ISTANBUL, Turkey-The GSM Association has announced a restructuring and renewed focus on speeding the implementation of third-generation networks amid continued W-CDMA delays across Europe....
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said late last week it has placed B-plus corporate credit ratings on American Tower Corp. and Crown Castle...
MAARSSEN, The Netherlands-Wireless enterprise company iAnywhere Solutions Inc., a subsidiary of Sybase Inc., announced its mobile database technology will be integrated into a wireless...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-In addition to mobile handsets, Bluetooth is poised for growth across several industries and geographic markets according to a comprehensive report on...
WASHINGTON-The Defense appropriations bill about to be passed by Congress will not include any of the $73 million the Bush administration requested for wireless...
NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc. has announced another round of layoffs even as Standard and Poor's cut the wireless vendor's credit rating one notch to...
WASHINGTON-A bill to create a rural advisory board at the Federal Communications Commission was not warmly received when it was introduced on Thursday."You don't...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. said it has requested an oral hearing to appeal its possible delisting from the Nasdaq National Market.As a result...
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Mobile-phone maker Audiovox Corp. reported net sales of $291 million for the third quarter, compared with $312 million in the same quarter last...
OSLO, Norway-Multimedia messaging service (MMS) competition is already warming up in Norway, with Telenor Mobile announcing it will charge only 68 U.S. cents for...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Spatial Wireless, a developer of next-generation network elements, said it has raised $10 million in funding from its investors, including Dali, Hook Partners,...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Royal Philips Electronics will dissolve the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Philips Components division and restructure the business in its other divisions to reduce costs...
CHICAGO-Boldt Metronics International (BMI) has been acquired by Laird Technologies for $28.7 million in cash and the assumption of $1 million of long-term capital...
WOBURN, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. (BCGI) will acquire all assets of billing software solution provider Infotech Solutions Corp., allowing BCGI to offer solutions for...
MIAMI-Norweigen Cruise Lines has introduced wireless Internet access to the high seas with the announcement it has partnered with Maritime Telecommunications Network and PCTEL...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-U.K. consultancy Analysys released a new report that reiterates that the Western European mobile market is reaching saturation levels, with growth of...
SANTA BARBARA-Superconductor Technologies Inc. (STI) and Conductus Inc. announced plans to merge under the STI name, with Conductus becoming an STI subsidiary.At the close...
TORONTO-Canada's Research in Motion Ltd. is facing allegations that it agreed to pay New York broker Credit Suisse First Boston to ensure analyst coverage....
WASHINGTON-Vermont lawmakers have introduced legislation to repeal a key provision of the 1996 telecom act designed to foster antenna siting for mobile-phone operators, setting...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Royal Philips Electronics will dissolve the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Philips Components division and restructure the business in its other divisions to reduce costs...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-U.K. consultancy Analysys released a new report that reiterates that the Western European mobile market is reaching saturation levels, with growth of...
PARIS-Alcatel said it is establishing daily live third-generation UMTS mobile videophony communications between Asia and Europe. The company said it has been linking calls...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson said it signed an agreement with Heilongjiang Mobile for a GSM network expansion contract valued at US$72 million. Ericsson will provide a...
SANTA CLARA, California, United States-Riverstone Networks said its metro routers have been deployed by Mexico's MVS Comunicaciones in a nationwide wireless network. The network...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Crown Castle International Corp. will cut 250 jobs, close offices, and take a charge between $7 million and $10 million in the fourth...