OXFORD, United Kingdom-The cell-phone operator MmO2 has launched a Java-based games service that will be offered free for this month to U.K. users before...
PROVIDENCE, R.I.-Tower Ventures Inc. (TVI) announced it has formed Tower Ventures II L.L.C. (TVLLC) and has contributed all of its assets to the company....
OXFORD, United Kingdom-While Sony has stated that its cell-phone joint venture with Ericsson has its full backing, the troubled Swedish telecom company has revealed...
LONDON-As expected, Vodafone Group plc has acquired Vivendi Universal's 50-percent stake in the two companies' mobile portal joint venture Vizzavi for $140.6 million. Vivendi...
SARASOTA, Fla.-The Wave Wireless Networking division of Speedcom Wireless Corp., has begun shipping version 2.0 of its SPEEDLAN 9000 broadband wireless router, the company...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will license its Series 60 software platform, which Nokia licenses as a source code product to...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-A survey of 38,000 text messaging users conducted by SMS.ac claimed that nearly 70 percent stated they are open to receiving messages...
LONDON-Siemens AG and Aircom International have signed an agreement calling for Aircom to supply its Enterprise Suite of network engineering software tools to Siemens'...
WASHINGTON-A debate is simmering at the Federal Communications Commission that could result in wireless carriers having to pay incumbent local exchange carriers significantly more...
HELSINKI, Finland-Sonera Corp. has delayed the commercial launch of its third-generation network in Finland until 2003 from the initial Sept. 26 launch plan due...
NEW YORK-The $410 million in outstanding subordinated convertible debt issued by Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, Pa. received a speculative-grade ratings downgrade August 30 from...
TOKYO and DUBLIN, Ireland-Mobile operators around the globe are feeling the negative effects of scam efforts by third-party companies. Operators and regulatory agencies alike...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The National Telecommunications Council in Ecuador (Conatel) announced that the auction of a personal communications service (PCS) licence at 1900 MHz will...
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA-A 10.3-percent lift in revenue from mobile services to A$3.24 billion (US$1.7 billion) failed to return an increase in overall revenues to Telstra,...
ROME-The Open Mobile Alliance-a massive, overarching wireless standards group formed in June-released its first set of technical specifications for public review, covering the increasingly...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia announced a rash of multimedia messaging service (MMS) deals, further solidifying the company's leadership in the MMS infrastructure space.Nokia said it will...
BEIJING-Kyocera President Yasuo Nishiguchi launched a new CDMA handset in China, produced by the Kyocera Zhenhua Communication Equipment Company, based in China's southwest Guizhou...
TOKYO-The Japanese government is going to submit a revision bill for the current telecom law during the next Diet session, governmental sources said on...
BEIJING-China's second-largest television producer, Konka Group, reported a net profit of 24.2 million yuan (US$2.93 million) in the first half of the year, up...
TORONTO-Shares of Telesystem International Wireless (TIW) rose Wednesday after the wireless phone network operator announced its Romanian subsidiary MobiFon had closed US$300 million in...
SAN DIEGO, United States-U.S. operator Leap Wireless International has retained UBS Warburg to help the carrier explore new sources of financing and restructuring for...
