2000

BEIJING-Vodafone, the world’s largest mobile-phone operator by total subscriber numbers, is set to take a 2-percent stake in China Mobile (Hong Kong), the listed subsidiary of parent China Mobile Telecommunications …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Sanyo Fisher Co., a division of Sanyo North America Corp., reported plans for an alliance to accelerate commercialization of mobile Internet services over Lucent …

WASHINGTON-The Industrial Telecommunications Association put Nextel Communications Inc. and Pegasus Guard Band L.L.C. on notice Friday that the private wireless association will “watch very closely” to ensure the enhanced specialized …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Voice Mobility International Inc. signed an agreement with Taiwan’s Logtech Info-Net Inc. to jointly provide Voice Mobility’s Unified Communications software suite to telephone, Internet and cellular phone users …

A new report from Ovum warns new entrants planning to deploy broadband technologies such as digital subscriber line may find the cost and complexity discouraging, and other access methods such …

JAKARTA, Indonesia-PT Ericsson Indonesia was selected by Indonesian telecommunications operator Indosat, which was recently granted a nationwide DCS-1800 principle license, as infrastructure supplier for first phase procurement of Indosat’s Mobile …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Veritas Software Corp. and Corsair Communications Inc., a provider of real-time billing and mobile commerce systems, plan to deliver integrated and optimized application solutions to wireless carriers. The …

We are a fickle people. What is in vogue one week can be quickly out of fashion the next. So it seems with government comments about the prices paid by …

WASHINGTON-With Congress stuck in town at least another week and prospects growing that pending legislation will be rolled into one or two catch-all spending bills, the fate of several key …

NEW YORK-Some 27 years after he placed the first “public portable cellular call,” from Midtown Manhattan to Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, Martin Cooper said he is unsure “if we, …

CARLSBAD, Calif.-Wireless service provider Centennial Communications Corp. will begin offering Indicast Inc.’s personalized audio Internet content to its wireless subscribers starting in November. Indicast’s audio content allows users to pre-select …

Arch Wireless Inc.’s shareholders approved the company’s pending merger with Paging Network Inc. at a special meeting of shareholders. The transaction still requires the approval of PageNet stockholders. In addition, …

WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court this session has before it three mobile-phone health cases, a sign of things to come in a Digital Age where technology outpaces the law and raises novel …

MADRID, Spain-Spain’s Telefonica has finally added Mexico to its Latin American footprint with the acquisition of Motorola’s Mexican mobile-phone assets. The $2.5 billion acquisition is also an important stepping stone …

MONROE, La.-CenturyTel Inc. completed its purchase of approximately 133,000 telephone lines from Verizon Communications in Wisconsin for $364 million in cash in two separate transactions. The first transactions involved CenturyTel …

WASHINGTON-The mobile phone industry is expected shortly to unveil a privacy policy to guide carriers as they reinvent business plans to capitalize on the Internet and new location-based wireless technology. …

Wireless messaging services are looked upon by many wireless service providers and Internet service providers as the “killer app” that will fuel both future subscriber and revenue growth. Unfortunately, the …

Beginning early next year, insurance brokers will be able to access quotes, check on the status of cases and edit quotes wirelessly from Palm Inc.’s personal digital assistants and software …

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. launched WebMagic, a wireless Internet product that allows its cellular phone customers to access the Internet and receive e-mail messages. Dobson said the service will be …

NEW YORK-As wireless and wireline carriers and Internet content providers seek to drive revenues through value-added services, the concept of presence has taken on new importance. Presence is shorthand for …

Ireland’s telecom regulator launched a comparative tender for a national 15-year TETRA license. The result of the competition will be announced in January 2001. Licenses for the two blocks of …

Congress approved legislation that will increase to 600,000 the number of visas issued to skilled foreign workers during the next three years. The measure also includes provisions funding scholarships for …

HELSINKI, Finland-Spanish wireless operator Telefonica Mobiles Espana agreed to implement Nokia Corp.’s General Packet Radio Service core solution into its commercial mobile network, supporting more than 12 million subscribers. Nokia …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. reported that its NewNet OTSserver TDMA application and NewNet SMserver application were approved through the Nortel Network Wireless Interoperability Testing program, gaining the Nortel Networks Compatible Product …