MILPITAS, Calif.—Contract electronic manufacturer Solectron says it is negotiating a deal to buy Lucent Technologies Inc.' specialized equipment and usable inventory for between $250...
SAN DIEGO—Ericsson AB signed a contract to deploy cdma2000 equipment throughout Verizon Wireless' 1xRTT Express network for services such as high-bandwidth Internet access and...
BOSTON—The Salt Forum, a group of companies working to create an independent markup language for speech-enabling applications, announced 18 additional contributors have joined to...
BEIJING—Nokia has partnered with Chinadotcom to launch a platform for short message services (SMS) and other wireless services such as ringing tone download, picture...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indosat Multimedia Mobile (IM3), a new entrant in Indonesia's cellular market, reached an agreement to use Satelindo's GSM network to cover blank spots...
REDMOND, Washington, United States—AT&T Wireless Services and Canadian operator Rogers Wireless introduced cross-border GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) roaming for their respective customers.Rogers currently...
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decided to keep deposits from the re-auction winners of the personal communications services (PCS) C- and F-block...
TOKYO—Japanese vendor Matsushita Electric Industrial set up a new semiconductor manufacturing company in China, the firm announced on 31 January.The new firm, called Suzhou...
LONDON—Symbian said it has secured another funding round from its shareholders, which include Matsushita, Motorola, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Psion."Symbian's development to support next-generation...
NEW DELHI, India—The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has slashed airtime tariffs on roaming for cellular phones by 70 percent and has fixed...
NEW DELHI, India—The much-awaited 1900 MHz mobile-phone service of the Thai government agency Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT) is slated for launch on 27...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.—Under a deal with international wireless infrastructure provider Netsize, TeleCommunication Systems Inc. said it expanded its short message service system to allow customers...
REDMOND, Wash.-Action Engine Corp. announced its Mobile Services Framework will work on Texas Instruments' OMAP wireless application processors, a move the company said will...
SCHAUMBURG, Illinois, United States—In an unusual joint move, Motorola Credit and Nokia will file a lawsuit against the Uzan family, the Turkish billionaires who...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Cellular telephony operator BellSouth attained gains of US$17 million in Latin America during the last quarter of 2001, even though it had...
OKLAHOMA CITY, United States—Dobson Communications said it will follow nationwide roaming partners AT&T Wireless and Cingular Wireless in overlaying its current TDMA network with...
BEIJING—A group of Chinese content providers announced a joint effort aimed at protecting and defending intellectual property rights in a move to support the...
PARIS—Telecoms equipment maker Alcatel said it suffered its second deficit in its history with a $4.27 loss in 2001, although the French supplier looks...
SANTA CLARA, California, United States—Palm officially launched its long-awaited i705 wireless integrated device, which the company is hoping to sell to corporate customers looking...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands—Dutch telecommunications giant KPN will buy the remaining 22.5-percent interest in German mobile-phone operator E-Plus that it does not already own from...
TOKYO—Some 20 leading Japanese companies led by NTT DoCoMo, Hitachi and Toyota Motor Company, set up a forum aimed at launching highly accurate satellite...
BEIJING—Last year, customs officers in China's southern Guangdong province seized 26,000 smuggled mobile phones, 60,000 batteries and 28,000 battery chargers.A total of 671 smuggling...
