TOKYO and DENVER, United States—Toshiba, a leading vendor in Japan, announced that it is going to launch Toshiba-branded mobile handsets in the U.S. market...
FRANKFURT, Germany—Deutsche Telekom's chief executive, Ron Sommer, told investors at the company's annual meeting that the telecommunications giant plans to cut 22,000 jobs, or...
KIRKLAND, Wash.—Intelligent faceplate manufacturer Wildseed Ltd. announced its handset design will use Intel Corp. StrongArm SA-1110 application processors and upcoming processors based on the...
OWINGS Mills, Md.—Aether Systems Inc. said Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association President Thomas Wheeler and two other board members are stepping down from the...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Several groups are lining up to bid for Italian company Blu, the country's smallest mobile operator.Sweden's Tele2 AB partnered with Star Capital Partners...
CLINTON, Miss.—WorldCom Inc. will reportedly exit the wireless resale business during the coming months.The San Francisco Chronicle said it obtained a letter from WorldCom's...
BUCHAREST, Romania—Jordan's second-largest mobile operator MobileCom launched commercial General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) access for its customers over its GSM network this week.MobileCom was...
CLINTON, Miss.—WorldCom will reportedly exit the U.S. wireless resale business during the coming months.The San Francisco Chronicle said it obtained a letter from WorldCom's...
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Applied Innovation Inc. announced Jack Petro will serve as its vice president of engineering."Jack will be a great leader for our engineering and...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Incumbent operator DiGi.com decided against bidding for a third-generation license in Malaysia, but five groups did submit bids for one of the...
TORONTO—Nortel Networks Corp. reconfirmed its guidance for the second quarter and said it plans to lay off another 3,500 employees related to the realignment...
WASHINGTON—The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined an Oklahoma construction firm $14,100 in connection with the deaths of three men who fell from...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—NowSpeed Inc. released Mobile Office 2.5, which enhanced the Exchange gateway by allowing it to be a gateway for other intranet and IT...
SAN FRANCISCO—European giant T-Mobile will use nGame's Java QuickStart Program to launch Java gaming applications throughout its coverage area, nGame announced.NGame's QuickStart product allows...
OWINGS MILLS, Md.—Part of the U.S. Air Force's research and evaluation division will use a wireless data tracking product from Aether Systems Inc., the...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Rogers AT&T Wireless customers will now be able to access any Internet content using the carrier's GSM/GPRS network through a new deal...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Ericsson said it has rolled out a mobile network in the remote northwestern area of Tanzania to link three major refugee camps...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Good Technology Inc. filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Research In Motion Ltd., alleging RIM's single mailbox patent infringes on its newly released...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Telia AB said its proposed merger with Finland's Sonera Corp. is moving forward as planned, with the European Commission's phase one review expected...
BOSTON—Netonomy announced a software supply and implementation agreement with Orange UK that will allow Orange to use the MyNetonomy Channel Activator to create a...
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—Jazz Semiconductor announced a joint manufacturing and marketing agreement with MEMSCAP, a provider of micro-electro-mechanical systems solutions.The agreement will allow Jazz Semiconductor...
LONDON—M-Wise said it closed a $1 million license of its MOMA Gateway to Comtrend, a telecom manufacturer in Taiwan. Comtrend's system integrator original equipment...
EDISON, N.J.—North American telecom companies are pushing new customer relationship management (CRM) initiatives to benefit business in several ways, according to a recent study...
ATLANTA—U.S. Cellular Corp. deployed Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s IP-based Versera Large Solution platform in Milwaukee. Under the agreement, Glenayre's platform will help U.S. Cellular customers...
