Lucent Technologies

BEIJING-Amiosonic’s new range of GSM mobile phones will be able to interoperate with Lucent Technologies Inc.’s GSM network infrastructure under a deal announced by the two companies. Mobile operators in …

TOKYO-Japanese vendors are in the final stages of developing third-generation (3G) terminals. Japanese 3G services are scheduled to be launched earlier than any other country in May 2001 by NTT …

TORONTO-Now that the C$6.6 billion (US$4.3 billion) Telus deal to acquire Clearnet Communications has been finalized, engineering issues are starting to surface. The challenge? How to combine the wireless operations …

SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. reported an agreement to work together to accelerate global deployment of third-generation CDMA wireless services by aligning development of Kyocera’s wireless handsets …

BARCELONA, Spain-Net2wireless Corp. joined Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Mobile Internet affiliates program under which Net2Wireless’ 3Gate Platform, a solution designed to enhance the performance of multimedia content on mobile devices, will …

NEW YORK-As wireless and wireline carriers and Internet content providers seek to drive revenues through value-added services, the concept of presence has taken on new importance. Presence is shorthand for …

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. entered a five-year, $1 billion agreement for Lucent to be the primary provider of data, voice and access infrastructure for SBC’s national …

NEW YORK-As carriers’ capital expenditures race ahead of revenues, existing wide area and new local area data networks are poised to capture a good chunk of the market for corporate …

CHICAGO-Was last week’s Personal Communications Industry Association GlobalXChange show a success? It depends on who you ask. While some exhibitors complained loudly about the lack of traffic, others said they …

TORONTO-Primal Technologies Inc. received a fourth memorandum of understanding with Lucent Technologies Inc. to supply a PrePaid Voice Response Unit in its Primal Service Node. The prepaid system allows carriers …

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-Avaya Communications Inc., the former Enterprise Networks Group at Lucent Technologies Inc., celebrated its just-completed $8 billion spin-off by introducing a half-dozen additions to its Enterprise Class IP …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it has signed up 29 co-sponsors for the Indian Telecom Training Initiative (ITTI 2000) to be held Sept. 25-28 in St. Paul, Minn. Co-sponsors include …

In a wide-ranging alliance, Nortel Networks and Broadbase Software Inc. will jointly develop and market a product they say will provide end-to-end customer relationship management. The communications company and the …

Can a 30-year-old Harvard Business School graduate rebuild Cabletron Systems Inc. as a snazzy player in the enterprise network switching industry? Garry K. McGuire Jr., executive vice president-worldwide marketing and …

Bluetooth seemed like a simple idea when introduced in 1998 as a low-cost, cable-replacement technology designed to be embedded in wireless devices. Early forecasts had Bluetooth-enabled products on the market …

MCLEAN, Va.-Nextlink Communications Inc. signed a contract with Lucent Technologies Inc. to deploy Lucent’s WaveStar optical networking products to remotely manage bandwidth along Nextlink’s 16,000-mile fiber-optic network, the companies announced. …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-In the wireless data weltanschauung of Lucent Technologies Inc., operators will remain the linchpin for an increasingly complex assembly of players. Lucent’s role, from its world view, is …

NEW YORK-The best is yet to be in the conjunction of wireless and the Internet, and that means plenty of opportunity, said Lior E. Yahalomi, managing partner of CMGI @Ventures. …

China and CDMA technology have attempted marriage about as many times as Elizabeth Taylor. Now it appears the Chinese government again has given the green light to China Unicom to …

Burst Wireless Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. are collaborating in a trial of high-speed wireless Internet services that Burst says will offer data rate speeds up to 144 kilobits per …

WASHINGTON-Prospects are improving for increased wireless trade with the world’s two most populous nations as Congress prepares this week to approve landmark China trade legislation and diplomatic relations between the …

NEW YORK-Merger prospects tend to have a significant impact on a company’s share price, although the degree of that influence can be difficult to precisely identify. The second-largest domestic personal …

BSWD BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. has named cellular industry veteran Donald Kovalevich as its new president and chief executive officer. Former BSWD President and CEO William Lenahan left the company …

The Personal Communications Industry Association made another move designed to evolve the association into one that serves the global mobile Internet market. PCIA last week announced the PCIA Global Initiative, …

NEW YORK-Western Multiplex Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., a broadband wireless access equipment provider, went public last week with a 7.5-million share offering of common stock, priced at $12 each. The company, …