TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan awarded its five third-generation licenses following a 19-day auction that saw bid totals much higher than analysts had expected. Total bids in...
SAN JOSE—SiRF Technology and NEC Electronics announced a licensing agreement that will integrate SiRF's SiRFstarII GPS technology into NEC's integrated circuits for the automotive...
HELSINKI, Finland—Sonera, the Helsinki-based telecom company, has abandoned its fixed monthly connection charge for its consumer General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) offering in a...
EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands—Royal Philips Electronics said it has successfully concluded a trial of its solution for the delivery of multimedia content and applications over...
SAN FRANCISCO—Java-based wireless application server software provider Aligo Inc. announced it added Applied Systems Analysis & Processing Inc. and Caribou Lake Software to its...
NEWTON, Mass.—MoreMagic Software announced it scored $9 million in its second round of funding, which was led by Vision Capital and Battery Ventures."These additional...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it will integrate Macromedia Inc.'s Flash Player into its Mediaterminal, which combines digital video broadcast, full Internet access, personal video...
BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. is going to reduce capital expenditures and new tower development activities in 2002, and suspend any material new investment...
CHARLESTON, W.Va.—Nextel Partners Inc. launched wireless service in Charleston, Huntington, Parkersburg, Clarksburg, Morgantown, Fairmont and the greater Central West Virginia region.In conjunction with the...
BELLEVUE, Wash.—Service assurance product supplier WatchMark reported a strategic system integration partnership with European systems integrator AU-Systems to distribute WatchMark's performance management and network...
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario—Technology consultancy Plextec Ltd. unveiled a dual-band GSM900/DCS1800 GPRS/Bluetooth multimode PC card.The card, which comprises an always-online GPRS system combined with Bluetooth technology,...
TOKYO—Japanese mobile carriers are emphasizing location services to combat increasing competition within the market.The mobile-phone market in Japan has been expanding rapidly during the...
NEW YORK—NII Holdings, formerly known as Nextel International, reportedly missed its latest $41 million interest payments scheduled for last Friday on its 12.75-percent senior...
ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless reported eAgency Systems Inc., which serves financial services companies, has integrated Cingular's Corporate E-mail Plus solution with its eAgency Wireless Information Exchange...
WASHINGTON—Tests confirmed today that weak, scant amounts of anthrax were found at the off-site mail facility of the Federal Communications Commission.The Center for Disease...
LONDON—Mm02, the mobile-phone unit spun off from British Telecommunications plc last year, said it plans to cut 1,900 jobs in the United Kingdom and...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said it has developed a multimode global positioning system processor and system software, the MGP6200, which supports the Third Generation Partnership...
TOKYO—FileMaker Mobile, which allows instant database publishing on i-mode smart phones, was introduced in Japan.FileMaker includes a Mobile Groupware solution, which includes a scheduler,...
VICTOR, N.Y.—Seattle-based wireless Internet service provider Monet Mobile Networks has selected Info Directions' CostGuard rating and billing system.The CostGuard system rates and bills real-time...
MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless Inc. said holders of about 97.3 percent of its 7-percent equity subordinated debentures (ESD) maturing Feb. 15 have tendered their debentures...
HACKENSACK, N.J.—Wireless data provider GoAmerica Inc. announced its subsidiary Wynd Communications Corp. purchased the reachNET subscriber base from TeleCommunication Systems Inc.Company executives said the...
STAMFORD, Conn.—Wireless Internet veteran i3 Mobile Inc. reported revenues for the fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, of $900,000 and a net loss of $9.6...
ARLINGTON, Va.—E*TRADE Group Inc. announced that its subsidiary, E*TRADE Access Inc., which boasts one of the most extensive ATM networks in the United States,...
