TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo said it discovered a software glitch in about 1,500 FOMA N2002 third-generation (3G) handsets causing the phones to malfunction when accessing some...
BELLEVUE, Washington, United States—MobileGIS announced the availability of GeoMobilIT, its single platform for development and deployment of location-based services.According to MobileGIS, the new platform...
WASHINGTON—The Department of Justice and Black Crow Wireless both signed the NextWave settlement papers on 27 November.Congress is expected to shortly take up implementing...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Malaysia Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), the country's telecom regulator, announced a program to educate Malaysian consumers on their rights. The objective is...
BEIJING—China's Minister of Information Industry Wu Jichuan confirmed plans to split fixed-line carrier China Telecom into northern and southern parts, but denied that new...
PHILADELPHIA—XO Communications Inc. announced it is fighting bankruptcy by accepting an $800 million investment that will put Mexican telecommunications company Telefonos de Mexico SA...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Despite the sluggish European phone market, Toshiba announced it plans to market Taiwanese-made handsets in Europe to boost sales beyond Japan and...
OSLO, Norway—Norway's Telenor Mobile said it will open its third-generation (3G) network on 1 December according to its license conditions. The Universal Mobile Telecommunications...
WASHINGTON—Opportunities for wireless carriers to more quickly depreciate the amount of wireless equipment installed between Sept. 11, 2001, and Sept. 11, 2002, excluding towers...
SEATTLE, United States—Brazil's Varig Airlines will launch an e-mail and Web service using technology from Tenzing Communications next year. Varig, South America's largest airline,...
REDWOOD CITY, California, United States—SkyGo has been chosen to provide Japan Mobile Communications (J-Mobile) with the wireless marketing technology to deliver advertisements across J-Sky,...
WLIA adopts privacy policyWASHINGTON, D.C.—The Wireless Location Industry Association (WLIA) has adopted a new privacy policy based on the Federal Trade Commission's Fair Information...
PARIS—Alcatel said it was awarded a contract by Djibouti Telecom to supply a turnkey GSM network with a 25,000-subscriber capacity. The value of the...
MUNICH, Germany—Polish mobile operator PTC-Era has chosen a location-based services platform from Siemens and SignalSoft for delivery via Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and short...
SANTIAGO, Chile—Nortel Networks partnered with Smartcom PCS to complete its first call using cdma2000 1x equipment."We are advancing on our plan to expand the...
LISBON, Portugal—Portuguese mobile carrier Optimus and equipment vendor Nortel Networks have completed live calls using Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) technology, according to a...
HONG KONG—Hong Kong's six mobile operators announced interoperator short message service (SMS) will become available beginning 3 December.Hong Kong's telecom regulator, the Office of...
CARACAS, Venezuela—Venezuelan telecom company Cantv said it received offers for 39.7 percent of the company's outstanding shares in its buyback offer. The company launched...
BEIJING—Nokia has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Zhejiang Provincial Government of China to establish a new research and development (R&D) center to...
SINGAPORE-The number of mobile-phone subscribers in Singapore is finally shrinking following a cleaning by the major mobile-phone operators. SingTel Mobile and MobileOne (M1) have...
BEIJING—NEC is having talks with Matsushita Communications Industrial to explore details of establishing an advanced cellular phone handset joint venture focusing on the Chinese...
