CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp., a distributor and value-added logistics provider to the wireless industry, will seek shareholder approval at its annual meeting February 12 for...
LONDON—The GSM Association announced GSM-CDMA inter-standard international roaming has been achieved between its Global Roaming Forum (GGRF), Korean CDMA operator Korea Telecom Freetel (KTF)...
PARK CITY, Utah—Independent movie enthusiasts at the Sundance Film Festival, running Jan. 10-20, will be treated to a variety of cutting-edge wireless technologies, including...
WAYNESBORO, Va.—Ntelos Inc. said it entered a definitive agreement to sell 10-megahertz A-block personal communications services licenses in Williamsport and State College, Pa., covering...
MONTREAL—Microcell Telecommunications Inc. added 100,349 net subscribers during the fourth quarter, bringing the carrier's customer base to 1.2 million subscribers. Postpaid net additions totaled...
SWINDON, U.K.—Lucent Technologies Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. said they have collaborated to place a series of voice calls employing UMTS technology in compliance with...
BOSTON—Bankrupt paging company Arch Wireless has filed a reorganization plan highlighting the efforts it will take to pull itself out of a $2 billion...
CHELMSFORD, Mass.—WaterCove Networks and Funk Software have teamed up to provide wireless network operators and corporate enterprises the ability to deploy mobile virtual private...
LONDON-In an effort to ensure the delivery of audio and visual content over its forthcoming third-generation network, Hutchison 3G UK Ltd. announced a deal...
DULLES, Va.—America Online Inc. unveiled a new notification service that will allow its customers to receive news, stock, weather and sports information through a...
SEOUL, South Korea—Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said it will sell its 2.5-generation handsets to Sprint Corp. if its current talks with the carrier succeed.The...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it has signed an agreement to license its mobile technology to Samsung in return for a royalty payment and reciprocal license...
DALLAS—Nortel Networks has filed a lawsuit accusing Kyocera Corp. of infringing on four patents covering ways wireless communications are transmitted.The lawsuit, filed Jan. 4...
WASHINGTON—Qualcomm Inc. today told the Federal Communications Commission that new tests show ultra-wideband devices operated near GPS-enabled wireless phones will hinder the location...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Spectrian Corp., a designer and manufacturer of power amplifiers for the wireless infrastructure market, announced it formed Spectrian Telecommunications Equipment Co. Ltd., a...
WASHINGTON—The re-auction winners of spectrum belonging to bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. and Urban Comm-North Carolina Inc. met with staff of the Federal Communications Commission...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—South African mobile network operator Vodacom has launched a new prepaid tariff option offering the cheapest peak time prepaid rates in the...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—MTN Nigeria recently launched its Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) services. This latest development reflects the company's ongoing drive to expand mobile telephony...
TOKYO—Sharp, a leading consumer electronics manufacturer in Japan, announced that it will launch a personal digital assistant (PDA) for FOMA, the third-generation (3G) service...
TOKYO—J-Phone, a subsidiary of Vodafone Group, announced that it will launch third-generation (3G) service in Japan on 30 June. NTT DoCoMo which launched the...
BERKSHIRE, United Kingdom—Subscriber identity module card provider Bluefish Technologies signed an agreement with software services provider VIPMobile to jointly deliver Mobile WriteUp, a product...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The U.K. government is calling on cell-phone operators and terminal manufacturers to rapidly improve the security features of handsets to halt a...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—In an effort to stimulate the use of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-based services, Telia Mobile has become the first cell-phone operator...
