BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom—Smart-phone maker Sendo announced it teamed with Tao Group to include Java technology in the company's new Z100 smart phone.The move is...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
TORONTO—Telesis said test results show its Overdrive Mobile Mail Accelerator increases the speed of GPRS wireless data networks by as much as 1,500 percent,...
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...
MONTREAL—Canadian wireless operator Bell Mobility launched its cdma2000 1x network in Montreal with plans to extend coverage in major urban centers across Quebec this...
HELSINKI, Finland—Whatever the ultimate outcome of Telia's strategic Scandinavian union with Sonera, the net effect will certainly not be a merger of equals. The...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission said that it is returning 85 percent of the deposits made when the agency re-auctioned the PCS C- and F-block...
MANILA, The Philippines—Mobile-phone operators need lots of creativity to be a step ahead of the competition, according to Napoleon Nazareno, president and chief executive...
NEW YORK—Kurt Hellstroem, Swedish equipment maker Ericsson AB's chief executive, said his company is not optimistic about a sales rebound this year, adding that...
WASHINGTON—The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association on Wednesday hailed the wireless priority access agreement signed by VoiceStream Wireless Corp. by calling on the federal...
SAN FRANCISCO—Motorola Inc. says it is demonstrating an application with Visionics Corp. and Wirehound L.L.C. that will enable law enforcement officials to identify criminals...
ORLANDO, Fla.—Agilent Technologies Inc. is going to resell and develop solutions using Cramer Systems' line of inventory and automated provisioning applications, Cramer announced.Agilent will...
TOKYO—Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. and its eight regional companies reduced interconnection fees with other telecommunication operators retroactively from April 1, 2001. The...
TEL AVIV, Israel—Ceragon Networks Ltd. announced it will deploy its FibeAir wireless backhaul system on Sonofon's cellular network in Denmark."This agreement marks our third...
HERZELIA, Israel—Comsys Communications and Signal Processing Ltd. are partnering with Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd. to develop software platforms for EDGE mobile terminals, Comsys announced.Comsys...
WATERLOO, Ontario—The BlackBerry is going to Asia under a deal between the maker of the wireless e-mail and mobile-phone device, Research In Motion Ltd.,...
BOSTON—Telecom Media Networks, an industry practice of the Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Group, announced it has integrated Netonomy's MyNetonomy e-Care and e-Commerce solution...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Nordic telecom operators Telia AB and Sonera Corp. announced plans to merge through an all-stock transaction, creating a combined company with 2001 revenues...
TORONTO—In a move to cut its costs and provide savings for its customers, 724 Solutions announced that Computer Sciences Corp. will resell its software...
BUCHAREST, Romania—Nortel Networks said it signed a contract with Connex to deploy packetized voice and data networks using Nortel's softswitches and multiservice switches."Connex will...
VIENNA, Va.—Motorola University, which provides corporate training and strategy consulting, announced mobile software provider mPortal Inc. will define and develop prototype mobile extensions to...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. announced it sold its Mobile Access Gateway version 5.1 to new Brazilian wireless carrier Telemar.Telemar will license Openwave's technology...
