LISBON, Portugal—Portuguese mobile carrier Optimus and equipment vendor Nortel Networks have completed live calls using Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) technology, according to a...
SANTA CLARA, California, United States—Palm announced it will no longer offer the MyPalm Web portal, which it acquired for about US$80 million in May...
HONG KONG—Hong Kong's six mobile operators announced interoperator short message service (SMS) will become available beginning 3 December.Hong Kong's telecom regulator, the Office of...
REDWOOD CITY, California, United States—SkyGo has been chosen to provide Japan Mobile Communications (J-Mobile) with the wireless marketing technology to deliver advertisements across J-Sky,...
WASHINGTON—The Department of Justice and Black Crow Wireless both signed the NextWave settlement papers on 27 November.Congress is expected to shortly take up implementing...
BEIJING—Nokia has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Zhejiang Provincial Government of China to establish a new research and development (R&D) center to...
HACKENSACK, N.J.—Wireless data provider GoAmerica Inc. said it is establishing a team to assist new subscribers who migrate to GoAmerica from other wireless data...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Tele2, the holder of a Swedish third-generation (3G) license, has admitted that Ericsson may not be able to deliver the promised base...
BEIJING—NEC is having talks with Matsushita Communications Industrial to explore details of establishing an advanced cellular phone handset joint venture focusing on the Chinese...
BEIJING—China's Minister of Information Industry Wu Jichuan confirmed plans to split fixed-line carrier China Telecom into northern and southern parts, but denied that new...
MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless (TIW) announced its investors have agreed to a recapitalization plan, including the restructuring of its subordinated debentures and an increase in...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-Centennial Digital Jamaica has become the third company to bring mobile cellular service to Jamaicans.Chief Operating Officer James Beneda said the company's use...
HAMAMATSU City, Shizuoka, Japan—Yamaha said it will distribute a range of single-tone ringing melodies for subscribers of KG Telecommunications igogo service in Taiwan beginning...
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...
BELLEVUE, Wash.—Wireless and Internet software and application services provider InfoSpace Inc. said the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California approved its...
HELSINKI, Finland—PTS, Sweden's telecom regulatory organization, has warned telecom companies that secured third-generation (3G) network licenses that they risk losing these licenses in the...
BEIJING—Philips Semiconductor and China's Huawei Technologies have agreed to jointly develop application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for 3G products.Philips Semiconductor will mainly provide technical...
LONDON—Finnish company Tecnomen was awarded a contract by the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) to supply a new messaging system. The system will be delivered...
BEIJING—China's Hisense Group launched its CDMA handset production line on 22 November at its plant in Qingdao.It is China's largest with an annual production...
MUNICH, Germany—Indonesia PT Satelindo selected Siemens to provide its GPRS network.Siemens is currently upgrading Satelindo's GSM 900 MHz network in the regions of Medan...
PHILADELPHIA, United States—XO Communications announced it is fighting bankruptcy by accepting an US$800 million investment that will put Mexican telecommunications company Telefonos de Mexico...
AUSTIN, Texas—Broadband technology company Bandspeed Inc. and Bluetooth protocol stack provider Open Interface North America announced a new product that combines Bandspeed's AFH HubMaster...
