WASHINGTON—South Carolina-based wireless service company Morris Communications Inc. said it won a remand from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...
DUBLIN, Ireland—International media group Independent News & Media has settled a case taken against its subsidiary iTouch by digital media firm HiTouch. U.K.-based wireless...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless and LG Mobile Phones introduced the new Verizon Wireless VX1 a small, lightweight, tri-mode digital wireless phone. The new phone, designed...
MOSCOW—The Norwegian Telenor is going to sell two of its Russian subsidiaries, and the second-biggest Russian carrier Vimpelcom, in which Telenor holds a major...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, is expected to introduce legislation next week directing the Federal Communications Commission...
GENEVA—STMicroelectronics says it has introduced its third digital signal processor memory, the 4-Mbit Flash DSM2150F5, for wireless devices. The product simplifies product manufacturing, testing...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Sweden's Telia Mobile announced that it transfered its Minicall paging service to Generic Mobile Systems, which will begin running the service. Telia said...
CHICAGO—Cambia Networks, which provided high-end data networking infrastructure products for wireless carriers, shut down late last month.Cambia officials could not immediately be reached for...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—The South African Competition Commission and the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) presented a memorandum of agreement detailing how they...
TORONTO—As shown through quarterly reports, the market for mobile data products and services continues slowly to move along, with many players scrapping through with...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—According to one of the United Kingdom's largest cell-phone retailers, Carphone Warehouse, less than 1 percent of the 170,000 customers that purchased...
TOKYO—NEC, the largest telecom vendor in Japan, announced it will expand its procurement of mobile handsets from China to 200 billion yen (US$1.6 billion)...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Motorola Inc. has shut down an Illinois software development plant and laid off 200 workers, adding that half of them will be retained...
HALF MOON BAY, Calif.—Volkswagen of America Inc. announced it will begin offering OnStar telematics services in 2003."Volkswagen Telematics by OnStar" will offer safety, security...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Proxim Corp. said it has signed a memorandum of understanding to sell $8 million of its fixed wireless communications equipment to Chinese vendor...
MANILA, The Philippines—Philippine telecom watchdog National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) said it might not be advisable to impose additional taxes on short messaging services (SMS),...
WINNIPEG, Manitoba—Rogers AT&T Wireless completed the installation of its GSM/GPRS network across Manitoba's entire coverage area. The carrier said its GSM/GPRS network now covers...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Telecom Personal commercially introduced its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network, provided by Ericsson, in the city of Buenos Aires, becoming the...
TOKYO—NTT Communications, a long-distance and international business unit of the NTT Group, announced that it will launch wireless local area network (WLAN) service on...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. reported 80,250 net wireless subscriber additions for the first quarter compared with 108,787 net subscriber additions for the first quarter...
DUBLIN, Ireland—Mobile operators in Northern Ireland could face frustration in their efforts to develop higher speed services or even improve coverage if rumored changes...
DALLAS—Alliance Data Systems Corp., Alon USA and Cellenium Inc. announced a new joint mobile commerce product, a move that further crowds the already complex...
HELSINKI, Finland—Finnish vendor Comptel said Telecom Italia Mobile Peru has acquired its cost and credit control software. The value of the agreement was not...
