Osama bin Laden and his goons appear to be in retreat. For that alone we should give thanks, though no one will be satisfied until justice is brought to the mass murderers. How interesting-and telling-that this con artist who spews venomous, anti-American slurs at...
DENVER, United States—Venezuela's leading operator, Telecommunicaciones Movilnet, signed a US$150 million contract that will allow Lucent Technologies to build a nationwide third-generation (3G) cdma2000 wireless network to complement its existing TDMA digital network.Lucent did not announce the timeline for the launch of the network,...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Lucent Technologies has invested US$5 million in Argentina for new offices, which include a laboratory where Lucent can monitor the functioning of all infrastructure provided by the company in South America. The lab is equipped for testing, development and repairs of networks...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has decided to migrate straight to third-generation technology and skip 2.5 generation in its CDMA offerings."We believe that the future of wireless, specifically third-generation, is high-speed data and that the best way to get to high-speed data,...
SAN DIEGO—Verizon Wireless and Lucent Technologies demonstrated an over-the-air data call using CDMA 1xEV-DO technology at the CDMA Americas Congress. The companies noted they already completed a field trial of the technology and are conducting additional tests in a lab environment.
GENEVA-As the second-round auction for U.K. broadband wireless licenses continues, license holders across the Continent will be praying the lackluster response to date represents nothing more than a further hiccup in a market devastated by the downturn in tech stocks earlier this year. At...
TORONTO-As the handset manufacturing business gets tougher because of declining demand, more phone makers are looking at joint ventures as their economic salvation and perhaps their best strategy to catch number-one handset supplier Nokia. In October, after much fanfare, Ericsson and Sony launched a...
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems Inc. posted a $3.4 billion net loss for the fourth quarter ended Sept. 30.The company, which is still owned 58 percent by Lucent Technologies Inc., said revenue plummeted by 60 percent to $600 million as against $1.5 billion in the same...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. fell below market estimates as it recorded a fourth-quarter net loss of $8.8 billion, or $2.59 a share as against a loss of $484 million, or 14 cents a share a year ago."All along, we've said fiscal 2001 would...
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 cash for all assets of the business. After close of the agreement, NMS will enter...
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 mobile Internet services for visitors at a temporary exhibit center at the Shanghai Sofitel Hyland...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has appointed Bill O'Shea as president of Bell Labs and chief technology officer.He replaced Arun Netravvali, who will become its chief scientist "to identify new technologies that would benefit the company," according to Lucent.
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. has announced a multiservice switch to enable service providers to deliver converged voice, data and video applications to businesses at reduced costs."The PacketStar (PSAX) 1000 is an exciting new addition to Lucent's multiservice media gateway line because it offers...
NEW YORK—Bell Labs researchers said Oct. 9 they have developed a software architecture, called Common Operations, that will enable global roaming across all wireless network types, including those providing third generation mobile and high speed fixed data access services."As next-generation high-speed mobile data networks...
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-In an amendment agreement with its bank group, Agere Systems said it has paid $1 billion of its $2.5 billion debt it assumed from parent company Lucent Technologies Inc. The maturity date of its $1.5 billion balance has been extended from Feb. 21,...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it is the first in North America and one of the first worldwide to roll out third-generation cdma2000 data software to enable operators convey data at speeds of up to 153 kilobits per second."Mobile operators that evolve their...
REDMOND, Wash.-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Metawave Communications Corp. announced an alliance to increase the capacity of CDMA and CDMA2000 wireless networks.The joint solution, designed for the 850 MHz frequency band, will integrate the Lucent Flexent CDMA modular cell base station with the Metawave SpotLight...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies has inked a five-year TDMA agreement with Cingular Wireless to cover 30 markets, including Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Philadelphia and Washington D.C.Under the pact, Lucent will supply mobile network equipment including base stations, software and professional services."These solutions will enable Cingular...
LE PLESSIS-ROBINSON, France—Wireless operator Orange selected Lucent Technologies to provide a network management solution for its mobile network in France. Lucent said its Netminder solution will provide detailed surveillance, analysis and control of traffic across the network and ensure that technical problems are detected.Under...
SAN DIEGO—In an attempt to alleviate investor concerns, Cricket Communications Inc., a subsidiary of Leap Wireless International Inc., amended its vendor-financing agreements with Ericsson, Lucent Technologies Inc. and Nortel Networks Corp. Leap said the amendments change the gross revenue covenant primarily to reflect changes...
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, analysis and control of traffic across the network and ensure technical problems are detected.Under...
NEW YORK—Citing plans by TeleCorp PCS Inc. to deploy a "GSM overlay network in the near future" at the same time as its cash flow growth has slowed, Moody's Investors Service Inc. reaffirmed the speculative grade rating of B2 on the carrier's $2.92 billion...
Berliner Communications Inc.Doreen Trant has been promoted to chief operating officer of Berliner Communication Inc. Trant previously served as the company's vice president of sales and marketing. She will now be responsible for service disciplines including RF engineering, site acquisition, construction, project management,...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. has named John Kritzmacher as its senior vice president and corporate controller, replacing Mark White, who has decided to leave the company."He has the right mix of financial know-how, marketing and operational experience to help drive the next phase...
