NEW DELHI, India—Government-owned fixed-line and GSM operator in New Delhi and Mumbai, MTNL, has launched its wireless local loop (WLL) "limited mobility" service in...
BEIJING—China's plans to reassign radio bands for third-generation (3G) mobile services will not affect the small but budding local wireless services offered by fixed-line...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Multichannel multipoint distribution service equipment provider Hybrid Networks Inc. said it cut 15 employees, or approximately 22 percent of the company's work...
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. reported the Bluetooth Special Interest Group qualified the Bluetooth implementation in Windows CE .NET, the software giant's next version of its...
DETROIT—AT&T Wireless rolled out GSM/GPRS services in the Detroit area, including the Flint and Ann Arbor, Mich., and Toledo, Ohio, markets.The only handset currently...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.—TeleCommunication Systems Inc. announced Cingular Wireless selected TCS as one of its vendors to supply E911 Phase I and Phase II solutions.TCS also...
LONDON—AdreAct said Dunkin' Donuts Italy is using its technology for a wireless marketing campaign for its stores in Rome. The campaign is focused on...
TOKYO—Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. announced its cell phone unit will close a Great Britain-based plant in an effort to further reduce costs by moving...
LOS ANGELES, United States—Oberthur Card Systems said it is partnering with French mobile operator Bouygues Telecom to provide Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) technology based...
CALGARY—Wmode announced it is expanding into Europe by opening an office in Bern, Switzerland. Oliver Ruekgauer, who co-founded a venture fund and also worked...
MANILA, Philippines—Smart Communications has chosen SchlumbergerSema's Java subscriber identity module (SIM) smart cards as its platform for data services, SchlumbergerSema said.Smart handles about 45...
ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania, United States—Agere Systems announced its wireless platform and semiconductor will be used in Beijing-based PTIC Capitel's new small C76088 and C6288 models,...
HELSINKI, Finland—Springtoys said SingTel Mobile and Globe Telecom of the Philippines adopted its games, which will reach a potential customer base of more than...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic—All three incumbent mobile operators in the Czech Republic have refused to pay the minimum US$180 million price set for the country's...
OSLO, Norway—Norway's Telenor Mobile signed a final agreement to acquire 100 percent of Hungarian mobile-phone operator Pannon GSM for about US$905 million. Finland's Sonera...
LUXEMBOURG—Millicom International Cellular (MIC) confirmed it is in talks with Tele2 regarding the possible sale of MIC's Russian cellular assets to Tele2."It is no...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands—KPN Telecom and British Telecommunications are in talks regarding sharing their third-generation (3G) networks in the Netherlands, international press reports said. KPN...
LONDON—Vodafone said adoption of the single Vodafone brand by Portugal's Telecel Vodafone and Spain's Airtel Vodafone is complete, ahead of the original early 2002...
PARIS—Orange said it has conducted the first voice, data and video communications on the Orange Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network in Paris, with...
OSLO, Norway—Telenor said it is ready for Norway's mobile number portability program, which began 1 November. The program will allow customers to switch operators...
