BEIJING—China's two mobile-phone operators, China Mobile and China Unicom, have reached an agreement to let users of one network send short messages to users...
LONDON—The Malaysian government is set to issue tender documents for third-generation (3G) license applicants. The three licenses that are due to be awarded will...
BEIJING—The China Mobile Group forecasts revenues of 48.8 billion yuan (US$17.98 billion) this year, 10.5 percent up from last year. Revenue growth has slowed...
NEW DELHI, India—Bharti Telecom will launch its cellular services in Mumbai in May, Bharti Group Chairman Sunil Mittal announced on Wednesday in Mumbai.Bharti Group's...
HERNDON, Va.—Teligent Inc.'s lenders have agreed to resurrect and fund the company under a new name and business plan.In November it seemed the bankrupt...
SEATTLE—Canada's Bell Mobility announced it will offer a service through ViAir Inc. that will allow mobile professionals to wirelessly access their personal and corporate...
NEW YORK—Millicom International Cellular S.A. has been awarded a nationwide GSM license in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos).MIC will work with the Committee...
HELSINKI—Nokia Corp. reported decreased profits for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, but increased sales for the year, helped along by an increase in...
MANILA, Phillipines—Short message service (SMS) technology remains a dominant force in the growth of data services in Asia, despite the availability of more advanced...
MOSCOW—The second-biggest Russian carrier Vimpelcom (BeeLine) is reportedly negotiating a US$250 million credit with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to finance...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having planned to capitalize on the booming short message service (SMS) market by increasing its messaging charges by nearly 140 percent, Germany's...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The privatization of the Paraguayan fixed telephony monopoly, which includes a personal communications services (PCS) license, will likely be postponed. The privatization...
TOKYO—Kyocera, a leading telecom vender in Japan, and Hanaro Telecom, a leading carrier in Korea, reached an agreement regarding the next-generation high-speed mobile data...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Zimbabwean telecommunications company TeleAccess is reported to be involved in negations to purchase Telecel International, the mobile network operator with services in...
WOODBURY, New York, United States—Dutch wireless carrier Dutchtone, a subsidiary of Orange Group, continued to flesh out its wireless music service by purchasing Comverse's...
LONDON—Vodafone Group reported its Greek wireless subsidiary, Panafon-Vodafone, officially changed its name to Vodafone.Panafon adopted the dual-brand name a year ago as part of...
DENVER, United States—The government of Slovakia announced a tender to sell three third-generation (3G) mobile telephone licenses by mid-year for around US$31.6 million each...
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia—The development of the pan-Russian Megafon project of St. Petersburg-based Telecominvest holding has prompted a series of acquisitions, as the initially "virtual"...
NEW YORK—Emblaze Systems said it has concluded successfully an MPEG4 compliance interoperability test with Samsung Electronics.The companies conducted the trial to determine whether Emblaze's...
SEOUL, South Korea— Yasuo Nishiguchi, Kyocera's chief executive, said his company will settle its patent dispute with Nortel Networks without rancor."We have violated some...
LONDON—Vodafone Group said it has signed up more than 100 million customers to its networks in 28 countries, underlining its position as the world's...
SCHAUMBERG, Illinois, United States—Motorola reported significant, but not surprising, losses for the fourth quarter and year ended 31 December, 2001, a year Christopher Galvin,...
MOSCOW—The biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) officially confirmed it has reached an agreement on the purchase of a controlling stake in the fourth-biggest...
HONG KONG—Software solution provider iMerchants and Diversinet have partnered to make iMerchants' wireless banking solution for personal digital assistants (PDAs) available with Diversinet's Public...
