OXFORD, United Kingdom-While the use of mobile communications in Europe continues to grow beyond everyone's wildest expectations, the latest bid of $140 billion by...
In its second major acquisition since going public last spring, Phone.com Inc. signed an agreement to acquire voice portal technology provider @Motion Inc. for...
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-Plantronics Inc. announced an agreement to acquire privately held ClearVox Communications Inc. of Los Gatos, Calif.The purchase of ClearVox is expected to...
SAN DIEGO-Shares of Qualcomm Inc. increased more than 30 percent on Wednesday after an analyst at PaineWebber initiated coverage of the cdmaOne innovator with...
BURNABY, British Columbia-Infowave Software Inc. announced it entered into a reseller agreement with RAM Mobile Data Ltd., a U.K. provider of wireless communications applications.Under...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission expects to continue to set the regulatory agenda for 2000, believing a philosophy of anticipating problems and setting regulation is...
Research In Motion Ltd. ended the year with several potentially significant announcements, including a long-awaited reorder contract with BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. and the...
BUCHAREST, Romania-Romanian national wireline operator Romtelecom said it plans to launch a mobile telephony service in February on an investment of about $500 million....
BEIJING-China's two telecom operators-big brother China Telecom and little brother China Unicom-soon will face the competitive onslaught of foreign heavyweights such as AT&T, Deutsche...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-One year after the privatization of A-band cellular operators in Brazil and just shortly following the auctions that defined the B-band operators,...
BANGALORE, India-While the Indian cellular industry generally has been battling rough weather recently, one cellular operator in the country has adopted a strategy that...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-The principal supporters of the Bluetooth short-range wireless technology used the U.S.-based Comdex exhibition late last year to take the message of...
AustraliaTelecom New Zealand acquired an 80-percent stake in AAPT, Australia's third-largest phone company. AAPT is building LMDS and CDMA networks and resells GSM service.News...
Omnipoint and VoiceStream Wireless have agreed to purchase Sprint PCS' GSM network in Washington, D.C., for an undisclosed amount, saving their GSM customers from...
DUBLIN, Ireland-At the beginning of the 1990s, analog was the dominant European cellular technology, but during the decade it has been superseded by GSM...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo's iMode Internet service is winning attention around the world as the first success case for mobile Internet.Since the carrier launched the service...
AlcatelCameroon. With Societe Camerounaise de Mobiles (SCM) for a GSM network for the area between the cities of Yaounde, Douala and Bafoussam.Value: US$21.15 millionChina. With...
TOKYO-NTT Corp. and new common carriers (NCCs), carriers competing with NTT in the liberalized market, are in a debate about implementing the Long Run...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-Jamaica is banking on two additional cellular licenses playing a lead role in spurring competition for current monopoly provider Cable & Wireless and...
SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea's major telecommunications operators are scrambling to reshape their businesses to secure a position ahead of the competition this year for...
During the first half of 1999, Latin America handset sales exceeded 9.8 million, according to Dataquest, a U.S.-based market research firm. Handset sales were...
Hong Kong mobile telephone operator SmarTone Communications said it is looking to secure a wireless fixed network license in Hong Kong. SmarTone is among...
Mergers and acquisitions are proliferating worldwide, with the strongest mark being made in Western Europe. Carriers are scrambling to maintain their footholds, while looking...
