MOSCOW—Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) placed its first euro bonds worth US$250 million as it needs additional funds for regional expansion.MTS spokeswoman Eva Prokofyeva...
BEIJING—Nokia officially inaugurated its largest production base in China on 20 December. Beijing Nokia Mobile Telecommunications and 15 of Nokia's component suppliers are located...
BEIJING—Motorola announced it has been awarded US$95 million in contracts to supply wireless equipment to China Mobile Communications.According to the contract, Motorola will expand...
A new organization is being created to represent the views of American GSM and TDMA wireless carriers as they convert to third-generation wireless technologies...
PALO ALTO, California, United States—In an effort to debunk criticism of the move and rally stakeholders, Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer released a detailed, 50-page...
HELSINKI, Finland—Finnish vendor Tecnomen said it will supply a messaging solution to Brazilian operator Algar Telecom Leste (ATL). The deal, worth around US$1.6 million,...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Wavemakers has received a $4.4 million investment commitment from Technology Partnerships Canada for the Vancouver, B.C., company's "OnTarget" initiative to develop speech...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Flarion Technologies has completed a successful demonstration of a seamless handoff between an 802.11b wireless local area network and a mobile wide area...
PALO ALTO, Calif.—In an effort to debunk criticism of the move and rally stakeholders, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp. released a detailed, 50-page...
BEIJING—Motorola Inc. announced it won a $95 million contract to supply wireless equipment to China Mobile Communications Corp.According to the contract, Motorola will expand...
WASHINGTON—With the House of Representatives leaving town and the Senate expected to leave shortly, bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc and Verizon Wireless Inc. reacted to...
WICHITA, Kansas—IFR Systems Inc. announced it was chosen to provide test equipment for the United Kingdom's $2.4 billion BOWMAN tactical communications program. The program...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia has completed a location-based technology trial test, which it claims was successful.Nokia and mobile carrier Radiolinja used Nokia's enhanced observed time difference...
NEWARK, N.J.—IDT Corp., the former suitor of Teligent Inc., said it will acquire Winstar Communications Inc. for $42.5 million after several tumultuous days of...
DALLAS—Wireless software and applications developer JP Mobile Inc. announced it acquired the assets of Isovia Inc., which provided mobile software applications for field services...
IRVINE, Calif.—FieldCentrix has been named the field service automation software vendor of choice for Excellence Alliance Inc. (EAI), a service organization of independent HVAC/R...
MILAN, Italy—H3G, which holds a third-generation license in Italy, signed a roaming agreement with Telecom Italia Mobile. The agreement will allow H3G's customers to...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. announced it will launch gpsOne-enabled handsets and their associated position location service plans from KDDI Corp. in Japan this month.Qualcomm's gpsOne...
SANTA MONICA, Calif.—Boingo Wireless Inc. launched with plans to provide wireless Internet access at speeds up to 11 Megabits per second in major hotels,...
SEATTLE and LOS ANGELES—The amount of wireless Internet content continues to move ahead at Warp speed, as two companies announced major new releases.First, Jamdat...
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan will hold Asia's first third-generation license auction after seven companies showed interest in five licenses. Seven consortia will begin the bidding process...
