JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indosat Multimedia Mobile (IM3), a new entrant in Indonesia's cellular market, reached an agreement to use Satelindo's GSM network to cover blank spots...
NEW DELHI, India—The much-awaited 1900 MHz mobile-phone service of the Thai government agency Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT) is slated for launch on 27...
LUXEMBOURG—Luxembourg has begun a "beauty contest" tender for four third-generation (3G) licenses, with each license costing e200,000 (US$172,000) per year. Interested parties must submit...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands—Dutch telecommunications giant KPN will buy the remaining 22.5-percent interest in German mobile-phone operator E-Plus that it does not already own from...
MOSCOW—Russian carriers operating CDMA technology based on the IS-95 standard called on the Communications Ministry to stop restricting the standard and even asked for...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having paid e3.3 billion (US$2.8 billion) for its third-generation (3G) license, the Italian cell-phone operator Ipse is becoming increasingly concerned that the...
REDMOND, Washington, United States—AT&T Wireless Services and Canadian operator Rogers Wireless introduced cross-border GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) roaming for their respective customers.Rogers currently...
OKLAHOMA CITY, United States—Dobson Communications said it will follow nationwide roaming partners AT&T Wireless and Cingular Wireless in overlaying its current TDMA network with...
LOS ANGELES—The latest Econ One survey showed that costs of cell-phone service in the United States dropped greatly during 2001, especially in those cities...
MONROE, La.—CenturyTel Inc. said its wireless revenues decreased 3 percent to $108.5 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with $111.8 million...
SAN JOSE, California, United States—DMC Stratex Networks said it began additional shipments of its radio-frequency products to Jordan Mobile Telephone Services (JMTS). JMTS will...
TOKYO—Some 20 leading Japanese companies led by NTT DoCoMo, Hitachi and Toyota Motor Company, set up a forum aimed at launching highly accurate satellite...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Following the postponement until May of the personal communications services (PCS) and third-generation (3G) licenses auction, Uruguay has added the possibility of...
MOSCOW—U.K.-based Inquam, a consortium of Qualcomm and Omnia, is reportedly negotiating a deal to purchase Russian CDMA carriers Moscow Cellular Communications (MCC), SONET and...
HELSINKI, Finland, and SINGAPORE—Thailand's Advanced Info Service (AIS) announced separate agreements with Finnish company Comptel and U.S.-based Convergys.AIS has purchased Comptel's MDS mediation and...
HONG KONG—Wireless enthusiasts in Hong Kong will be the first in the world to see the commercial availability of U.S. vendor Handspring's new wireless...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Illinois, United States—Motorola signed an agreement to supply GSM 900 and 1800 MHz network infrastructure services and equipment to Indonesia's Telkomsel. The...
TAIPEI, Taiwan—The Taiwan third-generation (3G) auction, which was predicted to be short lived and bring in just over the minimum bid prices, is nearing...
LONDON—Logica announced a deal with T-Motion, the mobile online services arm of T-Mobile International, to create a portal to market billable value-added services to...
ATLANTA, United States—Cingular Wireless and AT&T Wireless said they will form a joint venture allowing both carriers to more quickly and cost effectively expand...
DENVER, United States—Verizon Wireless became the first nationwide U.S. carrier to commercially launch cdma2000 1x services this week as it unveiled its Express Network...
TORONTO—Research in Motion (RIM), the maker of the popular BlackBerry pager, announced a major alliance with Motorola and Nextel Communications to develop a combined...
BEIJING—Ericsson's joint venture in the East China city of Nanjing, Nanjing Ericsson Panda Communications, signed contracts worth US$120 million with Jiangsu Mobile to expand...
