News Archives
12/01-4/02

April 2002
FCC to Require Iridium to Commit to New Satellites
Openwave releases source code
Operators outsourcing network operation
China Considers Implementing New Mobile-Phone Standards
France's Orange Flat-Rate Mobile Internet Access

Global phones sales dip 1Q02
US Mobile-Phone Use Rose 75%
DoCoMo tempts talkers with I-mode upgrade 
mBalance upstart selected for Dutch Tech Tour 2002 

March 2002
TDK Takes Up Psion's Product Slack
Vodafone remains upbeat despite £13.5bn loss 
Good Sues RIM Over Wireless E-Mail System
In-Stat MDR Forecasts Bluetooth Boom
Verizon Wireless Adds to E-911 Phase II Compliance 
Brooktrout, Pepsi, Toast M-Commerce 
Mobitel, Ericsson join forces to help refugees
transL8it! unveils SMS lingo dictionary
MTN SA Goes Live With Free GPRS Trial
Ericsson compression technology boosts 3G network capacity
Ericsson clinches Lesotho mobile network contract

February 2002
Apple, Sun, Ericsson in Wireless Deal
Vodafone Sub Growth to Slow in 2003
Egypt Invites Bids for Phone Network
Telstra To Switch Off Phone Thieves
Mobile Handset Shares For 2001
Global Mobile Forecasts to 2010 
Focus On Prepaid Migration- Analysis
Global Mobile Forecasts to 2010
Wireless Villiage Announces IM Spec
SMS 'virus' discovered
UK To Use SMS Voting
469m Handset Sales for 2002

January 2002
WLAN Security Faces Hurdles
Public WLANs On The Rise
First GSM-CDMA Roaming 
Ericsson In Licensing Agreement With LG

Wireless Data Important - Yankee

PayCircle's Mobile Payment Standards
Motorola To Create Mobile Food Court
US and UK Wireless Ad Groups Merge
DoCoMo to open i-mode network to ISPs
Mobile content more successful than for PC

Video Messaging to Fuel CamPhone Surge

Yankee Paints Bleak Picture Of Mobile 2002

Mobile Youth Spearhead 156% SMS Growth
Siemens -Customer Key In Mobile Strategy
Wireless Data Key For Carriers - Yankee

Vodafone User Numbers Reach 2002 Goal

Brazil scraps prepaid phone ban proposal

Toshiba Goes Shopping With Bluetooth
First luxury cellphone company formed
Siemens In TETRA Radio Technology First
Ericsson/Vodafone Global MMS Contract



December 2001
First SDR Call Over CDMA made
Zimbabwe police detain Econet official

DoCoMo to Raise Speed of i-mode
CellGuides new GPS add-on uses Sarantel
DoCoMo/Nokia Promote Open Mobile Architecture

Vodacom Selects Convergys for Billing

SkyGo Aggregates Premier Wireless Ads

Palestinian telecoms firm sues Israeli mobile co.
Turkcell Interdict To Stop Roaming
Meridea, new Mobile Financial Company launched