NEW DELHI, India—The regional mobile satellite operator Thuraya Satellite Communications Company has signed a license agreement in Pakistan to provide its dual-mode GSM/satellite telephony...
BEIJING—Most mobile-phone users in China, the world's biggest cellular market, use prepaid phone cards. Three million end up in landfills each month.Professor Gu Mingyuan...
BEIJING—InterDigital Communications said it has been elected as a member at large and council member of the TD-SCDMA Forum, the forum representing China's proprietary...
MURRAY HILL, New Jersey, United States—Telecom Equipment maker Lucent Technologies posted a first-quarter operating loss of US$757 million in contrast with US$1.4 billion in...
TOKYO—NEC, a leading telecom vender in Japan, started a sample shipment of a 64-Megabit Random Access Memory (RAM) device for cellular phones and personal...
BEIJING—The China Mobile Group forecasts revenues of 48.8 billion yuan (US$17.98 billion) this year, 10.5 percent up from last year. Revenue growth has slowed...
LONDON—The Malaysian government is set to issue tender documents for third-generation (3G) license applicants. The three licenses that are due to be awarded will...
SEATTLE—Canada's Bell Mobility announced it will offer a service through ViAir Inc. that will allow mobile professionals to wirelessly access their personal and corporate...
CINCINNATI—TeleCorp PCS signed a contract with Convergys Corp. to use its Atlys end-to-end billing and customer care products in TeleCorp's service bureau environment. The...
PALO ALTO, Calif.—The mobile-commerce industry gained yet another standards body, the PayCircle consortium, which is aimed at creating interfaces that will allow all m-commerce...
TORONTO—Motorola Inc. launched the company's new V101 personal communicator in an exclusive deal with Rogers AT&T Wireless in Canada.The carrier will offer the device,...
INDIANAPOLIS—Fortune Diversified Industries Inc. (FDVI) has acquired the telecommunications unit of DicksonHughes Group (DHG), a move through which FDVI expects to add $3 million...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Hutchison Telecom, Telstra and Optus are among the companies in talks with Lucent Technologies Inc. to buy parts of One.Tel Network, which...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Internet giant Yahoo announced it is working to bring the wireless Internet to the nation's oldest form of mass transit—the train.Under a deal...
ST. LOUIS—Amdocs Ltd. reported first-quarter earnings after the trading close January 22 of $4.3 million, or 2 cents per share, on revenues of $422.6...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The privatization of the Paraguayan fixed telephony monopoly, which includes a personal communications services (PCS) license, will likely be postponed. The privatization...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Zimbabwean telecommunications company TeleAccess is reported to be involved in negations to purchase Telecel International, the mobile network operator with services in...
SEOUL, South Korea— Yasuo Nishiguchi, Kyocera's chief executive, said his company will settle its patent dispute with Nortel Networks without rancor."We have violated some...
WOODBURY, New York, United States—Dutch wireless carrier Dutchtone, a subsidiary of Orange Group, continued to flesh out its wireless music service by purchasing Comverse's...
MOSCOW—The biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) officially confirmed it has reached an agreement on the purchase of a controlling stake in the fourth-biggest...
HONG KONG—Software solution provider iMerchants and Diversinet have partnered to make iMerchants' wireless banking solution for personal digital assistants (PDAs) available with Diversinet's Public...
HERNDON, Va.—Teligent Inc.'s lenders have agreed to resurrect and fund the company under a new name and business plan.In November it seemed the bankrupt...
MANILA, Phillipines—Short message service (SMS) technology remains a dominant force in the growth of data services in Asia, despite the availability of more advanced...
HELSINKI—Nokia Corp. reported decreased profits for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, but increased sales for the year, helped along by an increase in...
