SEOUL, Korea—Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. reported $7.6 billion in total sales for the first quarter and $1.46 billion in profits, which marked a record...
NEW YORK—Medis Technologies Ltd., which is developing direct liquid ethanol fuel cells for use in wireless handsets and other portable electronic devices, has received...
MIAMI—Brightstar Corp. announced the launch of Brightstar Chile, a new subsidiary in Chile. The company now operates subsidiaries in 12 Latin American countries, including...
OVERLAND PARK, Ill.—Buffeted by the reduced equipment spending of telecommunications carriers, Andrew Corp., Overland Park, Ill., reported second-quarter net income of $3.3 million on...
CINCINNATI—Convergys Corp. announced it has signed a five-year billing and customer care contract to provide its Atlys billing product to PrimeCo Personal Communications to...
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.—Wireless and mobile computer maker Symbol Technologies Inc. reported lower revenues compared with the same quarter last year, and it lowered its expectations...
DUBLIN, Ireland—Hutchison 3G announced it will offer mobile payment services through a deal with Network365.Under the agreement, Hutchison 3G will deploy Network365's payment platform,...
BERWYN, Pa.—Ntelos completed the sale of its personal communications services licenses in Charlottesville and Winchester, Va., to Triton PCS Holdings Inc. for $12 million....
DUBLIN, Ireland—Hutchison 3G, part of the Hutchison Whampoa Group, signed a contract with software developer Network365 for the provision of mobile payment software across...
MOSCOW—The second-biggest Russian carrier Vimpelcom (BeeLine) placed its first euro bonds worth US$250 million to finance network expansion across Russia.Vimpelcom Vice President Valery Goldin...
BEIJING—Peter Borger, president of Siemens Shanghai Mobile Communications, told the South China Morning Post he expects the Chinese government to issue two more licenses...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indosat Multimedia Mobile (IM3) said it will continue its free General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) offering until the end of April, with an...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—After announcing its wireless initiative last week, BT Group said it is aware of the security concerns surrounding wireless local area network...
HELSINKI, Finland—Telfort, the Dutch subsidiary of U.K.-based MmO2, has entered a strategic agreement with Ericsson under which it will outsource all its mobile network...
CUPERTINO, Calif.—Boingo Wireless Inc. said it has implemented Portal Software Inc.'s billing solution, known as Infranet, for mobile service providers."Boingo developed its billing infrastructure...
NEW DELHI, India—It will cost less to make calls over mobile networks in Pakistan beginning 1 May.The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) reduced the airtime...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—In the wake of recent tariff cuts by the competing GSM mobile operators, analog fixed wireless operator Intercellular announced that it will...
TORONTO—The Toronto Blue Jays have turned to technology to help boost ticket sales.The American League baseball team is using what it dubs "cyber-sellers." Equipped...
TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest telecom operator in Japan, announced it will launch a field trial for credit card settlement using third-generation (3G) handsets in the...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—In an effort to reduce third-generation (3G) deployment costs, Vodafone's Portuguese business, Telecel, formed a joint venture with Optimus, the cell-phone division...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Nortel executives have admitted that the US$1.1 billion contact awarded to it by MmO2 for 2.5-generation (2.5G) and third-generation (3G) infrastructure this...
