Cupertino, Calif., supplier of broadband fixed wireless systems, said its chief financial officer, David Aber, has taken a sabbatical for personal reasons. Arik Levi, vice president of finance, will serve as interim CFO "pending the return of Mr. Aber or...

Auction results surprise Brazil’s Anatel

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Jarbas Valente, Anatel's superintendent of private services, said he was surprised by the auction results for the surplus licenses in bands D and E for personal communications services. Anatel collected $262.2 million in the auction, or 31.31 percent more than the established...

Argentina, Venezuela drag down BellSouth’s income

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-BellSouth Latin America saw income of US$495 million in the third quarter of 2002, a decrease of 31 percent compared with the same period last year. "Revenues reflected the impacts of currency devaluations, principally in Argentina and Venezuela, as well as weak...

WCA urges regulators to set rules for millimeter wave spectrum

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Communications Association International urged federal regulators to set rules by early year for fixed wireless broadband service in upper millimeter wave spectrum that promises gigabit- per-second speeds. "I am confident that the high speed wireless services and backhaul enabled by this new...

Vesper awards EV-DO contracts for fixed wireless network

SAO PAULO, Brazil—Brazilian fixed wireless operator Vesper has signed separate contracts with Nortel Networks Ltd. and L.M. Ericsson to supply gear for a cdma2000 1x EV-DO network.Airvana Inc. said it will provide the channel card upgrade for data for the networks for Nortel."Our customers...

Diveo associates in Argentina, Uruguay sold to SkyOnline

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-SkyOnline bought the Argentine and Uruguay affiliates of Diveo on 20 October for around US$7 million. It is the first acquisition involving wireless networks by SkyOnline in the region. Diveo operates fixed wireless networks in Argentina using 10.5 GHz, 23 GHz and...

Ratelindo postpones rolling out CDMA-based services

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Ratelindo, Indonesia's pioneer fixed wireless operator, confirmed it will defer the delivery of CDMA-based services from the third quarter this year into in the beginning of next year.Virano Nasution, chief executive officer (CEO) of Ratelindo, said that Samsung and Nortel Networks, acting as...

Motorola licenses fixed wireless products to Brightstar

LIBERTYVILLE, Illinois, United States-Motorola said it signed a licensing agreement with Latin American distributor Brightstar. The agreement allows Brightstar to develop, manufacture, distribute and sell CDMA and TDMA 800 MHz fixed wireless products under the Motorola brand.The agreement includes all of South America, Mexico,...

Telcordia, Toshiba complete demonstration

NEW YORK-Telcordia Technologies Inc. and Toshiba America Research Inc., both members of the Mobile Wireless Internet Forum, completed a successful proof-of-concept demonstration September 17 of a mobile Internet based on an Internet-style core network infrastructure.The test used an all Internet Protocol wireless and wireline...

Telular to become hardware supplier for PetroCom

NEW ORLEANS-Petroleum Communications Inc. (PetroCom) announced Telular Corp. will serve as the hardware supplier for the recently introduced Poseidon fixed wireless service, which allows standard phones, fax machines and computers to operate on the PetroCom cellular network.Telular will provide its Phonecell terminals to deliver...

Indonesia sees different trends from CDMA technology

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Indonesia's wireless market faces two opposite trends from the implementation of CDMA technology. Four analog and CDMA operators, Komselindo, Mobisel, Metrosel, and Telesera, counted a 20.06-percent decrease in growth in subscriber numbers from 156,721 as of June last year to 125,280 subscribers as...

SkyOnline buys Diveo in Argentina, Uruguay

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-SkyOnline signed a letter of intent stating that it will buy Diveo Broadband Networks' Argentine and Uruguayan branches for about US$7 million. This decision is in line with recent trends in the region, which has seen numerous companies selling their operations at...