TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest operator for both fixed-line and mobile services in Japan, on 14 December announced it will introduce a voluntary early retirement program...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Malaysia's TimeCel recently launched an interactive short message service (SMS) quiz promotion. The promotion, called Juara Lagu 2001 SMS Quiz, runs from 1...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, United States—Mobile marketing platform provider Avesair is continuing its expansion into the European market with the latest announcement it...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish vendor NCC Telecom said Sweden' third-generation (3G) license holder Hi3G selected it to provide 3G infrastructure. The agreement covers the construction of...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Lack of content will spell the demise of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) offerings across Europe, according to a new report from Strand...
WASHINGTON—Oftel, the U.K. regulatory agency, referred its proposed decrease in the cost of calling mobile phones to the European Competition Commission. The action comes...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish wireless carrier Telia Mobile announced it will offer a wireless Internet service much like NTT DoCoMo's wildly popular i-mode service.Telia's service, dubbed...
MOSCOW—A major Russian investment company, Sistema-Telecom Financial Corporation, said it will sell the Personal Communications (SONET) CDMA carrier as the project has no future...
SAN JOSE, California, United States—LG Telecom signed an agreement with Thin Multimedia to provide mobile video services to LT Telecom's 4.5 million subscribers. The...
TORONTO—South Korean bank Hanvit Bank can now check account balances, view transaction histories and initiate fund transfers wirelessly through a deal with mobile-commerce company...
SAN FRANCISO, United States—Having failed to include a Bluetooth capability within its new Windows XP operating system, Microsoft announced at the annual Developers Conference...
NEW YORK—Verizon Communications has agreed to sell its TSI Telecommunications Services subsidiary to GTCR Golder Rauner, a private equity investment firm, for approximately US$800...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Hutchison has signed a crucial network sharing deal with British Telecommunications' former wireless division, mmO2. The agreement will allow Hutchison's subscribers to...
PARIS—French mobile music services company Musiwap changed its name to Musiwave. The company said it replaced the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)-focused name to better...
HELSINKI, Finland—Finnish mobile operators, headed by the Swedish telecom company Telia Mobile, are exploring collaboration in constructing licensed third-generation (3G) networks. Telia is hoping...
TORONTO—The Canadian government has set aside C$110 million (US$70.2 million) to kick start Industry Canada's national broadband network plans. The sum is much less...
BUCHAREST, Romania—The Romanian cellular operator Telemobil launched on 7 December a nationwide voice and high-speed data network in its 450 MHz spectrum based on...
NEW YORK—A judge in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware gave groups bidding for bankrupt Winstar Communications another week to secure additional financing.A ruling...
SAN RAFAEL, California, United States—Wireless giant Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) plans to offer a navigation, concierge and mobile-commerce service from Autodesk Location Services, a...
NEW YORK—Wireless streaming video company Emblaze Systems warned that its revenues for the year will be "substantially below market expectations," blaming carriers' tightened spending...
TOKYO—Oki Electric Industry and Payment First plan to launch a debit payment settlement service based on the Internet Protocol for users of i-mode on...
WASHINGTON—House of Representatives members Billy Tauzin, Bill Thomas, James Sensebrenner and John Conyers introduced legislation on Thursday to write into law a settlement between...
PALO ALTO, Calif.—Walter Hewlett, a board member of Hewlett-Packard Co., filed a letter with the Securities and Exchange Commission warning of "enormous unhappiness" about...
WASHINGTON—Both the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Verizon Wireless warned late 11 December that if Congress does not pass legislation codifying the settlement of...
MURRAY HILL, New Jersey, United States—Lucent Technologies commented on its declining economic situation, stating it will post revenues in the first quarter of between...
