FREMONT, California, United States-ePhone Telecom announced it secured an initial agreement with Saigon Postel Corp. (SPC) to develop a fixed wireless local loop network...
WHEATON, Maryland, United States-To succeed in wireless e-commerce, companies will have to invest in applications that have no pre-existing equivalent, according to "Wireless E-Commerce: Building...
BANGALORE, India-Finally, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has received the Telecom Commission's OK to offer cellular services in 17 cities across the country. With...
JACKSON, Mississippi, United States-SkyTel launched a new service, SkyTel Message Center, which notifies customers when they receive a voice mail, e-mail or fax at...
NEW YORK-Cellular terminals have come a long way in the quarter century since Motorola introduced its handheld DynaTAC mobile phone, a clunky device that...
On 30 March 1999, the Indian government declared its New Telecom Policy (NTP), recognizing that building a world-class integrated telecom infrastructure is a major...
Talk about mega-mergers! Vodafone AirTouch secluded in talks with Bell Atlantic. BT and AT&T pushing back the boundaries of their courtship. All quoting figures...
DUBLIN, Ireland-There has been much debate over the future of satellite-based communications. Indeed, regular readers of the financial press might wonder if it has...
Despite the economic problems that struck Asia since Telecom '95, Scott Erickson, vice president of Lucent's Wireless Access Group, Asia-Pacific, sees the region as...
Nokia believed that it was alone at Telecom '95 in promoting cellular data and demonstrating Internet Protocol (IP)-based technology. Olli Oittinen said that while...
The biggest challenge for wireless operators during the next four years most likely will be obtaining additional spectrum, according to Keith Radousky, director of...
Alcatel's recollection of 1995, the year of the last Telecom show, was of GSM coverage being patchy in most European countries, with network designers...
BANGALORE, India-Paging operators in India are optimistic. Optimistic they have always been. However, having burnt their fingers once, this time around they are not...
TOKYO-Softbank, Microsoft and Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced they will establish a joint company to provide wireless access line services.According to the announcement,...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Six cellular phone companies, including a consortium led by South Africa's MTN, have been prequalified by Kenya's Communications Commission to bid for...
After months of denying any plans to sell its wireless handset division, Qualcomm is publicly relenting to the pressures of severe competition from Asia...
