TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, in the third quarter will launch an experiment for a fourth-generation (4G) mobile service, which will...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—With cell-phone penetration reaching more than 80 percent in some European countries, market researchers have reported a growing tide of opinion to...
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, United States—Alltel said it will buy all of CenturyTel's wireless properties for US$1.65 billion cash. Alltel said the deal will bring...
HOUSTON—Compaq Computer Corp. said its shareholders approved the company's merger with Hewlett-Packard Co. yesterday in a vote carried by a nine-to-one margin."At the end...
LONDON—Mobile commerce is poised for a take-off within the next few years, according to a new Frost & Sullivan study.The consulting firm expects trade...
ORLANDO, Florida, United States—Lucent Technologies and Verizon Wireless will begin a Washington, D.C., area trial next month of a data-optimized, cdma2000 network.The network, also...
MANILA, The Philippines—Mobile and data network provider Alcatel Phils. projects US$200 million in sales this year amid the expected sluggish local cellular phone industry....
MOSCOW—The biggest Russian carrier, Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), placed US$50 million of euro bonds.The MFD-InfoCenter reported that the bonds will mature on 21 December, 2004,...
MELBOURNE, Australia—The mobile-phone operations of Telstra have largely helped the Australian communications giant post a 2-percent lift in sales across the company in the...
HELSINKI, Finland—The Danish government has requested a meeting with SBC Communications to discuss the U.S. telecom company's immediate future plans for its 42-percent equity...
NEW DELHI, India—The Bharti Group has bought more than a 26-percent stake from Telia AB in Bharti Mobile, which operates cellular services in Karnataka,...
BEIJING—China Mobile Communications reported a net profit of 45.5 billion yuan (US$5.5 billion) for 2001. Its listed subsidiary China Mobile (Hong Kong) said its...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Mobile communication applications provider iTouch, founded in Cape Town, South Africa, and listed on the London Stock Exchange, has announced financial results...
ATLANTA, United States—BellSouth announced it sold its entire stake, or 234.7 million shares, in Dutch telecommunications provider Royal KPN. The sale will give the...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Vodafone New Zealand recently announced the purchase of management rights for 5 megahertz of third-generation (3G) spectrum from TelstraClear.TelstraClear, the new name after...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—In an effort to reduce its market entry costs as a greenfield third-generation (3G) operator, Hutchison 3G is negotiating with U.K. operators...
ATLANTA, United States—Numerex announced it will provide United Telecommunication Services (UTS), official telecommunications company of the Netherlands Antilles, with its patent-pending wireless short message...
ORLANDO, Fla.—Cingular Wireless announced at CTIA's Wireless 2002 conference and exhibition its plans to roll out its advanced wireless services in California by the...
BEIJING—China Unicom's CDMA network registered 448,000 subscribers at the end of February. Only a paltry 9,000 users signed up in February. The vast majority...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Zimbabwe is a country on the threshold of total anarchy and economic collapse. With the recent elections, the world is collectively holding...
