ISTANBUL, Turkey—Turkish mobile carrier Turkcell today said it will launch its new mobile Internet service, SurfCell for WAP and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)...
LONDON—Just days after the initial launch of MIGway, the new joint venture between TDC Mobile International and CMG Wireless Data Solutions, the companies announced...
DURHAM, North Carolina, United States—Pinpoint Networks released the newest version of its mobile applications platform, Fuel, which the company said will allow carriers to...
BUCHAREST, Romania—Vodafone Albania launched its GSM mobile telephone service less than six months after it secured the license. Vodafone Albania, 49-percent owned by Panafon-Vodafone,...
SINGAPORE—Flextronics International Ltd. said it plans to acquire Telecom Global Solutions Inc., which provides wireless networks and radio-frequency consulting services for the wireless telecommunications...
DETROIT—AVL Information Systems signed an agreement with Sistemas Informacion Satelital for distribution of AVL's Chaperone personal tracking unit, which can be used on the...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—According to a recent study by Pyramid Research, the price Movicom BellSouth of Argentina might pay for a 3G license would be...
ARLINGTON, Virginia, United States—The U.S. Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) announced plans to split its trade association and its standards development organizations into autonomous entities.As...
MELBOURNE, Australia—Australian wireless carrier Telstra Corp. quickly backtracked on a plan to push advertisements to its subscribers after Australia's communications minister harshly criticized the...
TOKYO—On Aug. 21, NEC Corp., Matsushita Electric Industrial and Matsushita Communication Industrial, announced plans to combine forces in the third-generation (3G) mobile handset business....
NEW DELHI, India—Bharti Enterprises invested INR1.5 billion (US$31.8 million) into the recently acquired cellular licenses and to expand existing operations. The group will also...
BEIJING—Nortel Networks signed a US$250 million contract with Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom to expand the carrier's GSM 900 MHz and GSM 1800 MHz dual-mode network...
BEIJING—The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) is planning to give the go-ahead to China Mobile to become the first issuer of China Depositary Receipts...
BEIJING—Chinese mobile telecom equipment supplier Eastern Communications reported a 28-percent fall in profits to CNY131.21 million (US$15.87 million) in the first half of the...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California, United States—Walt Disney Internet Group today said the company's wireless content will be distributed to Taiwanese mobile users under an agreement...
LONDON—For the second month running, India's cellular industry showed gains of more than 200,000 subscribers. A record 211,000 people signed on to mobile services...
HONG KONG—Motorola Inc. and Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Ltd. announced the commercial launch of a second-generation, dual-band wireless network in Macau, a special administrative...
HAWTHORNE, New York, United States—NextWave Telecom reported UBS Warburg has committed to provide the company with $2.5 billion in debt financing to fund the...
TOKYO—Japan Communications Inc. said it will launch data communications services for corporate users in November using DDI Pocket's Personal Handyphone System (PHS) networks, the...
TOKYO—KDDI Corp. and five other firms will jointly perform Japan's largest field test for mobile commerce in November. Unlike other conventional mobile commerce services,...
MONROE, Louisiana, United States—Rural U.S. wireline and wireless carrier CenturyTel Inc. filed a lawsuit against Alltel Corp. claiming Alltel made false and misleading statements...
WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court late Thursday rejected the Federal Communications Commission's plea that it not be required to return licenses to bankrupt personal communications...
WASHINGTON—A new congressional report concludes more analysis is needed before reaching a decision on whether the U.S. Department of Defense should be forced to...
