2001

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The joint cell phone venture between Ericsson and Sony could, according to the executives of the Swedish telecoms giant, see the Ericsson brand name fade from prominence. Sony …

TOKYO—Kyocera said it plans to cut 10,000 jobs at is branches overseas, representing 20 percent of its 51,000 work force worldwide.The company said the decision was a reaction to the …

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OXFORD, United Kingdom—Germany’s E-Plus, KPN Mobile of the Netherlands and Belgium’s KPN Orange have each reached agreements with NTT DoCoMo to adopt the Japanese operator’s multimedia messaging protocol. This move …

WASHINGTON—The prime minister of Australia will propose a free-trade agreement (FTA) with the United States when he meets with President George W. Bush on 10 September. The United States exports …

TOKYO—Hitachi Ltd. denied reports that it has decided to shut down its plant that makes dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips.A news report also had said the company planned to lay …

International’s roaming clearinghouse unitOLYMPIA, Washington, United States—Illuminet Holdings, a provider of signaling system 7 (SS7) network and database services to telecom carriers, signed a definitive agreement to acquire BellSouth International …

SAN DIEGO, United States—Qualcomm Inc. said it has shipped its 500 millionth CDMA chip for wireless communication.“Our latest generation of Internet-ready, multimedia chipsets and system software continues the tradition of …

WASHINGTON—Alaska Native Wireless L.L.C. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. told the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday that agreements signed by NextWave Telecom Inc. in an effort to emerge from bankruptcy make …

BUCHAREST, Romania—Last week the Slovakian Minister of Economy approved a tender proposal for new GSM and UMTS licenses. The Slovakian government has set a minimum price of EUR23.1 million (US$21 …

KUNGSBACKA, Sweden—Flextronics said it has signed an agreement to make Elanders a preferred supplier of Ericsson mobile phones in Europe.“Elanders will set up a production facility in Hungary connected to …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it plans to launch live video streaming services on an experimental basis for 3G service users on 1 October. The carrier is scheduled to launch commercial …

IRVING, Texas, United States—Nokia Corp. said it has rolled out its first WAP-enabled GSM phone called Nokia 3395 for the Americas market.The phone, which includes mobile Internet browser, new arcade-style …

SEOUL, South Korea—Chip maker Toshiba Corp. wants to sell its dynamic random access memory chips to Samsung Electronics, a reflection of the Korean company’s struggles.The company is also speculated to …

FRAMINGTON, Massachusetts, United States—IDC said phone sales have dropped three percent this year, a reflection of what it described as the ongoing IT recession in the United States and worsening …

NEW YORK—International Business Machines said it developed a logic circuit based on molecules called carbon nanotubes as semiconductors that are about 100,000 times thinner than a human hair.“Carbon nanotubes are …

SALT LAKE CITY—Verizon Wireless celebrated the opening of its newest customer service call center in West Valley City, Utah. The $42 million facility includes more than 800 workstations and 200 …

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission expects to begin releasing data on consumer complaints by the middle of next month, Rosemary Kimball, director of media relations for the FCC’s Consumer Information Bureau, …

WASHINGTON—Dr. Jeffrey Runge, the newly installed administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said that NHTSA is watching closely the growing issue of driver distraction but said that it …

LOS ANGELES—Motorola Inc. has developed a product called photomasks that makes chips with integrated circuits smaller than 100 nanometers in breadth, about 10,000 times smaller than the human hair.The company …

FREMONT, Calif.—Wireless gaming company Synovial Inc. scored a major deal today with Sega of America under which the company will offer Sega’s video game content to handheld devices and next-generation …

ANNAPOLIS, Md.—TeleCommunications Systems Inc. said it successfully completed compatibility testing with Grayson Wireless’ Geometrix wireless location system. The testing assures wireless carriers that the two systems can operate together to …

TOKYO—Kyocera Corp. said it plans to cut 10,000 jobs at is branches overseas, representing 20 percent of its 51,000 work force worldwide.The company said the decision was a reaction to …

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. launched it Cricket wireless service in Boise, Idaho, allowing customers to make unlimited local wireless calls for a fixed price each month. Ericsson provided wireless …

TOKYO—Hitachi Ltd. denied reports that it had decided to shut down its plant that makes dynamic random-access memory chips.A news report also had said the company planned to lay off …