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....
AUSTIN, Texas—SchlumbergerSema announced it will offer mobile commerce services to wireless carriers through a deal with Microcell i5, a subsidiary of Microcell Telecommunications.Under the...
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...
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—Moxze released a new interactive short message service (SMS) game for Chinese mobile users, hoping to tap into the potentially huge Chinese mobile market.Moxze's...
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...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa—ITWeb users will be able to access the company's news portal wirelessly through a deal with Clickatell."This new wireless service offers...
CARACUS, Venezuela—The US$1.4 billion takeover plan of U.S.-based power company AES for Venezuelan telecom company CANTV was approved by Venezuela's National Securities Commission. CANTV,...
NIEUWEGEIN, China—China Unicom selected CMG Wireless Data Solutions to provide its end-to-end messaging solution in seven provincial branches. Thirty percent of the CDMA subscribers...
BOSTON—The Yankee Group predicts that wireless infrastructure spending will increase from $99.4 billion in 2001 to a maximum of $120.2 billion in 2004 before...
PARIS—Alcatel said that MobilRom, the Romanian subsidiary of Orange, selected its local multipoint distribution services (LMDS) technology to provide mobile backhaul for its GSM...
DALLAS, United States, and STOCKHOLM, Sweden—VoiceStream Wireless signed contracts with both Nortel Networks and Ericsson for its next-generation services.Nortel said it signed a US$300...
NEW YORK—Stockholm-based Columbitech began a full-scale commercial launch Sept. 28 in Europe of its wireless virtual private network product, which allows mobile device users...
BOSTON, United States—The Yankee Group predicted that wireless infrastructure spending will increase from US$99.4 billion in 2001 to a maximum of US$120.2 billion in...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson has agreed to expand VoiceStream's national GSM wireless network and deploy EDGE infrastructure in a deal that could exceed $300 million...
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...
SARATOGA, Calif.—Webraska, a provider of wireless navigation services and technologies, and AirFlash, a provider of location-based technologies and services, announced they are merging. The...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Telia Mobile announced it is streamlining its mobile portal business by phasing out its various existing platforms and replacing them with one joint...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand—Econet Wireless New Zealand, a subsidiary of Zimbabwe-based Econet Wireless, said it will enter New Zealand's duopoly mobile market. Econet Wireless formed...
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...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia announced plans for a wide-ranging test of mobile commerce products and services, moves that include making secure credit card payments using a...
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...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took the 2500 MHz band out of consideration for third-generation (3G) wireless services, but relaxed rules to allow mobile...
BRISBANE, Calif.—ViaFone Inc. announced it acquired XML technology provider IdeaCon Software, a move ViaFone said will extend its mobile applications with real-time and off-line...
