SEOUL, South Korea and Tokyo, Japan-Samsung Electronics Company Ltd and Hitachi Ltd. said they have won mobile infrastructure contracts with KDDI Corp. worth more...
DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. posted $188 million in wireless revenue for the second quarter of this year, a 4 percent increase from the $181...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday required TV manufacturers to include digital tuners in all television sets by July 1, 2007. It is hoped...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobility Networks Systems Inc. said it has integrated its pilot WiLAN system known as WiFiRAN into Rogers AT&T Wireless' 2.5G and 3G...
WALNUT CREEK, Calif.-Verizon Wireless expanded coverage of its Express Network service into six counties surrounding the greater San Francisco Bay Area including Napa County,...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS said it would begin offering its next-generation PCS Vision service through its retail stores and business channels nationwide beginning next...
CHICAGO-United States Cellular Corp. completed its $610 million acquisition of PrimeCo Wireless Communications L.L.C.'s Chicago major trading area market including its 20 megahertz spectrum...
LONDON-U.K.-based Elata signed an agreement with Hewlett-Packard (HP) to integrate its Senses subscriber services management system into HP's Mobile e-Services Architecture.Under the agreement, Elata...
DENVER, United States-Two Asian operators and another European operator launched multimedia message services (MMS) this week.Globe Telecom in the Philippines launched MMS, making it...
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France-The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and the Arab Telecommunications Council of Ministers/League of Arab States signed a memorandum of understanding to...
BOSTON-American Tower Corp.'s stock hit a 52-week low after the company reported earnings for the second quarter ended June 30.Although American Tower narrowed its...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Vodafone has joined the fast-growing group of European operators to announce delays of third-generation (3G) network deployments. The company said technical problems...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Fears that customers will not be attracted to third-generation (3G) networks would seem to be the motivation that has prompted the U.K....
OXFORD, United Kingdom-As operators in Scandinavia call for a relaxation of 3G license conditions or opt to share the cost of network deployment, the...
MELBOURNE, Australia-Lachlan Murdoch, News Corporation's deputy chief operating officer (COO), appeared in the Australian Federal Court in Sydney on Wednesday to give evidence in...
MOSCOW-The biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) is working to receive a third GSM license in the tiny former Soviet republic of Moldova through...
BEIJING-Chinese Internet portal Netease reported a quarterly net profit of US$4,600 on 5 August, becoming the country's first portal to earn a tiny profit....
NEW DELHI, India-Two consortia led by United Communications Industry (Ucom) and Lucent Technologies have been short listed at the end of the first round...
BEIJING-Eastern Communications (Eastcom) became the first Chinese state-owned enterprise to acquire a Nasdaq-listed company, Interwave Communications. Taking a 10.3-percent stake, Eastcom became the largest...
TOKYO-NTT Communications, an international and long-distance business unit of NTT Group, and Pia, a ticket sales company, announced they would set up a joint...
BEIJING-China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) expects China to produce 95 million mobile handsets this year, of which 20 percent would be made by...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic-A consortium led by Deutsche Bank will purchase a 51-percent stake for US$1.7 billion in Cesky Telecom, which owns 51 percent of...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Econet Wireless Nigeria has blamed the interconnection problems experienced by local GSM operators on the fixed network operator Nitel. Zachary Wazara, Econet...
