STOCKHOLM—The Post and Telecom Agency in Sweden said it awarded wireless broadband licenses to four Swedish-based telecommunications companies, including Telia AB, Europolitan Holdings AB,...
PALO ALTO, Calif.—Danger Inc., creator of the hiptop mobile service and device, announced that one of Silicon Valley's most notable figures, Steve Wozniak, co-founder...
HURST, Texas—Handango, a wireless software publisher, announced it will exclusively power Palm Inc.'s Software Connection Web site and that the companies intend to conduct...
WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. launched CDMA-based digital wireless service in Jamaica, noting it expects to offer customers next-generation services beginning next year.Centennial currently provides...
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...
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,...
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...
NEW YORK—Winstar Communications Inc. auctioned off its assets Dec. 5 at the offices of Winstar counsel Shearman & Sterling in New York.As previously reported,...
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...
SAN FRANCISCO—Oracle Corp. introduced the wireless and voice features for its Oracle application server release 2, which include enhanced support for voice access to...
BOCA RATON, Fla.—Siemens AG said it rolled out a program called the "We Surpass Partner Program" to help carriers and other service providers deploy...
RICHARDSON, Texas—Ericsson AB issued a circular Tuesday in the company notifying the staff that about 400 workers in the research and development division will...
HELSINKI, Finland—German mobile operator Viag Interkom said it has launched its prepaid service for GPRS, using a Nokia solution for processing charging data for...
MEXICO CITY—America Movil, the mobile subsidiary of Mexico's TelMex, announced several transactions that will give it control of several Latin American companies currently held...
CARACAS, Venezuela—Venezuelan telecom company Cantv said it received offers for 39.7 percent of the company's outstanding shares in its buyback offer. The company launched...
PARIS—Alcatel said it was awarded a contract by Djibouti Telecom to supply a turnkey GSM network with a 25,000-subscriber capacity. The value of the...
PHILADELPHIA—XO Communications Inc. announced it is fighting bankruptcy by accepting an $800 million investment that will put Mexican telecommunications company Telefonos de Mexico SA...
BEIJING-Samsung Electronics said it formed a joint venture with Shanghai Bell to develop, produce and market CDMA systems in China. The Chinese government approved...
SEATTLE, United States—Brazil's Varig Airlines will launch an e-mail and Web service using technology from Tenzing Communications next year. Varig, South America's largest airline,...
WLIA adopts privacy policyWASHINGTON, D.C.—The Wireless Location Industry Association (WLIA) has adopted a new privacy policy based on the Federal Trade Commission's Fair Information...
SANTIAGO, Chile—Nortel Networks partnered with Smartcom PCS to complete its first call using cdma2000 1x equipment."We are advancing on our plan to expand the...
