LONDON—Vodafone Group plc said it increased it ownership of China Mobile Hong Kong to 3.27 percent from 2.18 percent by subscribing US$750 million for...
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...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Millicom's cellular operator in Bolivia introduced Telecel Free, a post-pay service with no subscription or invoice that charges airtime costs to the...
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,...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—M-Cell, the holding company for South African mobile network operator MTN, announced that Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Paul Edwards has stepped down...
TOKYO—NTT Corporation, the largest telecommunications carrier in Japan, announced that the carrier's loss after tax for fiscal 2001, ending March 2002, was 812.1 billion...
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...
HELSINKI, Finland—The Lithuanian state is examining a proposal presented by the National Property Fund (NPF) to divest a 5-percent equity stake in Lietuvos Telekomas,...
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...
MOSCOW—The U.S.-based MCT Corporation sold a considerable part of its Russian Indigo project, and market experts believe that may signal an end to the...
NEW DELHI, India—The rising graph of cellular phone subscribers in India took a dip, with fewer additions during April. All the operators together added...
DUBLIN, Ireland—In a further indication of the necessity of closer cooperation between previously fierce rivals, Nokia and Siemens have announced plans to collaborate on...
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...
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...
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...
BEIJING—China Mobile became China's biggest telecom operator on 16 May, although not through actions of its own. The long delayed split of fixed-line operator...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Fujitsu PC Corp. said it has unveiled the latest of its LifeBook S Series notebook with new features for mobile professionals, describing...
TORONTO—Rogers AT&T Wireless signed an agreement with Canadian delivery company Purolator Courier Ltd. to use the carrier's GSM/GPRS network to provide an end-to-end wireless...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—The Malaysia government plans to award three third-generation licenses later this year, and only a few weeks before applications are due, companies...
CALGARY—Motorola Inc.'s Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions Sector plans to purchase and/or license Wi-Lan Inc.'s high-speed wireless data communications equipment and resell Wi-Lan's products...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Both Nokia and Ericsson said they have demonstrated what they described as the first inter-operator live demonstration of multimedia messaging service (MMS) technology...
