MANILA, The Philippines-The Ayala group, one of the Philippines' biggest conglomerates, plans to limit capital spending for mobile-phone subsidiary Globe Telecom to US$500 million...
DUBLIN, Ireland-A new initiative launched by the major U.K. mobile operators and retailers will, it is hoped, reduce the environmental impact of the 15...
LONDON-Logica said it deployed its prepaid solution for Greek operator Cosmote. The system will allow Cosmote to migrate from 2.5-generation (2.5G) to third-generation (3G)...
CHICAGO-Socket Communications Inc. has added Bluetooth capability to its In-Hand Scan Cards, making it possible for Pocket PCs, Pen Tablets, or other wireless devices...
TORONTO-Canadian and U.S. wireless carriers are planning soon to offer text messaging services across all their networks.Since April, Canadian cell-phone subscribers have been able...
LONDON-A U.K. company has launched a recycling program for the country's mobile phones. All five of the country's mobile operators, along with several retailers,...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-With a new solution and an enhanced billing platform, billing solutions provider CSG Systems is entering the prepaid space and leveraging its postpaid...
GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. has raised its revenue and earnings outlook for the second quarter and anticipates an improvement in the third quarter.The...
MOSCOW-The biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) is negotiating a place in the telecom market of the former Soviet republic of Armenia, where the...
PLYMOUTH, Ind.-Tower manufacturers Valmont-Microflect and PiRod have merged to create Valmont Communications."By centralizing our administrative operations, we will be able to serve the entire...
VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria, the largest Austrian mobile operator, has become one of the first European operators to deploy a UMTS network. About 25 percent...
HELSINKI, Finland-Telia has set US$100 million as the minimum bid price that the Swedish operator will accept for subsidiary Telia Mobile's assets and mobile...
SEATTLE-Rogers AT&T Wireless in Canada is expanding its relationship with ViAir Inc. to offer its new Wireless Desktop, which gives customers wireless access to...
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. received the highest overall customer satisfaction rating in 15 markets according to the J.D. Powers and Associates 2002...
Beijing-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed a $40 million contract to expand GSM wireless networks in the autonomous regions of Xinjiang Uygur and...
ROCKY HILLS, Conn.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported a five-year sponsorship agreement with the University of Connecticut Division of Athletics, designating Cingular as the official wireless...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-ARM Ltd. said it will collaborate with China-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. to develop an ARM7TDMI microprocessor core-based test chip for the...
WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. reported first quarter results ended Aug. 31 showing a loss of 23,000 wireless subscribers in its Caribbean and U.S. operations...
LONDON-Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. will license its Cursora E-OTD (Enhanced Observed Time Difference) location technology to L.M. Ericsson for integration into Ericsson's Mobile Positioning...
CARY, N.C.-UbiNetics said it has signed a development and licensing agreement to allow Hitachi to sell its 3G/GSM radio-frequency chip."The 3G market represents an...
LIBERTYVILLE, Illinois, United States-Motorola said it signed a licensing agreement with Latin American distributor Brightstar. The agreement allows Brightstar to develop, manufacture, distribute and...
VIENNA, Va.-Systems integrator TRW will integrate software from Cramer Systems into MmO2's Airwave public-safety wireless service in Britain. Cramer's software will be part of...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. introduced America Online Inc. Instant Messenger service allowing customers to send short messages to everyone on their Buddy List from...
