MIAMI, United States—Brightstar and Cable & Wireless signed an agreement that will require Brightstar to provide Cable & Wireless with product distribution and tracking,...
LONDON-Mozambique's mobile sector is set to open for competition following a government bill that was passed through the country's parliament on 11 December. The...
ISTANBUL, Turkey—Turkey's fourth mobile operator, Turk Telekom-backed Aycell, is launching commercial services on 14 December, according to international press reports. Aria launched services in...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Finnish company Nokia decided to manage its South American business from its office in the United States, therefore moving Paul Murdock, regional...
WASHINGTON—The Ecuadorian government plans to sell three wireless local loop (WLL) licenses next year. Rules will be available in January, with the spectrum to...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic—Centennial Dominicana and Lucent Technologies said they made a 1x wireless data call on Centennial's network in the Dominican Republic. Lucent...
BEIJING and TOKYO — China's fixed-line operator China Telecom has started offering a CDMA service in Shenzhen, a prosperous city adjacent to Hong Kong.The...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Econet Wireless intends to become the dominant African telecommunications provider within the next five years. According to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Strive...
SANTA CLARA, California, United States—Palm announced it will acquire longtime partner ThinAirApps for US$19 million in common stock, a move Palm hopes will bolster...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia said sales of its next-generation mobile phones indicate it will beat its fourth-quarter estimates, an indication the company is enjoying the Christmas...
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...
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...
NEW DELHI, India—U.S.-based vendor UTStarCom will soon begin trials of its wireless local loop (WLL) technology called PHS in the Indian capital. The government-controlled...
BEIJING—China Mobile will close its analog mobile network on 15 December. The number of subscribers has dropped from 2.5 million in April to 102,500...
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens said Bharti Cellular has selected it to supply GSM and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) equipment for several new networks in India....
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it has signed a US$143 million GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) expansion contract with Sichuan Mobile Communication Company in China.The project,...
BEIJING—U.S.-based UTStarcom has signed an agreement with fixed-line carrier China Telecom to provide personal wireless access (PAS) equipment in Luoyang city in China's Henan...
BEIJING—Ericsson has signed agreements with four provincial subsidiaries of China Mobile to provide packet backbone routers. The four operators are located in Chongqing municipality,...
TEWKSBURY, Massachusetts, United States—Hoping to take advantage of the growth potential in China, U.S.-based Starent Networks signed a deal with Eastern Communications Company to...
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...
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...
