ISTANBUL, Turkey—Turkey's fourth mobile operator, Turk Telekom-backed Aycell, is launching commercial services on 14 December, according to international press reports. Aria launched services in...
SAN RAFAEL, California, United States—Wireless giant Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) plans to offer a navigation, concierge and mobile-commerce service from Autodesk Location Services, a...
WASHINGTON—The Ecuadorian government plans to sell three wireless local loop (WLL) licenses next year. Rules will be available in January, with the spectrum to...
LONDON—The Tunisian Telecommunications Ministry postponed the issue of its second GSM license. The tender process has been pushed back to 9 February from 10...
WASHINGTON—House of Representatives members Billy Tauzin, Bill Thomas, James Sensebrenner and John Conyers introduced legislation on Thursday to write into law a settlement between...
NEW YORK—Wireless streaming video company Emblaze Systems warned that its revenues for the year will be "substantially below market expectations," blaming carriers' tightened spending...
PARIS—French mobile music services company Musiwap changed its name to Musiwave. The company said it replaced the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)-focused name to better...
TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest operator for both fixed-line and mobile services in Japan, on 14 December announced it will introduce a voluntary early retirement program...
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens said Bharti Cellular has selected it to supply GSM and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) equipment for several new networks in India....
NEW YORK—Verizon Communications has agreed to sell its TSI Telecommunications Services subsidiary to GTCR Golder Rauner, a private equity investment firm, for approximately US$800...
ATLANTA—BellSouth Corp. said it had advised the Communications Workers of America it would be reducing 1,200 non-management network operations positions early next year. The...
BEIJING—China Mobile will close its analog mobile network on 15 December. The number of subscribers has dropped from 2.5 million in April to 102,500...
MIAMI, United States—Brightstar and Cable & Wireless signed an agreement that will require Brightstar to provide Cable & Wireless with product distribution and tracking,...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Aspiro said it acquired Mgage, a Swedish developer of applications that allow subscribers to chat. The acquisition will be financed by a non-cash...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Lack of content will spell the demise of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) offerings across Europe, according to a new report from Strand...
NEW YORK—A judge in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware gave groups bidding for bankrupt Winstar Communications another week to secure additional financing.A ruling...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on 12 December began preparations to auction U.S. television channels 52-59 to fixed and mobile-wireless providers notwithstanding the fact...
BEIJING—U.S.-based UTStarcom has signed an agreement with fixed-line carrier China Telecom to provide personal wireless access (PAS) equipment in Luoyang city in China's Henan...
NEW DELHI, India—U.S.-based vendor UTStarCom will soon begin trials of its wireless local loop (WLL) technology called PHS in the Indian capital. The government-controlled...
BEIJING—Ericsson has signed agreements with four provincial subsidiaries of China Mobile to provide packet backbone routers. The four operators are located in Chongqing municipality,...
LONDON—MobileCom announced it will introduce a new 2.5-generation (2.5G) General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) mobile network throughout Jordan by early 2002.GPRS is currently being...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it has signed a US$143 million GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) expansion contract with Sichuan Mobile Communication Company in China.The project,...
NEW YORK—Motorola said it has signed a cross-platform agreement to allow it to market popular AOL Time Warner content and services through mobile and...
SANTA CLARA, California, United States—Palm announced it will acquire longtime partner ThinAirApps for US$19 million in common stock, a move Palm hopes will bolster...
