NEW YORK—Lucent Technologies said it has sold 80 percent of its New Ventures Group portfolio to British-based Coller Capital. The portfolio will be called...
NEW YORK—The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) held its first smart card interoperability event in mid-December at its headquarters in Sophia Antipolis, France, bringing...
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, United States—Mobile services overtook fixed-line services in Latin America during 2001, according to data released by U.S.-based Pyramid Research. Mobile penetration in...
PARIS—The tender to sell France's remaining two Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) licenses opened on 1 January, with bids due by 16 May.The government's...
DENVER, United States—Orange U.K. has completed its transition of its GSM network to an Internet Protocol (IP)-based signaling network. Orange U.K. has replaced 90...
WASHINGTON—Motorola filed last week with U.S. regulators to sell up to US$2 billion in debt securities, common and preferred stock and other securities.The company...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom—Smart antenna developer Antenova and Cambridge Consultants signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly market advanced antenna solutions.Under the terms of the...
MCLEAN, Virginia, United States—LCC International has acquired Transmast Italia SRL, a wireless infrastructure, deployment, civil engineering and project management firm in Milan, Italy, from...
MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless (TIW) announced it has sent the maturity notice for the 7-percent Equity Subordinated Debentures (ESD) due 15 February, 2002, and has...
BUCHAREST, Romania—Austrian operator One said it will launch third-generation (3G) services in the second half of 2002 once sufficient handsets are available. In addition,...
MOSCOW—Despite a recent Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) test by one of Russia's largest operators, Russian Communications Minister Leonid Reiman refused to disclose the...
SEOUL, South Korea—Samsung SDI said it has developed the world's thinnest lithium-ion rechargeable cell phone batteries, which can store 355-watt hours in a space...
PALO ALTO, Calif.—Hewlett-Packard Co. introduced two new wireless notebooks, offering embedded 802.11b or Bluetooth connectivity and digital home networking features.HP's Pavilion zt1000 notebook comes...
LONDON—Bahrain's Batelco announced a further round of tariff cuts on its MobilePlus services. The rate cuts have been applied to a range of services,...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission said on Dec. 28 that it was re-allocating 27 megahertz of spectrum for new flexible services.The spectrum is being made...
MORRISVILLE, N.C.—Orange U.K. has completed its transition of its GSM network to an IP-based signaling network. Orange U.K. has replaced 90 percent of its...
MCLEAN, Va.—LCC International Inc. has acquired Transmast Italia SRL, a wireless infrastructure, deployment, civil engineering and project management firm in Milan, Italy, form its...
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.—Plantronics Inc. has acquired Ameriphone Inc., a company that develops telephones and accessories for the hearing impaired.Ameriphone will join Plantronics' Walker Division,...
BOSTON—2002 will probably offer up the same struggles the wireless industry saw in 2001, according to a recent Yankee Group study.The Yankee Group highlighted...
