HELSINKI, Finland—Finnish vendor Tecnomen said it will supply a messaging solution to Brazilian operator Algar Telecom Leste (ATL). The deal, worth around US$1.6 million,...
LONDON—NEC announced it will close a semiconductor plant in Scotland, eliminating 1,260 jobs.The Livingston, West Lothian, plant closure is blamed on the widespread downturn...
LONDON—The Lebanese government announced it might allow mobile-phone companies Cellis and LibanCell to operate until their contracts expire in 2004, providing that other offers...
DALLAS, United States—Nokia continued its massive push for its open mobile architecture initiative by signing some of the world's largest information and technology infrastructure...
HELSINKI, Finland—Finnish wireless carrier Sonera Corp. hopes to be the first carrier to offer multimedia messaging services in the first half of next year...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—With an estimated global market share of less than 2 percent, down from 6 percent last year, Philips' cell-phone business looks set...
SANTA MONICA, Calif.—Boingo Wireless Inc. launched with plans to provide wireless Internet access at speeds up to 11 Megabits per second in major hotels,...
WASHINGTON—With the House of Representatives leaving town and the Senate expected to leave shortly, bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc and Verizon Wireless Inc. reacted to...
BEIJING—Motorola Inc. announced it won a $95 million contract to supply wireless equipment to China Mobile Communications Corp.According to the contract, Motorola will expand...
PALO ALTO, Calif.—In an effort to debunk criticism of the move and rally stakeholders, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp. released a detailed, 50-page...
NEWARK, N.J.—IDT Corp., the former suitor of Teligent Inc., said it will acquire Winstar Communications Inc. for $42.5 million after several tumultuous days of...
WICHITA, Kansas—IFR Systems Inc. announced it was chosen to provide test equipment for the United Kingdom's $2.4 billion BOWMAN tactical communications program. The program...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Wavemakers has received a $4.4 million investment commitment from Technology Partnerships Canada for the Vancouver, B.C., company's "OnTarget" initiative to develop speech...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Flarion Technologies has completed a successful demonstration of a seamless handoff between an 802.11b wireless local area network and a mobile wide area...
MILAN, Italy—H3G, which holds a third-generation license in Italy, signed a roaming agreement with Telecom Italia Mobile. The agreement will allow H3G's customers to...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. announced it will launch gpsOne-enabled handsets and their associated position location service plans from KDDI Corp. in Japan this month.Qualcomm's gpsOne...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia has completed a location-based technology trial test, which it claims was successful.Nokia and mobile carrier Radiolinja used Nokia's enhanced observed time difference...
IRVINE, Calif.—FieldCentrix has been named the field service automation software vendor of choice for Excellence Alliance Inc. (EAI), a service organization of independent HVAC/R...
DALLAS—Wireless software and applications developer JP Mobile Inc. announced it acquired the assets of Isovia Inc., which provided mobile software applications for field services...
SEATTLE and LOS ANGELES—The amount of wireless Internet content continues to move ahead at Warp speed, as two companies announced major new releases.First, Jamdat...
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan will hold Asia's first third-generation license auction after seven companies showed interest in five licenses. Seven consortia will begin the bidding process...
