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...
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...
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...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—InfoSpace Inc. announced that it is providing its wireless software and services for the launch of WAP, SMS and speech-enabled data...
NEW YORK—Enlisting the support of four heavy hitters in professional sports and in retailing, Samsung Electronics America Inc., Ridgefield Park, N.J., launched on May...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint PCS and the Virgin Group reported they would each have an equal interest and mutual governance roles in their Virgin Mobile...
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...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—The County Administrative Court in Sweden rejected an appeal from Telia regarding interconnection charges.In January, the Swedish National Post and Telecom Agency ordered...
DENVER—The Wireless Multimedia Forum ceased operations early this year, and its more than 60 members have moved on to work with other standards bodies,...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Finnish company First Hop claimed that a number of European cell-phone operators are conducting trials of its compression and caching technologies, which...
DALLAS—U.S. Cellular Corp. selected Nortel Networks as the primary supplier for the planned upgrade of its network to cdma2000 1x technology.The multi-year agreement calls...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—While sending e-mails via cell phones is up to 10 times cheaper than short message service (SMS), mobile operators must still charge...
HELSINKI, Finland, and BERLIN—Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG have agreed to collaborate in creating and driving open standards-based mobile software, part of which will...
MINNEAPOLIS—The wireless industry's smaller players continued their push to consolidate under tight economic conditions, with three mergers and acquisitions announced over the past few...
TORONTO—Rogers AT&T Wireless has inked a deal to provide wireless data services for Purolator Courier, Canada's largest courier company.Under the deal, Purolator will use...
AUSTIN, Texas—SchlumbergerSema announced it will provide the security platform for Hutchison 3G's third-generation services. According to the agreement, SchlumbergerSema will offer consulting, systems integration...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Vodacom South Africa has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority to withdraw a pamphlet concerning special offers and monthly subscription fee...
TOKYO—Japanese mobile-phone shipments in March dropped by 49.7 percent to 3.12 million units compared with sales in February, the Japanese Electronics and Information Technology...
CARY, N.C.—SpectraSite Holdings Inc. is terminating its build-to-suit contract with Cingular Wireless and transferring its sublease agreements in 545 SBC Communications Inc. towers to...
BEIJING—China Telecom has split into two companies in order to allow each one to streamline its efforts toward profitability.China Telecom will cover the south...
JAKARTA,Indonesia—The increasing growth in Indonesia's cellular communications has attracted a new government tax scheme for imported material used in cellular infrastructure as additional income...
MANILA, The Philippines—Globe Telecom is aiming for not less than 10,000 of its 4.5 million prepaid subscribers to subscribe to its international roaming service,...
BEIJING—China Mobile is to formally launch its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) nationwide on 17 May under the brand name Monternet. The service, offering...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having failed in its ambitions to become one of the top five suppliers of mobile terminals, Alcatel is expected to announce a...
