BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Lucent Technologies has invested US$5 million in Argentina for new offices, which include a laboratory where Lucent can monitor the functioning of...
DENVER, United States—Venezuela's leading operator, Telecommunicaciones Movilnet, signed a US$150 million contract that will allow Lucent Technologies to build a nationwide third-generation (3G) cdma2000...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Mobile network operators MTN, Vodacom and Cell C recently signed a new interconnect agreement with fixed-line operator Telkom. Perceived as creating a...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless Inc. filed an updated registration statement relating to its potential initial public offering of common stock with the Securities and Exchange...
BEIJING—New York's CI Wave and Beijing's Taiji Computer are jointly planning, developing and building a nationwide 3.5 GHz broadband fixed wireless access (BFWA) data...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia signed a US$20 million agreement with Jiangxi Mobile Communications to extend the supply of radio-access equipment to rural areas in China.The contract...
LONDON—The WAP Forum and the GSM Association announced they will formalize and strengthen their cooperative alliance, collaborating on projects such as the GSM Association's...
WAKEFIELD, Massachusetts, United States—In an effort to spur mobile commerce, four credit card giants joined forces to create the Mobile Payment Forum, which will...
LONDON—Cable & Wireless said Denmark's Sonofon has purchased its mobile data roaming service, Cable & Wireless GRX. The service will allow Sonofon to further...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California, United States—Disney content is moving onto European mobile phones for the first time through a deal between T-Mobile International's mobile online...
RALEIGH, North Carolina, United States—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and MobileAria announced a partnership to promote in-vehicle Bluetooth adoption.MobileAria said it will support and market...
SAN DIEGO, United States—Qualcomm announced a fourth-quarter earnings report that fell short of market estimates. The company attributed it to lower interest on loans...
KIRKLAND, Washington, United States—ICO Global announced it has reached final agreement on its merger with New ICO Global Communications.ICO Global, previously known as ICO-Teledesic...
TOKYO—German vendor Siemens said in a statement that it has agreed to merge its operations with Toshiba's cell-phone unit.Both companies will combine their research...
HELSINKI, Finland—Denmark's TDC has blamed "technical problems" for its decision to delay the launch of its third-generation (3G) mobile-phone network in Switzerland. The launch,...
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia—Ericsson announced a contract of an unspecified amount to supply wireless broadband equipment to Russian operator Combellga."The contract includes base station hubs...
WOODBURY, New York, United States—Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology, announced T-Mobile International's wireless German subsidiary, T-Mobil, selected the company's voice portal to deliver...
TORONTO—In a major joint announcement, four of Canada's wireless carriers said they are joining forces in an effort to stimulate short messaging service (SMS)...
DENVER, United States—Aerie Networks, a privately held broadband services company, acquired Metricom's Ricochet wireless broadband network for US$8.25 million in cash.The deal was awarded...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with handset vendor Sanyo to develop new handsets based on the Binary Runtime...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Comverse Technology Inc. said it will collaborate with Qualcomm Inc. to bring enhanced wireless services, such as multimedia messaging, voice solutions and mobile...
BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc. increased the pricing of its previously announced private offering of 8.75-percent senior subordinated notes from $300 million to $400 million....
