NEW ORLEANS-Lucent Technologies Inc. has been relatively quiet about its plans for the wireless Internet, but last week it announced a number of initiatives...
NEW ORLEANS-Lightbridge Inc., a provider of customer acquisition, retention and risk-management solutions, and Corsair Communications Inc., a real-time business solutions provider for the wireless...
DENVER, United States-Attention to wireless security concerns has emerged as several internationally recognized corporate security software firms stated their intentions to concentrate on the...
DENVER, United States-AT&T Wireless Services' two largest affiliates, TeleCorp PCS and Tritel, agreed to merge in an all-stock, tax-free transaction. The deal is valued...
Kansai Tele-Message and Hokkaido Telemessage became the latest victims in Japan's declining paging industry. Kansai Tele-Message filed for liquidation with US$183 million in debts,...
TOKYO-Three Japanese carrier groups are gearing up their efforts to launch IMT-2000 services-earlier than any other wireless carriers in the world. The three players...
MANILA, The Philippines-Globe Telecom, the second-largest cellular telephone operator in the Philippines, announced a US$2.3 billion merger with another Philippine wireless service provider, Isla...
British Telecom and AT&T said they are beginning trials to test roaming services for high-speed Internet phones. The tests will involve General Packet Radio...
AlcatelChina. For GSM network extensions in Jilin, Zhejiang, Ningxia and Shaanxi provinces.Value: US$80 millionGermany. With T-Mobil for a network extension.Value: US$71.2 millionKosovo. With the Kosovo Post...
BOGOTA, Colombia-The Colombian telecommunications sector has experienced growth over the last year despite the 1998-1999 economic recession. Although expectations that the sector would boom...
DENVER, United States-While Vodafone AirTouch recently advanced its merger with Germany's Mannesmann AG, the company indicated it may look to fill in its footprint...
The UMTS Forum said it welcomed proposals by the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Conference Preparatory Group (APG) for adoption of the 2520-2670 MHz band to support...
MELBOURNE, Australia-The explosive growth in mobile telephony and the last chance to buy personal communications services (PCS) spectrum in the 1.8 GHz band have...
TOKYO-An NTT laboratory is gearing up its efforts to develop Advanced Wireless Access (AWA), a next-generation wireless system that will enable users to access...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-While plans for a second cellular license in Trinidad and Tobago remain stalled by a court action, Jamaica has reaped another windfall with...
DENVER, United States-SBC Communications said it will convert the remaining Ameritech wireless properties it owns from CDMA technology to TDMA technology.SBC and Ameritech merged...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The wireless market in Tanzania is gaining momentum with Vodacom's pending rollout of a new GSM network. The new entrant is no...
International roaming is a key selling point for all three digital cellular standards. The GSM community in particular often claims that roaming capability is...
SINGAPORE-Singapore has fast-forwarded its liberalization plans for the telecommunications sector by a staggering two years, effectively throwing the industry wide open almost immediately.The move,...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-A change in the Argentine cellular telephony scene will take place in April when the current regional duopoly model is replaced by...
PHOENIX, United States-Some observers have compared the broadband wireless industry to a hockey game: lots of skating around, many dramatic clashes, but not much scoring.Still,...
HANNOVER, Germany-After a year of industry enthusiasm and the wild market forecasts that have surrounded the short-range wireless technology Bluetooth, the silicon-chip developers used...
JERUSALEM-Bezeq Israel Telecom Ltd., the state-owned telecommunications company, announced a plan to allow cellular telephone users to route incoming calls through either their mobile...
