NEW YORK-Zagat Survey, which offers consumer survey-based dining, lodging and leisure information, announced its Zagat To Go application can now run on devices using...
NEW YORK-U.S. Wireless Data announced it has entered a three-year agreement with Paymentech L.P. in which Paymentech and its affiliates will purchase wireless-based transaction...
PHOENIX-Verizon Wireless launched its Express Network service throughout Arizona, providing customers in metro Phoenix, northern Arizona and Yuma with access to the carrier's high-speed...
DALLAS-Samsung Telecommunications America and RadioShack Corp. announced they will launch a joint marketing campaign based on the Indy Racing League team Treadway Racing to...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. plans to revise its current forecast for 3G subscribers for this fiscal year in November following an admission that the carrier...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is marking the final phase of the rollout of its GSM/GPRS network across the country with an unlimited calling...
NEW YORK-U.S. Wireless Data announced it sold its NXT Corp. subsidiary, which provides data services and landline-based connectivity for credit-card transaction processing, to Merchant-Link...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-CDMA operators are leading the race to deploy third-generation services in North America, according to Allied Business Intelligence.GSM/GPRS operators are pursuing EDGE,...
BOISE, Idaho-Extended Systems announced an important deal with Otis Elevator Co., which will use Extended Systems' Mobile Solutions Platform to pilot the company's global...
SAN DIEGO-IBM Corp. has signed an agreement to deliver through Ingram Micro Inc., an electronics equipment wholesaler and supply chain manager, the new Merlin...
LONDON-Messaging application provider Scan Mobile Ltd. announced it acquired MobileChannel.Network, which sells branded content services and technology to mobile operators-a further sign of the...
NEW YORK-The advertising industry's self-regulatory forum said Nextel Communications Inc. was able to support certain claims for its Direct Connect calling plans, but it...
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario-Rugged mobile device and wireless local area network system provider Psion Teklogix announced it has added an enhanced Symbian operating system, an upgraded...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics and Ericsson Mobile Platforms signed an agreement under which Philips will source semiconductor devices for Ericsson reference designs. This...
MANILA, The Philippines-The Philippine National Telecommunications Commission (NT) said Express Telecommunications (Extelcom) will have to make do with its existing digital frequency initially before...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Ecuadorian National Telecommunications Council (Conatel) has decided to delay the auction of a national personal communications services (PCS) license, which was...
TOKYO-SpeedNet, a telecom venture company in Japan, on Wednesday announced it launched an experiment for its wireless local area network (WLAN) services using the...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Following market research, the Belgian GSM operator Mobistar has revamped its call charges. The company said it has launched a new tariff...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The mobile arm of government-owned telecom operator Nitel GSM announced it will cut its GSM tariffs. The adjustment is expected to be...
LONDON-Messaging company Logica reported a 25-percent drop in profits, about US$181 million, for the current fiscal year compared with the previous year, and it...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Royal Philips Electronics and Sony will jointly develop a new near-field radio-frequency technology called Near Field Communication, which will enable short-range communication...
LONDON-Rumors abound regarding the possible sale of Vivendi Universal's stake in French mobile operator SFR to Vodafone Group. Vodafone has said it is interested...
TROY, Mich.-AirIQ Inc. and Delphi Corp. said they are co-developing a vehicle interface module.With the standard interface, AirIQ's telematics devices will be able to...
FRANKFURT, Germany-Instead of trying to sell off its U.S.-based VoiceStream Wireless Corp. holdings, analysts said German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG may choose an...
