DUBLIN, Ireland—Trinidad and Tobago's operator, TSTT Mobile Service, will be the first Caribbean carrier to launch prepaid wireless data services on a GPRS network...
HELSINKI—Nokia introduced the Nokia D211, a multimode radio card that allows for wireless Internet access within GPRS, HSCSD and wireless LAN coverage areas.The card...
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—MetroPCS launched its unlimited local calling service in the greater Sacramento and Stockton, Calif. areas, allowing customers to talk all they want on...
RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communications added 1.99 million subscribers during 2001, ending the year with 8.7 million wireless subscribers and said it expects to add another...
WASHINGTON—More than 30 members of Congress have sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission siding with the bulk of the wireless industry in...
SAN DIEGO, United States—Qualcomm Inc. said the patent offices in Europe, Korea and Japan have validated four of its CDMA patents."The confirmation of these...
SEOUL, South Korea—Microsoft said it has agreed to jointly develop a wireless Web browser with KT Freetel Co., using Microsoft's Mobile Explorer or wireless...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia, CMG Wireless Data Solutions, Comverse, L.M. Ericsson, Logica, Motorola, Siemens AG and Sony Ericsson Communications have joined to found an Interoperability Group...
In an effort to hasten the rollout of third-generation networks, Nokia has announced an initiative by inviting other 3G infrastructure developers to share and...
After announcing an aggressive business strategy at last year's GSM Congress, Qualcomm would appear to have backtracked to something more achievable.The company's prior plans...
TORONTO—Research in Motion has landed a supply agreement with T-Mobile International, a group of wireless network operators belonging to telecommunications kingpin Deutsche Telekom. The...
CANNES, France—CellPoint Inc. launched its Mobile Location System 6.0 Platform this week in Cannes at the 3GSM World Congress."MLS 6.0 is the successor to...
ATLANTA—Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced it will integrate Philips Speech Processing's SpeechPearl speech recognition engine into its Versera Voice Services suite.Glenayre's Versera suite offers users...
CANNES, France—Content alone will not bring prosperity to the wireless industry, according to comments made by Michael C. Pousti, chairman and chief executive officer...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—L.M. Ericsson said it has won a multi-year contract to supply wideband-CDMA radio network solution for Swiss operator Sunrise. The agreement, whose amount...
DENVER, United States—Aerie Networks subsidiary Ricochet Networks initiated a technical trial of the Ricochet high-speed wireless data network in Denver, marking the return of...
NEW DELHI, India—TA Orange has decided to offer airtime discount coupons to fixed-line subscribers of its affiliate, TelecomAsia, in the second phase of its...
REDMOND, Washington, United States—AT&T Wireless Services completed its all-stock acquisition of the 77-percent of TeleCorp PCS it did not already own. The deal involved...
CANNES, France—Motorola Inc. made several announcements at this week's 3GSM World congress in Cannes, France.The company announced its partnership with CH2M Hill, a network...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, on 18 February announced it will launch i-mode-like service in Germany in March or April through...
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said it charged two firms with making false claims about devices purporting to protect consumers against mobile-phone radiation.The FTC...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—The regulating bodies of South Africa and land-locked neighbor Lesotho have entered an agreement to resolve such issues as frequency interference and...
HELSINKI, Finland—Elisa Communications, Finland's second-largest carrier, has entered a long-term collaboration with Vodafone in the area of mobile telephone services. The initiative will boost...
MANILA, The Philippines—Smart Communications, one of the Philippines' biggest mobile-phone operators, recently reported that its network would be able to handle a 10-million subscriber...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, and Nissan, the second-largest automobile company in Japan, on 19 February announced they plan to jointly...
