ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Ecutel Inc. announced its has signed up seven new authorized resellers of its Viatores advanced mobile private networking software."With Viatores, Ecutel resellers can...
MONTREAL—Canadian wireless operator Bell Mobility launched its cdma2000 1x network in Montreal with plans to extend coverage in major urban centers across Quebec in...
MOSCOW—Third-generation (3G) licenses will be issued in Russia only after the law on communications is amended, according to First Deputy Communications Minister Yuri Pavlenko."The...
NEW ORLEANS—The Morial Convention Center in New Orleans now owns a common wireless carrier signal distribution network that supports wireless use by customers of...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Mobile network operator MTN Nigeria announced that it has exceeded the 300,000 subscriber mark. Since launching service in Lagos, Port Harcourt and...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The Paraguayan Ministers Council's rejection of the rebalanced tariff provoked the resignation of the country's reformation secretary and the postponement until 30...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having sold two third-generation (3G) licenses for 619 million euros (US$538.8 million) each last year, the French government looks unlikely to attract...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. plans to introduce additional countermeasures next month against forged-domain spam mail. The carrier said the additional measures are due to "spammers"...
SAN FRANCISCO—Research In Motion Ltd. and Sun Microsystems Inc. announced they are working together to provide the platform, products, services and tools for enterprise...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said that it is returning 85 percent of the deposits made when the agency re-auctioned the personal communications services...
KINGSTON, Jamaica—A fourth cellular operator is expected to enter the Jamaica market on 1 March, 2003.The Jamaican government announced plans to award a license...
TORONTO—Half of Canada's motorists would agree with an outright ban on using cell phones while driving, according to a new study.The vast majority of...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Conductus Inc. announced it completed a $7.3 million private placement of equity to support the commercialization of its ClearSite products for the wireless...
IRVINE, Calif.—FieldCentrix Inc. said it will work with the Microsoft Consulting Services Advanced Technology (MCSAT) group to develop its next generation of products with...
LONDON—Hoping to counter competition from Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s i-mode service, U.K.-based Vodafone Group plc is planning to roll out a more graphically...
FRANKFURT, Germany—Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Marconi plc to Ca from B2 in its unsecured bond, while the company's senior implied rating...
MINNEAPOLIS—Samsung Electronics has signed a licensing agreement to supply H.A. Technical Solutions' software for its B3 wireless base stations in South Korea, China, Taiwan,...
DUBLIN, Ireland—Ireland's Office of the Director of Telecom Regulations received bids from three wireless operators for its four third-generation mobile licenses up for sale,...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson AB said it signed a contract to supply GPRS mobile handset platforms to Taiwanese original design manufacturer GVC Corp."By this agreement, we...
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands—KPN Telecom said the charges made against it by the European Commission regarding mobile call termination fees do not "take full...
HAMAMATSU CITY, Japan—Yamaha Corp. said it will provide ring tone download services to Hutchison Telecommunications Ltd. customers throughout Hong Kong.The new service, expected to...
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens AG won a contract to supply the UMTS network for Tele2 in Norway. The contract value was not disclosed.Deliveries and installations will...
