BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile launched in Delaware its "Call Me" calling-party-pays option, which will allow wireless customers to only pay for their outgoing calls...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Smart card-based solution provider Schlumberger announced a wireless identity module that secures Internet transactions on mobile devices.The Wireless Application Protocol-compliant identity module...
JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. announced that in January it will begin offering nationwide the SkyTel eLink wireless e-mail product for customers who need to...
REDMOND, Wash.-InfoSpace.com introduced its person-to-person instant messaging service for mobile wireless devices.The company said the server-based service will allow users on different networks and...
NEW YORK-Not unexpectedly, the multiservice telecommunications giants led the way in revenues and profits for the first half of this year.Profit leadersBell Atlantic Corp....
LONDON-Airspan Communications Corp., a wireless local loop systems and services company, completed its third round of financing bringing its total equity investment to $125...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens Information and Communication Networks signed a framework contract to extend Anhui Mobile Communication's network in China.Siemens will be the sole supplier for...
Cue Corp., Irvine, Calif., has entered into an agreement with STMicroelectronics Inc. to develop an AM/FM decoder chip for Cue's new SkySpeed.com network for...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Cellular Corp. and wireless-location company SigmaOne Communications Corp. announced an agreement calling for BellSouth to conduct a market trial of SigmaOne's Sigma 5000...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association's Paging Technical Committee announced it adopted the Wireless Communication Transport Protocol for immediate implementation in North American messaging...
WASHINGTON-It went down to the wire, but when all was said and done, the personal communications service licenses won at auction by bankrupt NextWave...
OWNINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. unveiled a new initiative to develop and host business Internet applications using the Wireless Application Protocol, called the WAP...
FORT LEE, N.J.-Locus Telecommunications Inc., a provider of prepaid calling card and prepaid wireless services, announced it successfully completed the testing phase of its...
ROME-Telecom Italia's restructuring plan, announced in September, may have to be reconsidered, according to press reports. The plan included the transfer of Telecom Italia's...
LOS ANGELES-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its wireless data network in the Los Angeles market.AT&T Wireless Internet Protocol service will provide instant, wireless access...
Leap Wireless International Inc., which has seen a run-up in stock in recent weeks, announced a new branding strategy for its Chilean operating company.Leap...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Nextlink Communications Inc. and HighSpeed.com L.L.C. announced a partnership in which Nextlink will pay $18.7 million to Walla Walla, Wash.-based HighSpeed.com in exchange...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Nextel Communications Inc. is eyeing the African continent as an ideal market for iDEN, the technology it uses in the United States....
LOUISVILLE, Colo.-AirCell Inc. signed a contract with Western Wireless Corp. to provide air-ground advanced communications to general aviation customers in the Western and mountain...
The telecom branch of the Austrian Federal Science and Transportation Ministry is soliciting bids for point-to-multipoint wireless local loop spectrum in the 26 GHz...
NEW YORK-Hewlett-Packard Co. received a nice surprise from the capital markets as it spun off its test and measurement division, Agilent Technologies Inc., in...
COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced the number of cdmaOne subscribers reached 13 million in North America, with a worldwide total of 43...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission next month is expected to announce which sectors of the wireless industry will be able to use spectrum made available...
LAS VEGAS-While the growing convergence between the computer and wireless industries has made headlines in wireless industry press and generated great excitement at wireless...
