AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands—Cambridge Silicon Radio launched a ready-engineered example of a Bluetooth headset, which the company said would make it quicker for companies to...
TOKYO—Fujitsu, a leading telecom vendor in Japan, is planning to launch a mobile carrier business renting PHS networks owned by DDI Pocket. The vender...
HELSINKI, Finland—The uphill battle to meet Sweden's December 2003 national rollout deadline for third-generation (3G) networks has taken a significant new twist, after Sweden's...
WASHINGTON—The Bush administration likely will not pursue a comprehensive national broadband policy, a development that could hurt industry efforts to secure additional spectrum for...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The Supreme Court of Chile has resolved to exclude Smartcom, owned by Endesa of Spain, from the 30 megahertz personal communications services...
MANILA, The Philippines—The Philippines' House committee on transportation and communications through its chairman Representative Jacinto Paras favors an inquiry into the planned Nextel buyout...
MELBOURNE, Australia—Australia's telecommunications industry ombudsman (TIO) has placed the country's mobile-phone operators on notice following a spate of "unreasonable early termination fees on mobile-phone...
BEIJING—Qualcomm Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Irwin Jacobs expects China Unicom's CDMA network to have 3 to 4 million users by the end...
CHANTILLY, Va.—InTouch USA, which provides wireless handset rentals to business travelers, said it is now offering a phone that can be used in China,...
RICHMOND-UPON-THAMES, United Kingdom—Norwood Systems has announced the commercial availability of EnterpriseMobility, a software platform that offers employees wireless connectivity within the workplace.The new platform...
CUPERTINO, Calif.—Vodafone's Sweden business announced it will replace its old billing system with Portal Software Inc.'s Infranet Wireless convergent billing software, for use with...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Carriers continue to work to bolster their wireless content offerings, with Hutchison Telecommunications and Globe Telecom announcing new content distribution deals.Hutchison said...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands—The GSM Association and the Bluetooth Special Interest Group Inc. say they are working together to educate their members on the applications...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Nokia Corp.'s Open Mobile Architecture initiative will merge with the WAP Forum to create a new, massive industry standards group comprising more...
HONG KONG—Sprint PCS and China Unicom have formed a strategic alliance for cdma2000 services, Sprint PCS' Bill Blessing told attendees Wednesday at the 3G...
HONG KONG—Verizon Wireless Inc. is the first customer for Lightbridge Inc.'s Mobile Data Manager, a new service that enables carriers to allow users to...
CALGARY, Alberta—Wireless Matrix Corp. said it has received an order from Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) for 2,400 mobile base station units to be...
WASHINGTON—Telecommunications research and analyst firm The Strategis Group ceased operations today.The firm was founded in 1964 by Martin Malarkey and Archer Taylor. It was...
ALISO VIEJO, California, United States—SMS Media Group said it signed a deal with European mobile entertainment company Jippii Group that enables SMS Media to...
HELSINKI, Finland—Tecnomen said it was awarded a contract valued at 700,000 euros (US$662,900) by Kuwait's Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) for paging system expansions in...
MUNICH, Germany—Swedish vendor Ericsson announced the sale of its microelectronic unit to Infineon Technologies for US$379 million in stock, ending industry speculation."This transaction makes...
PARIS—Alcatel said it will provide maintenance and service to Austria's Tele.ring under a three-year US$37.8 million contract. Alcatel supplied parts of the network, and...
VIENNA, Austria—Mobilkom Austria said it acquired a 5-percent stake in Croatia's VIPnet from Ingra, increasing its stake to 71 percent from 66 percent. The...
NATICK, Mass.—According to Sage Research Inc.'s Service Provider Confidence Index (SPCI), made public for the first time this week, current conditions are steady, but...
