HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia began shipping its GPRS phones in Europe on Sept. 28, barely making the third-quarter deadline it had set for itself for commercially...
LONDON—Vodafone Group plc added 2.5 million worldwide proportionate subscribers during the third quarter, bringing the wireless giant's proportionate customer base to 95.6 million subscribers.Vodafone...
WOBURN, Mass.—Cerylion Inc. announced it has been awarded $5 million in series B convertible preferred funding, led by Chestnut Partners Inc. Cerylion said it...
CUPERTINO, Calif.—Wireless communications product developer Tropian Inc. has closed $45 million in Series D equity funding, its largest funding round to date. Merrill Lynch...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Comverse has been chosen to provide its Intelligent Short Messaging Service Center solution (ISMSC) to Argentina's Telecom personal GSM network."The ability to seamlessly...
SAN RAMON, Calif.—MobileWay Inc. announced it has received $27 million in its second round of venture funding.This funding, which adds to the $9 million...
TORONTO—Nortel Networks has slashed 20,000 jobs as it announced that it expected a $3.6 billion third-quarter loss, bringing its total loss for the current...
PARIS—French vendor Alcatel has announced it will cut over 3,000 jobs in its undersea network cable and fiber-optic units in reaction to the current...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Motorola Inc. said it has appointed Edward D. Breen as president and chief operating officer effective 2002 when the present incumbent, Robert L....
TEMPE, Ariz.—Making headway in the development of miniature fuel cells that may someday power cellular phones, Motorola Labs researchers announced they have demonstrated a...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Enhanced messaging company Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., announced the sale of its Intelligent Short Message Service Center to two South...
SAN DIEGO—Ericsson Enterprise released its OneBox 2.0 unified messaging product, which the company said is designed to offer instant access to all types of...
ARLINGTON, Va.—SiteSafe Inc. introduced the Rooftop Safety Solution for the real estate market, building owners and site managers.With this package of solutions, SiteSafe said...
NEW YORK—Emblaze Systems Ltd. announced it is conducting a trial of its Wireless Multimedia Platform for handheld devices over Spanish wireless carrier Telefonica Moviles...
LONDON—Location-based information service provider WCities announced a global distribution agreement with Nokia under which Nokia will market WCities' mobile-location applications to mobile operators globally...
HOLMDEL, N.J.—Unified communications provider uReach Technologies and wireless technology and services provider GiantBear Inc. announced a partnership that will allow GiantBear to offer its...
MANSFIELD, Vt.—The EMR Network asked the Federal Communications Commission to launch a rulemaking to re-examine radiation safety guidelines for mobile phones and base stations....
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies has inked a five-year TDMA agreement with Cingular Wireless to cover 30 markets, including Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Philadelphia and Washington...
BRAMPTON, Ontario—Nortel Networks has named Frank A. Dunn to succeed John A. Roth as president and chief executive officer of the company effective November1.Dunn...
