WASHINGTON—South Carolina-based wireless service company Morris Communications Inc. said it won a remand from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, is expected to introduce legislation next week directing the Federal Communications Commission...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Sweden's Telia Mobile announced that it transfered its Minicall paging service to Generic Mobile Systems, which will begin running the service. Telia said...
DUBLIN, Ireland—International media group Independent News & Media has settled a case taken against its subsidiary iTouch by digital media firm HiTouch. U.K.-based wireless...
MOSCOW—The Norwegian Telenor is going to sell two of its Russian subsidiaries, and the second-biggest Russian carrier Vimpelcom, in which Telenor holds a major...
CHICAGO—Cambia Networks, which provided high-end data networking infrastructure products for wireless carriers, shut down late last month.Cambia officials could not immediately be reached for...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. reported 80,250 net wireless subscriber additions for the first quarter compared with 108,787 net subscriber additions for the first quarter...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Proxim Corp. said it has signed a memorandum of understanding to sell $8 million of its fixed wireless communications equipment to Chinese vendor...
BELLEVUE, Wash.—VoiceStream Wireless Corp. reported positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the first time during the first quarter of $75 million,...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin licensing patents for its proprietary W-CDMA technology in an attempt to encourage worldwide implementation and reduce procurement...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand—New Zealand plans to auction additional spectrum by mid-year for wireless local loop, local multipoint distribution services and cellular services under revised...
WILMINGTON, Del.—Hewlett-Packard chief executive officer Carly Fiorina spent part of this week on the stand in court defending her company's actions in its planned...
DENVER, United States—U.S. vendor Interwave Communications announced that Bell Benin Communications, a new mobile operator in Benin, has purchased US$1.8 million of Interwave's equipment...
WASHINGTON—As expected, U.S. legislators on Wednesday introduced the Auction Reform Act of 2002 to delay the 700 MHz auction."I am delighted that 52 members...
NEW DELHI, India—Hutchison Essar, a GSM service provider in New Delhi, has introduced reduced off-peak charges on prepaid cards. Airtime charges will be reduced...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—The South African Competition Commission and the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) presented a memorandum of agreement detailing how they...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Looking to set an example to other European governments, Maurizio Gasparri, the Italian communication minister, has called upon European Union (EU) member...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Following its successful cell-phone investments in Croatia and Slovenia, Mobilkom, part of the former state monopoly Telekom Austria, admitted that it is...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—According to one of the United Kingdom's largest cell-phone retailers, Carphone Warehouse, less than 1 percent of the 170,000 customers that purchased...
MANILA, The Philippines—Philippine telecom watchdog National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) said it might not be advisable to impose additional taxes on short messaging services (SMS),...
TOKYO—NTT Communications, a long-distance and international business unit of the NTT Group, announced that it will launch wireless local area network (WLAN) service on...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Telecom Personal commercially introduced its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network, provided by Ericsson, in the city of Buenos Aires, becoming the...
DUBLIN, Ireland—Mobile operators in Northern Ireland could face frustration in their efforts to develop higher speed services or even improve coverage if rumored changes...
