TOKYO—Fujitsu, a leading telecom vender in Japan, and Sagem, the second-largest telecom vender in France, signed a third-generation mobile handset agreement, both firms announced...
NEW DELHI, India—The Bangalore-based Wipro Technologies has announced a partnership with Graz, Austria-based Austriamicrosystems to jointly produce and market chipsets for the emerging Bluetooth...
EDINBURG, Va.—Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. said it added 26,000 wireless customers last year, more than doubling its customer base to 49,000 subscribers.Company revenues increased more...
RESTON, Va.—Openet Telecom announced that its recently unveiled FusionWorks wireless convergent mediation platform will be deployed by Rural Cellular Corp. to enable it to...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.—OpenPath Products announced its SMS Testing Suite, a collection of tools that support SMS application developers, testers, and carriers, is now available."The SMS...
DUBLIN—Logica is demonstrating the delivery of full color animated images, based on FunMail's wireless animated messaging technology, over a GPRS network via the Logica...
CANNES, France—Bitfone Corp. is demonstrating its mProve solution, which delivers firmware and software updates to mobile phones over the air, this week in Cannes,...
WASHINGTON--AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has been awarded the TRUSTe Privacy Seal after completing a comprehensive certification process."Consumer education about privacy issues is critical to...
WASHINGTON—A recent federal appeals court on media ownership limits could impact the Federal Communications Commission's process for reviewing its rules every two years, said...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Fixed-wireless equipment manufacturer Hybrid Networks Inc. said it may be forced to seek bankruptcy protection if it does not find a buyer...
ATLANTA—Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. announced it is now offering Internet service to wireless handheld device users as well. According to the company's Web...
CANNES, France—Telecom Italia Group said it will support Nokia's Open Mobile Architecture initiative, which seeks to provide a software platform for the mobile software...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Networks says it has signed a contract to deploy its mPosition solution for location-based services over Fujian Mobile Communications Company's networks."With location-based...
CANNES, France—Dynamic Telecommunications Inc. announced its new Distance Based Sampling (DBS) option at the 3GSM World Congress.The DBS option, which is incorporated into DTI's...
CANNES, France—Nortel Networks made two announcements at this week's 3GSM World Congress in France.The company commercially launched its Network Gateway Server (NGS), which it...
CANNES, France—MapInfo has been chosen by Vodafone D2 to provide the technology platform for its location-based D2-NightGuide Premium WAP service.MapInfo's miAware technology platform will...
CANNES, France—Motorola Inc. made several announcements at this week's 3GSM World congress in Cannes, France.The company announced its partnership with CH2M Hill, a network...
CANNES, France—IBM Corp. unveiled its Service Provider Delivery Environment (SPDE), an open-standards-based framework that telecommunications service providers can use to introduce new voice, text...
WASHINGTON—More than 30 members of Congress have sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) siding with the bulk of the wireless industry...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The major cellular operator in Paraguay, Telecel (Millicom International), has launched its prepaid fixed wireless telephony service called Tele2. The new service...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, on 18 February announced it will launch i-mode-like service in Germany in March or April through...
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said it charged two firms with making false claims about devices purporting to protect consumers against mobile-phone radiation.The FTC...
DENVER, United States—Aerie Networks subsidiary Ricochet Networks initiated a technical trial of the Ricochet high-speed wireless data network in Denver, marking the return of...