STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it will develop the next-generation network for Inmarsat's Broadband Global Area Network planned for launch in 2004. The contract value is...
OXFORD, United Kingdom, and TOKYO—An agreement made last year between Siemens and Toshiba to co-develop a wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) handset has been "deferred." Siemens, which...
WASHINGTON—The ComCare Alliance ACN Data Set Working Group announced it published a draft automatic crash test notification data standard in XML.The standard will facilitate...
SAN FRANCISCO—Hewlett-Packard Co. says the Packard family foundation is meeting Friday to deliberate on the merits and demerits of supporting the company's merger with...
AUCKLAND, New Zealand—Vodafone New Zealand selected Nortel Networks to provide a packet backbone network that will connect Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington and allow the...
LONDON—The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) published its fourth-quarter mobile portals survey, which includes Latin American mobile portals for the first time. Nine regional...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—The Post and Telecom Agency in Sweden said it awarded wireless broadband licenses to four Swedish-based telecommunications companies, including Telia, Europolitan Holdings, Telenordia...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, launched a Bluetooth-enabled PHS handset. It is the first Bluetooth-enabled handset offered by NTT DoCoMo.Users of...
MOSCOW—Two major Russian carriers, Mobile Telesystems (MTS) and Vimpelcom (BeeLine) said they plan to place their first Euro bonds, and market experts commented the...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—SingTel Mobile is about to add a new application to its existing General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology and future third-generation (3G) services....
PITTSBURGH, United States—U.S. operator Alltel will use Marconi's wireless network planning tools to optimize its existing network and to plan for the rollout of...
BEIJING—Two regulations banning foreign investment in China's telecom carriers will be abolished on 11 December, when China effectively joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).The...
MOSCOW—The biggest Russian carrier Mobile Telesystems (MTS) has reportedly reached a deal to buy a controlling interest in the fourth-biggest regional carrier, Kuban GSM,...
TOKYO—Sanyo Electric, a leading electronics manufacturer in Japan, and Eastman Kodak Company, on 4 December announced they will set up a joint venture for...
LONDON—Indonesian cellular operator PT Telkomsel announced plans to invest US$500 million during the next year to expand its GSM network.The network expansion will see...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The newly floated European mobile operator mm02 confirmed its timescale for launching third-generation (3G) services is at least six months behind schedule....
NEW YORK—Winstar Communications auctioned off its assets 5 December at the offices of Winstar counsel Shearman & Sterling in New York.As previously reported, Winstar...
WASHINGTON—Finkelstein, Thompson & Loughran filed a securities fraud class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of...
BEIJING, China—China Mobile has awarded Nortel Networks a contract of about US$78 million to expand its GSM cellular network in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region,...
SAN DIEGO and NEW YORK—The Wireless Multimedia Forum (WMF) completed a six-month interoperability trial that included five wireless multimedia vendors, including PacketVideo and Emblaze...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Allgon said Norway's Telenor selected it as the exclusive supplier of GSM and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) repeaters. Allgon will supply standard...
