WATERLOO, Canada—A curious patent infringement suit has been filed against Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the popular BlackBerry wireless e-mail device.RIM said it...
LONDON—Sierra Wireless has announced a distribution agreement with Peripheral Corner, a division of Fracom Components International Ltd., a U.K.-based component distributor, for the Sierra...
ARLINGTON, Va.—SiteSafe Inc. announced it completed the acquisition of Communications Engineering Technology Inc., a provider of database and engineering services to the private land...
REDMOND, Washington, United States—AT&T Wireless customers can now send text messages to virtually any wireless phone, regardless of carrier, using only the recipient's phone...
BELLEVUE, Washington, United States—The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium (UWCC) said TDMA subscribers have increased 53 percent during the past 12 months, reaching 82.1 million...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—As speculation continues about what Siemens will do with its mobile-phone business, the research firm Gartner said that its latest study into...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc.'s Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions Europe and satellite provider Eutelsat have signed a five-year agreement to implement fleet management solutions in the...
SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc.'s board of directors approved a program offering a voluntary stock option exchange or supplemental option grant for its employees.Under...
ARLINGTON, Va.—TeleCorp PCS Inc. said it received early approval under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act for its acquisition by AT&T Wireless. TeleCorp announced...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Inquam, a venture company backed by Qualcomm, has marked its presence in Indonesia through an acquisition of Mobile Selular Indonesia (Mobisel) shares.Prior to...
NEW YORK—Mobilocity Inc. announced its has launched its Mobile First Step promotion, in conjunction with Research In Motion's Blackberry Enterprise Edition, allowing executives to...
BUCHAREST, Romania—EuroTel Praha, a Czech cellular operator, extended its EuroTel GSM banking service to another banking house, Raiffeisenbank. "A variety of direct communication with...
HELSINKI, Finland—A sectoral report by Nordea, the largest commercial bank in the Nordic countries and Baltic-rim region, has concluded that Swedish investment in third-generation...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The telecom regulator of Uruguay, Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Comunicaciones (URSEC), has decided to postpone the auction of personal communications services...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo said it will launch a nationwide position-information service based on its Location Platform, dubbed the DLP service, on 27 November.The service uses...
NEW DELHI, India—Nortelpa, a "mini-mirror" telecom service provider in Brazil, has selected the CorDECT wireless local loop (WLL) system of Midas Communication Technologies of...
BEIJING—Motorola is expected to supply China with Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) and iDEN digital dispatch systems in preparation for the organization of the 2008...
BEIJING—There is some controversy over which foreign vendor has sold the most handsets in China so far this year. According to International Data Corporation,...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Three Spanish mobile operators are expected to make an appeal before Spain's National Court over a government-imposed fee for using cell-phone spectrum....
