NEW DELHI, India—Thailand's largest mobile operator, Advanced Info Service (AIS), plans to invest 2.8 billion baht (US$64 million) for the installation of a smart...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—A U.K.-based company is claiming that most 2.5-generation (2.5G) applications will be almost impossible to run, given that more than 40 percent...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—European Union (EU) Competition Commissioner Mario Monti has accused German and U.K. cell-phone operators of overcharging their customers when making calls from...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The proceeds from a string of disposals will be used by the owner of Virgin, Richard Branson, to develop his burgeoning mobile...
MONROE, La.—CentruyTel Inc.'s board of directors voted to increase the quarterly cash dividend from 5 cents to 5.25 cents per share payable on March...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Sweden's Telia said it was not granted a stay of execution for telecom regulator National Post and Telecom Agency's (PTS) order to reduce...
CARY, N.C.—SpectraSite Holdings Inc. reported results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31. The company's revenues for the quarter totaled $131.3 million,...
SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass.—Integrated wireless and Web-based software application provider ViryaNet said it has acquired all outstanding shares of iMedeon Inc., of Alpharetta, Ga., for about...
WASHINGTON—The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association held the first meeting of its Wireless Internet Caucus Leadership Council last week.The council said it will address...
HAYWARD, Calif.—Certicom and Funk Software have joined to develop the EAP-TTLS 802.1x security protocol that provides security for WLAN connectivity.Funk Software's Odyssey is the...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.—There is a clearly defined need to adopt fleet management systems for tracking and remotely controlling vehicles in an emergency, as well...
WATERLOO, Ontario—Research in Motion Ltd. and PrinterOn Corp. announced they will team to deliver and market PrinterOn's wireless Internet printing application for BlackBerry, under...
BEIJING-Texas Instruments will provide the chipset technology for a new entrant in the Chinese mobile-phone business, Legend Holdings Ltd., which entered a joint venture...
MADRID, Spain—European Union Competition Commissioner Mario Monti said on Tuesday he will take action to bring down prices for mobile-phone calls across Europe. The...
BELLEVUE, Wash.—Western Wireless Corp. posted $286.4 million in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2001 and $1 billion in revenue for the entire year...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. launched what it describes as feature-rich CMX 2.1 multimedia software, which offers enhanced audio, animation, speech and sound effects for wireless...
SAN FRANCISCO-In an another tie-up, Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to combine Intel's Xscale microarchitecture's PX250 and PXA210 and Windows CE .NET...
SALT LAKE CITY—During the recently completed Winter Olympics, AT&T Wireless said its network handled 9.6 million calls from the venues where the athletes competed,...
GREENSVILLE, S.C.—Verizon Wireless launched its Best Network Challenge campaign asking consumers to compare wireless carriers on a number of criteria, including network performance, availability...
ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless said it plans to invest more than $500 million in its Southeast markets of Georgia, Tennessee, the Carolinas and Kentucky this year."Cingular...
HELSINKI, Finland—Telia Mobile, the Nordic region's biggest mobile operator, is moving to strengthen its position through acquisitions. The company is soon expected to bid...
VANCOUVER, B.C.—Sierra Wireless announced its solutions were used by the Utah Highway Patrol to enhance security during the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake...
