BEIJING—China is set to establish a new high-level commission to formulate long-term development plans for the telecommunications sector. The commission would include Vice President...
TOKYO—Compaq Computer and Japan Communications tied up for a mobile solution business. The firms are going to explore the corporate market by combining Compaq's...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. says it has signed an agreement with Indonesian carrier Telkomsel to supply radio-access network equipment and services to expand its GSM...
BEIJING—With 5 million inhabitants using mobile phones, Shanghai has more users than any other city in China. Around 4 million are customers of Shanghai...
NEW YORK—Italy's Wind Telecommuicazioni has licensed and purchased Emblaze Systems' Wireless Media Platform and backend system. Wind will integrate the architecture with its systems...
BEIJING—Twenty million of China's 123 million mobile-phone users regularly use short message service (SMS) to send each other text messages. China Mobile, the country's...
BEIJING—A new regulation will give Chinese fixed-line and mobile-phone users better protection. Dealers will be held responsible for the quality of the phones they...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-The Finnish Competition Authorities have given the green light for Nokia Networks and TietoEnator to collaborate in developing mobile network products.Under the arrangement,...
HACKENSACK, N.J.—GoAmerica Inc. will provide wireless Internet service to all of Canadian wireless carrier Rogers AT&T Wireless's GSM/GPRS subscribers, a move that greatly expands...
LONDON—Motorola Inc. has agreed to develop and market a wind-up power source in a co-branding and distribution deal with a self-sufficient energy technology developer...
LONDON—The Tunisian Telecommunications Ministry announced it will restart its abandoned attempt to tender a second GSM license. The license is due to be issued...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic—The Czech Republic will issue three Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) licenses instead of the originally planned four, and it postponed the...
TOKYO—Wireless Internet Service (WIS), a start-up mobile service provider in Tokyo, is going to launch high-speed mobile Internet service on 1 November in cooperation...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Cricket wireless service in Dayton, Ohio, the company's regional headquarters in the upper Midwest.Leap also announced it...
WEST MELBOURNE, Florida, United States—Relm Wireless, which manufactures, develops and distributes wireless land mobile radio products, announced an original equipment manufacturer agreement with Shenzhen...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Recent efforts by European mobile operators to offer financial services looks set to lead to a clash with the global banking community....
BUCHAREST, Romania—According to the Greek newspaper Naftemporiki, OTE Telecom is in discussions with the government of Macedonia regarding the country's second GSM license.The Macedonian...
LONDON—Banda 26, a subsidiary of broadband provider Jazztel Group, said it is evaluating technology from Radiant Networks for broadband fixed wireless access.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Stockholm-based Columbitech began a full-scale commercial launch 28 September in Europe of its wireless virtual private network (VPN) product, which allows mobile device...
LONDON—British Telecommunications (BT) said it will take a charge of US$728 million on investments in its half-year results. In addition, BT said it may...
HELSINKI, Finland—Sonera sold approximately 11.5 million shares of Deutsche Telekom (DT) for nearly US$170 million, saying it will use the proceeds to cut its...
