A federal judge in California last week invalidated an arbitration-only policy by long-distance giant, AT&T Corp."I find AT&T's principal purpose was to put sufficient...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it has signed a three-year contract to supply radio-access and packet core network for carrier Proximus Belgacom Mobile of Belgium.The...
MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless Inc. said it has given notice to extend its purchase offer for all outstanding units in exchange for 5.46 subordinate voting...
CAMPBELL, Calif.—P-Com Inc., a manufacturer of point-to-point and point-to-multipoint wireless systems, said it is going forward with a restructuring plan that includes strengthening the...
BEACHWOOD, Ohio—Grayson Wireless said AT&T Wireless Inc. signed an agreement to purchase Grayson's Geometrix E911 location system for installation in selected AT&T Wireless markets.George...
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens AG said its earnings for the fiscal first quarter increased from the fiscal fourth quarter of 2001, and its handset division returned...
NEW YORK—Mobile work force application provider Vettro announced Joseph Rymsza will join as the company's new chief executive."Vettro isn't just giving businesses more capabilities...
NEW DELHI, India—More operators in Africa are going in for fraud management systems to maximize revenues. Sonatel Mobiles of Senegal in Western Africa will...
WASHINGTON—A leading public-safety organization today told the Federal Communications Commission it has serious concerns about potential interference from ultra-wideband transmissions to radio systems used...
NEW YORK—A trio of wireless carriers tapped the deep well of the debt markets last week, collectively raising nearly US$2 billion.Korea Telecom was first...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—While the U.K. government wants to force the four U.K. cell-phone operators to adopt more rigorous security measures in the hope that...
SUNNYVALE, California, United States—Spectrian, a designer and manufacturer of power amplifiers for the wireless infrastructure market, announced it formed Spectrian Telecommunications Equipment, a wholly...
LOS ANGELES—Oberthur Card Systems said it has successfully connected its SIMphonIC CDMA card to China Unicom's CDMA network.According to Oberthur, the test, which used...
LONDON—Vodafone Group signed a global agreement with Ericsson to supply multimedia messaging software, which Vodafone plans to use to introduce its Multimedia Messaging Service...
TOKYO—Showa Denko K.K., a leading electronics device maker, in cooperation with NHK, a Japanese public broadcasting company, jointly developed new materials for organic electroluminescent...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson has won a contract to deliver wireless broadband access network for Telia Group company, Skanova."We have chosen the supplier that has the...
BERLIN, Germany—Germany's MobilCom said it will sell its fixed-line assets to Freenet, an Internet service provider (ISP) in which MobilCom holds a majority stake....
CALGARY—Wi-Lan said it is participating in Wi-Comm Communications, a joint venture in Beijing, created to accelerate Wi-Lan's penetration into the Chinese market.Wi-Lan said it...
BEIJING—Technology and handset issues have forced Chinese mobile operators to postpone trials of TD-SCDMA, China's proprietary third-generation (3G) technology.The trials will commence in the...
HONG KONG—Hong Kong's telecom regulator has asked for comments on its proposal to reduce mobile carrier license fees beginning in May.The country's Information Technology...
TOKYO—A governmental advisory body for the telecommunications ministry on 16 January decided to revise the telecom regulation to let operators use the OFDM system...
MILAN, Italy—Hutchison Whampoa's Italian third-generation (3G) subsidiary, announced it secured about e4.2 billion (US$3.7 billion) in financing to build its 3G network in Italy.An...
