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,...
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...
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...
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...
FRANKFURT, Germany—Deutsche Telekom's wireless unit T-Mobile added 1.7 million net subscribers during the third quarter, bringing the carrier's worldwide wireless customer base to 45.6...
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...
TOKYO—Matsushita Communication Industrial, the largest mobile handset manufacturer in Japan, announced it will cease production of handsets at its U.K. factories in March 2002....
MOSCOW—The second-biggest Russian carrier Vimpelcom (BeeLine) chose Alcatel as its equipment supplier for a third-generation (3G) network. The companies signed a memo of intent,...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Orange, one of the leading innovators of cell-phone services, has confirmed that it will delay the introduction of General Packet Radio Service...
BUCHAREST, Romania—According to the Swedish financial newspaper Finanstidningen, Skanska is exercising its option to sell its 10-percent shareholding in Orange Sweden, which won a...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—While the number of German cell-phone users nearly doubled from 1999 to 2000, two new market forecasts are now predicting that growth...
LONDON—Musiwap, a European mobile music service provider, signed an agreement to make clips of Zomba's music catalog accessible through Musiwap's wireless services. Zomba is...
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens partnered with Beyond Solutions Europe (BSE) to provide games for mobile networks. Based on BSE's gaming platform and a catalog of games,...
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.—Cambridge Positioning Systems (CPS) announced it has begun a trial of Antenova's steerable directional antenna to test its capability of improving the accuracy,...
TOKYO—Mitsubishi Electric and Samsung Electronics announced they have standardized specifications for random access memory modules (RAMs) for use in mobile devices to provide higher...
HELSINKI, Finland—Finnish mobile giant Sonera announced it is retreating from two major wireless data areas—data transaction security and wireless Internet portals.Sonera said it will...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Flextronics announced it will acquire 91 percent of The Orbiant Group from Telia and integrate it with Flextronics Network Services, which offers network...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Illinois, United States—Motorola's 1xEV-DV framework, a stepping stone to third-generation (3G) cdma2000 1x, has been accepted as a standard by the 3G...
LONDON—British Airways passengers in New York's JFK Airport can connect to online services through a deal with Compaq.The service is available from 22 October...
SAN DIEGO—The Mobile Wireless Internet Forum (MWIF) announced its strategic intentions for the coming year, which include plans to focus on standardizing core network...
