TORONTO—Nortel Networks Inc. said it has agreed to outsource its remaining printed circuit board assembly activities to contract electronic manufacturer SCI Systems, Inc.Nortel said...
LONDON—British Telecommunications plc and Deutsche Telekom finalized their third-generation network sharing agreement, first announced in June, for their respective mobile subsidiaries in the United...
NEW YORK—MMO2, the BT Wireless unit that British Telecommunications plans to spin off in November, has received low-tier investment-grade corporate credit ratings of Baa2...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has loosened its rules to help facilitate the opening up of spectrum as TV transitions from analog to digital.The...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—The boards of Sony and Ericsson have both approved their mobile-phone joint venture, first announced in April.The joint company, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications,...
KISTA, Sweden—Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia, founders of the Wireless Village initiative, said they have successfully demonstrated interoperable mobile instant messaging and presence services.The companies...
BANGKOK—Thailand's CP Orange said it has signed a $250 million contract with Motorola Inc. to install cellular networks in Thailand's provinces.According to a statement...
PARIS—Alcatel will supply Entel's broadband wireless network in Chile through a recently awarded US$40 million contract. Entel plans to offer a nationwide wireless network...
WASHINGTON—The government of Madagascar has launched the privatization process of the Malagasy Telecommunication Company (TELMA), offering 36 percent of the company's shares. The tender...
IRVINE, Calif.—Toshiba America Electronic Components said it has developed a family of 64 megabit Pseudo Static Random Access Memories for higher-density memory in the...
HELSINKI, Finland—Group 3G, which won a third-generation (3G) license in Germany last year, said it will share a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network...
FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, United States—NMS Communications said the Philippines' IdeaWurx selected its technology to power a short message service (SMS) technology used by Globe Telecom...
TORONTO—RFID developer SAMSys Technologies Inc. has joined the Research In Motion BlackBerry Independent Software Vendors Alliance Program in hopes of integrating RIM's BlackBerry solution...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said it has a mobile station modem chipset and software solution for third-generation cdma2000 1x voice and short message service handsets...
WASHINGTON—Cingular Wireless L.L.C., which has committed to completing the initial deployment of enhanced 911 Phase II by the end of 2002, received the support...
WASHINGTON—The FCC and bankrupt carrier NextWave Telecom are in final negotiation talks. There are conflicting reports as to the details of the agreement.One report...
OTTAWA, Ontario—RES Inc. has now made its wireless LookWAYup dictionary and thesaurus, previously accessible on computers, Web sites and cell phones, available on Palm-powered...
TUCSON, Ariz.-Texas Instruments said it has unveiled converters with the lowest noise for wireless devices such as cell phones, personal digital assistants, and 802.11...
LUXEMBOURG—Millicom International Cellular S.A. has been awarded licenses to develop GSM 1800 wireless telephony in Rostov-on-Don, Izhevsk, Kemerovo, Irkutsk and Omskand surrounding regions.The five...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Microsoft Corp. announced it plans to expand its Passport authentication service, which allows users to have a single user name or password...
