HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Communications Corp. said it has formed an agreement with Yahoo! Inc. to display GoAmerica's wireless connectivity solutions on Yahoo! Mobile, a new...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The GSM Association said Global System for Mobile communications just broke through the 200 million customer barrier."The Asia Pacific region continues to grow...
HELSINKI-Finnish operator Sonera said its High Speed Circuit Switched Data network would be ready to begin offering services to data customers today.Handsets for the...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-@mobile.com Inc. introduced its Wireless IMessenger Internet service, which extends Internet instant messaging to digital wireless phones.The company said the product is compatible...
DES MOINES, Iowa-Iowa Wireless Services is expanding its roaming capabilities to nine states in the Southeast, said the company.Roaming services now will be available...
LONDON-British Telecommunications plc and AT&T Corp. each acquired a 15-percent stake in Japan Telecom for a total of $1.9 billion, completing BT's strategic and...
MCLEAN, Va.-LCC International Inc. said Dutchtone NV of the Netherlands chose LCC to conduct its Quality of Service measurement and reporting process.The agreement calls...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc.'s Mexican operating company, Pegaso PCS, will begin launching service in Guadalajara, Jilisco, Mexico, according to the company.Guadalajara is the...
JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. opened an Internet-based customer service and message retrieval center called the Customer Service Lounge.From its Web site, SkyTel customers may...
LOWELL, Mass.-M/A-Com Inc. and AMP Inc. entered into a $95 million contract under which M/A-Com's OpenSky Wireless Internet Protocol network will be deployed for...
WASHINGTON-SBC Communications Inc. and Ameritech Corp. agreed to include wireless issues in their proposed conditions for license transfer, said the Personal Communications Industry Association."In...
Besieged by doubts over the very existence of a market for satellite-based voice services, low-earth-orbit carriers are starving for some kind of positive development...
WASHINGTON-A Canadian press report identifying a mobile phone as the cause of a gas-station explosion cannot be confirmed by Canadian authorities, but federal officials...
WASHINGTON-The official battle over fixed wireless' access to multi-tenant buildings got started last week as the Federal Communications Commission and industry began to wade...
The Wireless Application Protocol made strides in Sweden, Germany and Finland last week, adding to its gaining momentum in Europe.In Germany, Nokia Corp. and...
CARY, N.C.-SpectraSite Holdings Inc. said it completed its acquisition of Vancouver, Wash.-based Westower Corp., a communications tower development and construction firm.Under terms of the...
SANAA, Yemen-The government of Yemen issued a tender for two Global System for Mobile communications licenses. The closing date for receipt of the bid...
STOCKHOLM-Anatel, the Brazilian telecom regulatory agency, awarded Mirror S.A. of Brazil and L.M. Ericsson a $200 million wireless access equipment contract for what Ericsson...
WASHINGTON-The Justice Department has urged U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan to relax a 1995 antitrust consent decree imposed on Nextel Communications Inc., saying...
NEW YORK-Chalk one up for the Federal Communications Commission, which received a stay Aug. 31 of several lower-court decisions that affirmed key aspects of...
HELSINKI-Nokia Corp. announced it won a contract from Telenor Mobil in Norway to provide a General Packet Radio Service core network pre-release solution. The...
HELSINKI-Nokia Corp. and Omnitel in Italy entered into a $177.6 million agreement for Nokia to add capacity and upgrade the service level of Omnitel's...
WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc. said it has added international roaming to its selection of calling options.The international plan is available in 30 countries outside...
STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson announced it signed a $1.5 million contract to expand China Unicom's Global System for Mobile communications network in the Jilin province.The infrastructure...
