REDMOND, Washington, United States—AT&T Wireless launched GSM/GPRS service in the U.S. cities of Las Vegas, Phoenix and Portland, Oregon, following the initial launch of...
SCHAUMBURG, Illinois, United States—Motorola said it will upgrade Nextel Communications' iDEN digital dispatch and cellular network technology for double voice capacity by 2003 and...
MURRAY HILL, New Jersey, United States—Lucent Technologies has inked a five-year TDMA agreement with Cingular Wireless to cover 30 U.S. markets, including Atlanta, Boston,...
RESTON, Virginia, United States—Struggling messaging carrier Motient announced it will cut its work force by 25 percent, will not pay US$20 million in interest...
STAMFORD, Connecticut, United States—Respondents in a study conducted by Gartner said an average of 49.5 percent of their cellular phone calls are placed from...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having been formed with much fanfare in September 1999, the joint venture between Ericsson and Microsoft to co-develop mobile Internet software appears...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, the joint venture between Ericsson and Sony first announced earlier this year, began operations this week, aiming to more...
SAN FRANCISCO, United States—News of the official launch of Microsoft's new personal digital assistant (PDA) operating system sparked dozens of major wireless, software and...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—While downplaying speculation about a merger or joint venture with Motorola, executives within Siemens' mobile-phone division confirmed that it is looking at...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, on 1 October launched the world's first commercial third-generation (3G) service. More than 4,000 3G handsets...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The Chilean Subsecretariat of Communications eliminated Chilesat and Protel from the wireless local loop (WLL) auction for not paying the agreed amount...
WOODBURY, New York, United States—Comverse announced two Latin America contract wins on 3 October, just a day after Merrill Lynch downgraded its expectations for...
CARACAS, Venezuela—The board of directors of Venezuelan telecom company CANTV rejected the US$1.4 billion takeover plan of U.S.-based power company AES. CANTV called the...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia began shipping its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) phones in Europe on 28 September, barely making the third-quarter deadline it had set...
DUBLIN, Ireland—Ireland's telecom regulator published a draft paper on the strategic management of Ireland's radio spectrum. The regulator is seeking comments on issues raised...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Telia launched Finland's first General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) service, called Telia Mobile Online. The service provides a continuous connection tot he Internet...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands—Several European operators have chosen CMG Wireless Data Solutions' technology to facilitate pan-European i-mode-based services, CMG said, although it declined to name...
HONG KONG—Bharti Enterprises selected install Motorola to install a US$70 million GSM network including General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) equipment in the telecom circles...
LONDON—Algeria's second GSM license holder, Orascom Telecom, announced it will begin operating Algeria's second mobile-phone network in January, two months ahead of schedule.Orascom, which...
LONDON—Swedish vendor Ericsson has joined forces with Morocco's Finance.Com, a subsidiary of BMCE Bank, to launch the country's first mobile portal for financial transactions....
TORONTO—Conexys said its South African subsidiary signed a three-year channel partnership agreement with South African Philips Business Communications valued at about 15.5 million rand...
BEIJING—Motorola said it has signed a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) end-to-end contract to expand China Mobile networks for an undisclosed amount in seven...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia said Birla Tata AT&T, the fourth GSM operator in New Delhi, India, chose Nokia's GSM infrastructure equipment and services. Nokia will supply...
HONK KONG—Motorola signed a three-year, US$44 million contract to supply GSM 1800 MHz infrastructure for Malaysia's carrier Telecom Cellular, whose service name is TM...
