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T-Mobile Orders 3G Platform
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August 31, 2002 : Operator to be supplied with smartcard products and services for 3G mobile commerce applications by SchlumbergerSema
Global Crossing Reports July Loss
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August 31, 2002 : Company says it's financial performance is on track
Actelis Founder Becomes CEO
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August 30, 2002 : Actelis Networks promotes founder and president Tuvia Barlev to CEO spot, as it prepares to launch MetaLIGHT product
Lumenon Lays Off
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August 30, 2002 : Reduces workforce by 'approximately' 37 employees via 'temporary' layoff
Fitch Goes Negative on BellSouth
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August 30, 2002 : Fitch Ratings changes BellSouth's rating outlook to negative
ICSA OKs Fortinet
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August 30, 2002 : Fortinet's FortiGate products are first ASIC-based gateways to earn antivirus certification from ICSA Labs
J-Phone Intros New Handsets
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August 30, 2002 : J-Phone unveils two new 'Movie Sha-mail' handsets, 'thereby bringing the pleasures of the Movie Sha-mail service to even greater number of individuals'
Ericsson Exposed to Leap
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August 30, 2002 : Ericsson confirms senior secured customer financing in the amount of SEK 1.1B, plus SEK 3.4B in un-drawn commitments, to Leap Wireless
Leap Restructures Debt
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August 30, 2002 : Leap retains UBS Warburg to handle restructuring discussions with major creditors and to explore new sources of financing
Sonera Readies 3G Launch
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August 30, 2002 : Sonera plans to launch 3G mobile communications services in Finland on September 26, despite delay in deployment of UMTS
MobileOne Seeks IPO
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August 30, 2002 : MobileOne (Asia) Pte Ltd. (a.k.a. M1) plans an initial public offering of its shares on the Singapore stock exchange
France Telecom Delays Results
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August 30, 2002 : Postpones half-year results, including those for Orange, for two weeks to decide what action to take regarding its MobilCom investment
Telefonica Moviles Names CEO
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August 30, 2002 : Telefónica Móviles appoints Antonio Viana-Baptista as new chairman and CEO, replacing Luis Lada with former president and CEO of Telefónica Internacional
Malaysia 3G Goes International
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August 30, 2002 : Ericsson demonstrates Malaysia's first international 3G mobile-to-mobile call -- to SmarTone Mobile's 3G network in Hong Kong
Vivendi Sells Vodafone Vizzavi
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August 30, 2002 : Vodafone acquires Vivendi's half of Vizzavi Group for €142.7 in cash; now owns 100% of the company, except for Vizzavi France, which Vivendi retains
NEC Picks Altera SOPC
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August 30, 2002 : Altera's system-on-a-programmable chip solutions power NEC's 3G mobile networking products
Samsung Uses Nokia Software
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August 30, 2002 : Samsung signs a deal to license Nokia's Series 60 platform for its next generation of smartphones
BellSouth Lowers Guidance
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August 30, 2002 : BellSouth drops its guidance for 2002 EPS to between $2.06 and $2.13, down 7 cents per share from prior guidance
Gore to Sell Fiber Optic Biz
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August 30, 2002 : W. L. Gore & Associates has decided to dump its fiber optic business in order to focus on electrical interconnects
Shipley Acquires Haleos Remnants
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August 30, 2002 : Shipley Company will acquire the technology, equipment, intellectual property, and remaining workforce of Haleos Inc. for $3.1M
Siemens to Make OTDM a Reality
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August 30, 2002 : At ECOC, Siemens ICN will present its theory on how 160-Gbit/s optical time division multiplexing can become a commercial reality
TIM Readies GSM in Brazil
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August 30, 2002 : TIM reduces its stake in Solpart Participações SA from 37.29% to 19% in order to comply with Brazilian legal requirements for launching GSM services
AT&T Denies Redlining Charges
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August 29, 2002 : AT&T Broadband SVP and general counsel responds to lawsuit filed in Florida court, says it should have no impact on Comcast merger
Slovaks Pick Cramer
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August 29, 2002 : Slovenské Telekomunikácie selects Cramer's provisioning software to automate service delivery and cut costs
Finisar Revenues Rise in Q1
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August 29, 2002 : Revenues totaled $47.0M, up 12% from last quarter and 38% year-over-year; optical components and subsystems accounted for $39.3M
KMI: Optical Market to Bottom in 2002
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August 29, 2002 : New report from KMI says optical networking systems market will decline again in 2002, but growth will resume in 2003
S&P Gives Japan Telecom an A
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August 29, 2002 : S&P rates Japan Telecom's long-term corporate credit rating an A; outlook stable
EXFO Assesses Component Applications
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August 29, 2002 : EXFO introduces a component assembly applications group for optoelectronic component manufacturing
Tarifica: Competition Looms in EMEA
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August 29, 2002 : Tarifica sees the Middle East and Africa as emerging markets in which pricing schemes have not yet solidified
CMG Reports First Half
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August 29, 2002 : Wireless Data Solutions division increases revenue by 41% on the strength of contract from H3G for wireless data platform
Patent Lawyers Expand With Sprint
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August 29, 2002 : Top patent litigators Fish & Richardson sign multiyear, multimillion-dollar deal with Sprint to expand voice and data network nationwide
Level 3 Spans the Atlantic
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August 29, 2002 : Seals deal with Dante, the pan-European research community network operator, to provide 2.5-Gbit/s wavelength from London to New York
BP Deploys Telenor WLAN
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August 29, 2002 : BP Norway goes wireless with Telenor Business Solutions' WLAN at head offices in Stavanger
Intersil Unwires Presentations
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August 29, 2002 : Intersil's Prism WLAN provides wireless connectivity for Gemtek's Easy Presentation Station, which enables visual presentations for meetings and conferences
Nokia Helps Korea on Games
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August 29, 2002 : Korea Game Development & Promotion Institute and Nokia team up to nurture mobile gaming industry in Asia
DoCoMo Fights Phone Scams
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August 29, 2002 : Plans countermeasures against 'wangiri' scam, wherein companies attempt to solicit business by calling mobile phones and hanging up immediately
Nortel Declares Dividends
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August 29, 2002 : Board of directors of Nortel Networks declares a dividend on the outstanding Cumulative Redeemable Class A Preferred Shares Series 5
In-Fusio Develops Games
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August 29, 2002 : In-Fusio hopes to ignite the mobile game industry with launch of interactive developer zone at ECTS
Bookham Boffins Cook With GaAs
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August 29, 2002 : To present a paper at next month’s ECOC 02 describing a novel design for a 40-Gbit/s GaAs optical modulator
MobilCom to Restructure
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August 29, 2002 : EBITDA improves from negative €120.7M to just €49.7 in the red, but consolidated losses rocket to €172.8 and the company decides to reorg a bit
MTS Boosts Base Stations
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August 29, 2002 : Mobile TeleSystems installed 214 new base stations in August; revenues, EBITDA, and net income all increase in 2Q02, subs surpass 5M
Taiwan Taps Nokia's MMS
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August 29, 2002 : Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan selects Nokia to supply its MMS solution
China Mobile Picks Ericsson
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August 29, 2002 : China Mobile selects Ericsson as one of the main suppliers for its MMS systems in Shanghai and Guangzhou
Toshiba Teams With iPass
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August 29, 2002 : Toshiba and iPass to integrate WiFi hotspot locations into global broadband roaming service for enterprise users
Poland Picks Nokia MMS
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August 29, 2002 : Plus GSM of Poland has launched multimedia messaging services with Nokia as the supplier of its multimedia messaging solution
Nortel Wins Turkey
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August 29, 2002 : Nortel Networks/Netas to supply wireless equipment for Aycell Network expansion in Turkish GSM market
Spectrolab Triggers Avalanches
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August 29, 2002 : Boeing subsidiary shipping 2.5- and 10-Gbit/s InAlAs/InGaAs avalanche photodiodes (APDs)
Nortel Wins Turkey
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August 29, 2002 : Nortel Networks/Netas to supply wireless equipment for Aycell Network expansion in Turkish GSM market
HighWave to Restructure
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August 29, 2002 : HighWave Optical Technologies announces a restructuring plan aimed at achieving a positive EBITDA for the next fiscal year
Tellabs Unveils Ethernet Interface
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August 29, 2002 : New switch unit for the Tellabs 8100 managed access system ranges in capacity from 64 kbit/s to 12 Mbit/s
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