DENVER, United States—A potentially important deal between Motorola and Multitone Electronics has fallen through, Motorola confirmed, which leaves the paging and messaging landscape still...
TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest operator in Japan, announced that it succeeded in offering what it called the world's first experiment for a third-generation (3G) and...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Pakistani operator Mobilink said it reached a subscriber base of 500,000 customers, and predicts it will have 1 million subscribers by year-end.The operator,...
TOKYO—NEC, the leading handset maker in Japan, announced that it shipped 2.5-generation (2.5G) handsets for China Mobile. China Mobile is the largest mobile carrier...
SAN JOSE, California, United States—Worldwide mobile-phone unit sales reached 93.8 million units in the first quarter of 2002, a 3.8-percent decline from first-quarter 2001,...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Networks said it signed an agreement to buy a 10-percent stake for US$35.8 billion in Redback Networks Inc., with an option to...
NEW YORK—Tele2 said it won a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) license in Luxembourg from the country's Ministry of Telecommunications.Tele2's Luxembourg operator Tango received...
DUBLIN, Ireland—A contract awarded to Vodafone Group has become the subject of a formal appeal to the Irish telecommunications industry regulator.A 130 million euro...
BRUSSELS, Belgium—GSM Europe member operators met with the European Commission in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss mobile industry issues, the GSM Association said.The meetings...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. has partnered with Telesp Celular to offer World Cup news updates through interactive, real-time messaging applications.Through Openwave's PUSH technology...
LAUREL, Md.—Sentori Inc. announced it will work with Siemens Netherlands to provide the Sentori 3G Billing and Customer Care software system for Belize Telecommunications...
WASHINGTON—Total wireless revenues increased more than 22 percent during the last half of last year to $34.1 billion compared with $27.8 billion during the...
MCLEAN, Va.—Shared Towers Inc. said it received an unspecified amount of funding from Virginia Capital for its new tower acquisition and development company, Shared...
LONDON—Wireless micropayments will likely become a major part of the wireless industry, so much so that they could spur customers to make more payments...
LONDON—Red-M is partnering with Cambridge Silicon Radio to develop hand-off technology that will enable mobile users to move freely inside buildings while maintaining uninterrupted...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin selling enhanced i-mode handsets this week. The movaD504I and mova F5041 phones are expected to offer packet...
SHEFFIELD, U.K.—Phone Candy, a service that allows users to personalize their cell phones via the Internet, has added Garfield the cat to its options."The...
LONDON—Intec Telecom Systems plc announced its interim results for the six months ended March 31, show the company exceeded market expectations and recorded a...
TOKYO—Messaging company FunMail announced it is now offering its service over NTT DoCoMo's wildly popular i-mode service.FunMail's service has been endorsed by the carrier,...
PARIS—Alcatel Alsthom has signed a $125 million contract to supply Tunisian carrier Orascom Telecom with GSM gear for voice and data services.The deal, which...
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens said it will supply GSM technology to Belize Telecommunications Ltd. under a $12.9 million contract.Siemens Netherlands will supply and install all the...
DENVER, United States—The Slovak government announced three companies submitted bids for the country's three third-generation (3G) licenses. Incumbent operators Eurotel and Orange bid for...
DALLAS—Ntelos Inc. launched Preferred Voice Inc.'s Voice Activated Dialing service on its wireless network serving portions of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North...
LONDON—Motorola Inc. continued to improve its wireless gaming portfolio through a partnership with iFone.Under the deal, Motorola will distribute Java-based Atari games, including Pong,...
