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...
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...
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...
SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Cricket wireless service in Lincoln, Neb., and Eugene, Ore., the second and third launches for the carrier...
WASHINGTON—The settlement deal to end the dispute regarding the PCS C- and F-block licenses of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. ran into static from both...
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...
LONDON—Logica, a wireless messaging company, said it will conduct a live trial of its Multimedia Messaging Service over United Kingdom wireless carrier Orange's GPRS...
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...
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....
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...
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...
WASHINGTON—Cibernet, a subsidiary of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, released its new Mobile Xchange Protocol, which the company said is designed to allow...
GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. agreed to purchase IBM Corp.'s global positioning system development operation, the company said.The acquisition provides RFMD with advanced GPS...
CINCINNATI—Convergys Corp. and e-Payment technology provider iPIN have joined to offer a new solution covering rating, billing and e-payments.Convergys' Geneva ARM software will be...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint PCS said it will offer downloadable ringtones and screen savers to its customers through its Web site or wireless Web service.The...
BISMARCK, N.D.—Verizon Wireless launched digital wireless service in the Bismarck-Mandan area of North Dakota as part of the carrier's $7.7 million investment in the...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission said it will vote next week on whether to authorize ultra-wideband technologies, despite requests from the departments of defense and...
MAISONS-LAFFITTE, France—Webraska announced it is going to supply Orange UK with upgrades to Orange's existing multimedia location-based services.The upgraded service will allow users to...
TORONTO—CellWand Communications has announced the launch of Pound Taxi (#TAXI), a new cellular service that will allow callers to obtain the first available taxi...
DALLAS—Samsung Telecommunications America announced it will sponsor the Gadget Bar at "Fashion For Freedom," a fashion show scheduled for December 6, 2001, in Hollywood,...
PRINCETON, N.J.—Broadbeam Corp. announced Janet L. Boudris has been named the company's chief executive officer and made a member of the board of directors.Boudris...
