BEIJING—The Hong Kong-listed arm of China Unicom posted first-quarter revenue of 8.35 billion yuan (US$1 billion), while China Mobile reported 23.35 billion yuan (US$2.82...
BEIJING—China's largest domestic mobile handset maker China Putian is planning an overseas listing. The company sold 28.96 million handsets last year. China Putian is...
BEIJING—Reports of China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) indicate that China Mobile's revenue and market share account for 79.8 percent and 70.4 percent respectively...
MUNICH, Germany—Infineon Technologies has set up a new local area wireless technology unit, signaling its plan to increase its research and development on Bluetooth...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it has signed a $50 million deal to supply GSM infrastructure equipment to Thailand operator Advanced Info Service Plc."Under the...
WASHINGTON—A new report claims the costs of arbitration—billed as a low-cost alternative to lawsuits and required in service contracts for mobile phones and...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—A new report from the Finnish radiation authority has said cellular base stations are safe, as long as they are properly installed....
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The Polish telecom regulator, URTiP, has conceded that the three operators that purchased third-generation (3G) licenses will not be held to the...
BEIJING—Hong Kong's CSL and Hutchison Telecom started offering services that enable corporate customers to use mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) to access...
BEIJING—China Unicom has purchased mobile-Internet technology from Openwave Systems to make its CDMA services more attractive. The company is counting on data services to...
BEIJING—Despite an official ban, China Mobile's subsidiary in southwestern Guizhou Province launched a trial run of a controversial calling-party-pays billing system. China is officially...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The Smartcom PCS objective is to overtake Chile's third-largest operator, BellSouth, this year in subscriber numbers and move from its last-place position...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—South Africa's third mobile network operator Cell C has announced that the company has nearly doubled the number of subscribers it originally...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The boom in European short message service (SMS) traffic is forecast to peak in 2003 as other messaging technology bites into the...
WASHINGTON—American University in Washington, D.C., is implementing a campus-wide wireless system to handle voice, data and messaging via cell phones, personal digital assistants and...
CALGARY, Alberta—Wireless Matrix Corp. has signed a licensing agreement to allow Schlumberger to use components of its remote data management, telemetry services product and...
ATLANTA—AirGate PCS Inc. reported $114.9 million in second quarter revenues ending March 31, compared with $37.1 million posted for the same quarter last year....
JAKARTA, Indonesia—General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology will not bring killer data applications, at least during this year in Indonesia, according to industry executives.Rudiantara,...
ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Canada—Newfoundland is poised to become the first province in Canada to ban motorists from using handheld cell phones while driving. The...
