LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, United States—Telecommunications carrier Alltel made an unsolicited bid to buy rural operator CenturyTel for $9 billion, a 40 percent premium over...
PLANO, Texas, United States—L.M. Ericsson has appointed Angel Ruiz as the president of its North American operations, according to a press statement. He replaces...
WOODBRIDGE, New Jersey, United States.—Cingular Interactive, a business unit of Cingular Wireless, introduced Canadian roaming service, allowing U.S.-based Corporate E-mail Plus and Interactive Messaging...
MOSCOW—The Russian Security Council allowed the rebel Republic of Chechnya to restore wireless communications to a limited extent. The military fears that remaining armed...
MOSCOW—The Ukrainian Mobile Communications (UMC) carrier announced the launch of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) test trials saying the system would be technically ready...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—BT Cellnet signed a licensing deal with Research In Motion (RIM) that enables it to launch a wireless e-mail service in Europe....
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. said its bank group has given it the go-ahead to renegotiate its $4 billion loan by recording the business...
TOKYO—104 Inc., a leading mobile Internet platform provider, along with CMG Wireless Data Solution, a business unit of CMG Group, will jointly provide a...
BEIJING—Mobile-phone stores in China used to charge different prices for mobile-phone numbers depending on whether they are considered more lucky or less lucky. An...
BEIJING—China Mobile (HK), the Hong Kong-listed subsidiary of China Mobile Communications based in Beijing, reported a 58.3-percent increase in net profits to CNY13.8 billion...
LONDON—United Arab Emirates-based mobile satellite service provider, Thuraya, plans to expand its 100-country network as soon as next year. Chief Executive Yousuf Al Sayed...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Palm Inc. made its biggest move yet to bolster its operating system business, this time doling out $11 million for Internet software...
BEIJING-China's telecommunications regulators reported the country had 120.6 million wireless subscribers at the end of July, surpassing figures provided by the Cellular Telecommunications and...
FRANKFURT, Germany-As the company grapples with a slackening economy, Siemens AG may slash 3,000 more jobs to save money in its telecommunications divisions, according...
SILVER SPRING, Md.-Wireless service provider IMC WorldCell announced it now offers Iridium Satellite phones and service, expanding WorldCell coverage to hard-to-reach places across the...
Oracle Corp. has made one more stride into the wireless space.The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based software vendor announced what it called its e-Business Suite, which...
Sprint Corp. announced the pricing structure of its planned $2 billion secondary offering of Sprint PCS shares and equity units, placing 70 million shares...
WASHINGTON-A $148 million class-action lawsuit was filed last week accusing the Federal Communications Commission of breach-of-contract when it failed to redraw lottery applications for...
REDMOND, Wash.-DaimlerChrysler chose AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as its development partner and wireless provider for the company's new telematics strategy, AT&T Wireless announced.In addition...
By The wireless application developer community is suffering, according to WirelessDeveloper.com President Konny Zsigo. "Fifty percent of the content developers have either left the...
With wireless operators expected to spend billions of dollars in the next several years introducing high-speed data capabilities onto their networks, the need for...
