OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group Inc. named Anders Edlund marketing director where he will initially focus on increasing the worldwide focus on...
SEOUL, South Korea-With an eye to competing with Intel Corp. and Texas Instruments, Samsung Electronics said it plans to spend $3.6 billion on chips,...
VIENNA, Va.-mPortal Inc. announced it will provide Xerox Corp. with a wireless field service solution to allow Xerox customer service engineers to wirelessly access...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Sun Microsystems Inc. said it has been working with Sprint PCS on providing the infrastructure technology for the carrier's recently launched PCS...
LONDON-Italy's Vodafone Omnitel plans to upgrade its gaming platform through its deal with mobile entertainment company Cash-U Mobile Technologies.Omnitel currently uses the first version...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Toshiba's computer Systems Group said it has agreed to integrate its 802.11-based technology into iPass Global Broadband roaming service."Ipass will work with...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Worldwide mobile phone sales for the second quarter increased 0.8 percent from second quarter 2001, totaling 98.7 million units, according to Gartner...
WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. sold its 51-percent interest in its Jamaica wireless business Centennial Digital Jamaica Ltd. to partner Oceanic Digital Communications Inc. The...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Nokia Corp. has received the 2002 Frost & Sullivan Market Penetration Award in the wireless segment of OSS service assurance and OSS...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it will slash 700 more job in its wireless infrastructure division, revealing deeper troubles in the company and confirming union...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Furthering an alliance announced in April, STMicroelectronics, Motorola and Philips said they have rolled out a design platform for chips."This platform allows...
GARDEN GROVE, Calif.-Disposable phone manufacturer Hop-On announced it selected Infea L.L.C. for prepaid airtime and replenishments.Under the non-exclusive agreement, Infea's distribution subsidiary will provide...
NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. confirmed it received a subpoena from the New York Attorney General's office in regards to an investigation into whether Citigroup's Salomon...
HONG KONG-Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary A.S. Watson will acquire the Kruidvat Group, a European health and beauty retail business,...
BEIJING, China-China United Telecommunications said its CDMA subscriber base has reached the 2 million mark, explaining that the service has passed a "strategic pass.""The...
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-LightSurf Technologies Inc. released a new version of its Instant Imaging Platform, a technology the company said allows users to send picture...
CARY, N.C.-UbiNetics announced it is developing a third-generation testing system that will simulate real-world conditions in a lab so infrastructure vendors and network operators...
NEW ORLEANS-Petroleum Communications, which provides cellular and broadband satellite communications to drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, will use the speedSUITE billing and...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association and Verizon Wireless have filed a joint petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson announced it will supply BellSouth's Panama affiliate with a CDMA2000 1x overlay for the operator's nationwide TDMA network including network equipment, services...
ISTANBUL-Sonera, Cukorova Group and Turkcell, all shareholders of Fintur Holding B.V., announced they have closed a share purchase agreement in which Sonera and Turkcell...
SAN DIEGO-Sharp Electronics Corp. launched Sharp Mobile Services, the consumer edition of wireless data service for the Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 personal digital assistant.Developed in...
HONG KONG-Shell Hong Kong Ltd. and Sunday Communications Ltd. announced they will shut down their joint venture Shell Mobile, effective Sept. 26, 2002.The company...
