STOCKHOLM, Sweden—L.M. Ericsson said it is refinancing its loans involving 13 operators to the tune of $1.5 billion, most of which pertained to third-generation...
SAN FRANCISCO—The Bluetooth Special Interest Group's Human Input Devices Working Group released a definition for how input devices such as keyboards will use Bluetooth...
TOKYO—Oki Electric Industry Co. and Payment First Co. launched a service enabling Internet payments for NTT DoCoMo's i-mode wireless Internet service.Payment First is a...
SAN FRANCISCO—TDK Systems Inc. launched its Go Blue Wireless Development Toolkit to support Bluetooth software developers creating and testing applications for the Palm operating...
ATLANTA—Southern Linc, an iDEN carrier serving the southeast, reported a strategic partnership with Data Burst Technologies Inc. to offer businesses vehicle location service.Data Burst's...
WASHINGTON—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. filed a stock shelf offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell up to $4 billion in stock and...
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens said Bharti Cellular has selected it to supply GSM and GPRS equipment for several new networks in India. The first networks are...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Comverse Technology Inc., which sells wireless messaging systems, announced third-quarter results that were in line with expectations and, as anticipated, announced a round...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Information technology integrator Dimension said it will expand into the wireless world, creating a subsidiary to offer service platforms for the wireless Internet.Dimension...
KISTA, Sweden—Spirea AB unveiled its BlueTrac RF transceiver chip and BlueAmp power amplifier designed to extend the range of Bluetooth radios.The company said the...
WASHINGTON—Senate Finance Committee leaders Tuesday agreed on a fast-track trade bill that the panel plans to vote on today, a positive development for telecom...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Palm Inc. announced it will acquire longtime partner ThinAirApps Inc. for $19 million in common stock, a move Palm hopes will bolster...
WASHINGTON—Both the Federal Communications Commission and Verizon Wireless Inc. warned late Tuesday that if Congress does not pass legislation codifying the settlement of bankrupt...
SAN DIEGO—Remec Inc., a San Diego designer and manufacturer of high-frequency subsystems used in wireless communications transmission, said Dec. 10 that a federal court...
POCATELLO, Idaho—Nextel Partners Inc. launched digital wireless service in the greater Eastern Idaho area including Pocatello, Idaho Falls, Blackfoot, Rexburg, Dubois, Moreland and Atomic...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said sales of its next-generation mobile phones indicate it will beat its fourth-quarter estimates, an indication the company is enjoying the...
SAN DIEGO—Zucotto Wireless Inc., which works to integrate wireless connectivity with Java technology, cut its work force by 40 percent, or 39 positions, in...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Sweden's largest cell-phone operator Telia has decided to share a percentage of the revenues generated by content services with the developers. The...
WIESBADEN, Germany—Motorola Inc. says it will perform its first German UMTS infrastructure field trials early next year, based on a series of UMTS tests...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—As planned, the telephony liberalization process in Bolivia began on 28 November, including a multicarrier system for national and international long-distance calls....
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. says SK Telecom of Korea has selected its OMAP-based McubeWorks reference designs for 2.5G and third-generation cdma2001x networks.The company says SK...
BETHESDA, Md.—Motorola Inc. and Access Spectrum LLC announced they have agreed Motorola will design, manufacture and market infrastructure and portable and mobile radio products...
RICHARDSON, Texas, United States—Ericsson issued a circular in the company notifying the staff that about 400 workers in the research and development (R&D) division...
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark.—United Communications Corp. and Canada's BritePage Technologies Inc. have entered an agreement in which UCC will represent BritePage's People Tracker Plus production in...
