WASHINGTON-The auction policy which saw the mobile-phone industry pay millions of dollars for radio-frequency spectrum was wrong, said Sen. George Allen (R. Va.).Speaking later...
TOKYO-KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, announced the number of subscribers for its third-generation (3G) service exceeded 4 million. KDDI launched its 3G...
BEIJING-China marked its one-year anniversary World Trade Organization (WTO) membership 11 December. As part of its members, foreign operators gained the right to set...
SAN DIEGO-MIR3 Inc. has released its INlogicNOW two-way intelligent notification service."The INlogicNOW product line improves an organization's communication capabilities and reduces response time to...
PARIS-French vendor Alcatel said it expects market deterioration next year, although the company still expects to meet its targets.Alcatel said it also anticipates...
HOUSTON-NEC America Inc. will integrate wireless enterprise technology from Vuico L.L.C. into its 515 mobile phone, which is scheduled to launch early next year.Vuico's...
MANILA, The Philippines-The Gokongwei-owned Digital Telecommunications Philippines (Digitel) plans to invest 6 billion Philippine pesos (US$113 million) next year for its nationwide wireless telephone...
DUBLIN, Ireland-The music appears to have stopped on the game of managerial musical chairs at T-Mobile International, with Rene Obermann being unveiled as successor...
OSLO, Norway-Swedish-Japanese mobile-phone maker Sony Ericsson's flashy P800 phone will start arriving next week, but confusion reigns about its availability. Sony Ericsson spokesman Peter...
BEIJING-Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has rated Chinese mobile-phone manufacturer TCL Mobile Communications Asia's fastest-growing technology company during the past three years.TCL is now China's third...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The only company that participated in the auction for the three regional personal communications services (PCS) licenses-one of which is a national...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. and STMicroelectronics have come together to establish an open standard with the Open Mobile Application Processor Interfaces for application processors targeting...
DALLAS-Wireless broadband service provider airBand Communications said its Phoenix market has reached profitability four months ahead of schedule. airBand said its customer acquisitions in...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Ecuadorian National Telecommunications Council (Conatel) appealed to the Constitutional Tribunal to revert the decision taken by Judge Julio V
SAN JOSE, California, United States-While much has been promised for the short-range wireless technology Bluetooth, the delivery has been less than sparkling with delays...
ANN ARBOR, Mich.-With $3 million, Ardesta LLC has started a new small tech company, Sensicast Systems Inc. that will develop and market low-power, battery-operable,...
GENEVA-Ten major electronics manufacturers, including Nokia, Motorola Inc. and Samsung, have pledged to help safely dispose of used mobile phones.The pact, signed with the...
WASHINGTON-A new Pentagon report said spectrum loss to the wireless industry is hurting military capability and has forced it "to pursue proactive approaches...
BEIJING-PalmSource Inc., the operating system subsidiary of Palm Inc., announced it is expanding into the Chinese market for personal digital assistants and smart phones...
MELBOURNE, Australia-Vodafone indicated this week it is interested in buying Hutchison Telecommunications' A$3 billion (US$1.7 billion) third-generation (3G) mobile-phone network in a bid to...
CHELMSFORD, Mass.-Axis Communications has begun volume shipments of its system-on-a-chip that integrates 2-Megabyte Flash, 8 MB Synchronized Dynamic Random Access Memory and an Ethernet...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens said it was named the sole provider for P&T Luxembourg's third-generation (3G) network. The value of the framework agreement, which runs into...
