WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association announced seven laboratories are now authorized to test wireless products for the CTIA Certification Program."Our seven authorized...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The telecommunications crisis worsened during the past week in Argentina, with the second- and fourth-largest operators now in default. Telecom Argentina and...
TOKYO—Yozan, a Tokyo-based software developer, on 2 April announced that the firm is going to launch Internet Protocol (IP)-based wireless service in the fourth...
HELSINKI, Finland—TDC, the Danish telecom company that is currently the subject of attention from acquisitive Nordic neighbor Telia, is being linked as a "probable"...
MANILA, The Philippines—Globe Telecom, one of the Philippines' leading mobile-phone operators, has launched a wireless broadband service that offers a wireless Internet connection.Jesus Romero,...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—SingTel Mobile confirmed that it purchased an additional 12.7-percent stake in Indonesia's Telkomsel for US$429 million from PT Telkom, giving it a 35-percent...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—South African mobile network operator Vodacom confirmed that the company has as yet not accepted the offer of a mobile license in...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The Chilean auction of three 10-megahertz bandwidths in the 1900 MHz spectrum was newly postponed. The Court of Appeals saw fit to...
DUBLIN, Ireland—A joint survey conducted by the U.K. telecom regulator OFTEL and its Irish counterpart ODTR has found that consumers are still largely unaware...
NEW DELHI, India—Mobilink, a GSM 900 MHz service provider in Pakistan, plans to invest US$60 million in network expansion and service upgrades."We are putting...
NEW DELHI, India—Spice Nepal, a joint venture between India's ModiCorp and Nepali trading house Khetans, is expected to launch its GSM services in the...
BOGOTA, Colombia—3G Americas, the recently announced trade organization that will advocate TDMA, GSM, GPRS, EDGE and UMTS technologies, launched Spanish and Portuguese Web sites...
CHICAGO—Test solutions provider Anite Telecoms has entered an alliance with 7 Layers to provide operators with a one-stop-shop for service and support on their...
PARIS—Alcatel signed a contract with KenCell for a new GSM network expansion. The deal, the carrier's fourth expansion by Alcatel, will provide the Kenyan...
AUSTIN, Texas—Wi-Fi service provider Wayport Inc. said it is teaming with GRIC Communications to offer high-speed Internet service in U.S. airports and hotels, otherwise...
NIEUWEGEIN, The Netherlands—CMG Wireless Data Solutions announced it sold its multimedia messaging service product to Telecomunicacoes Moveis Nacionais, the mobile wing of Portugal Telecom.CMG...
DUBLIN, Ireland—Germany's finance minister has won an important victory in the country's courts with the ruling that the government is not obliged to divide...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Latvia and the Czech Republic have both indicated their readiness to deploy third-generation (3G) networks, albeit within different timescales. Operators in Latvia...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Five Italian cell-phone operators have agreed, somewhat reluctantly, to a ruling from the country's telecom regulator to a revised number portability fee....
OXFORD, United Kingdom—With Bluetooth chipset manufacturers forecasting shipments of more than 90 million devices this year, the technology looks, eventually, like it is coming...
MOSCOW—Russian company Accord-Tel announced plans to create the fifth pan-Russian wireless network with the use of cdma2000 technology based on the International Mobile Telecommunications-Multi...
WASHINGTON—The Bush administration said various foreign governments continue to sanction trade barriers to U.S wireless exports, a claim likely to further fuel trade friction...
