MOSCOW-Russian wireless carriers joined the effort to help resolve the unprecedented hostage drama in Moscow where Chechen terrorists held some 700 theatergoers hostage.Wireless traffic...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless provisioning company Pixo Inc. announced Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Southern Europe, Africa & Middle East business will resell the company's Mobile Download...
SEOUL, South Korea-The Mobitex Operators Association (MOA) said two new wireless data networks will begin operation in China.Telecom Digital has officially launched its Mango...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Recently, the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) licensed a new operator, the Malawi Mobile Cellular Network Limited, with an eye to increasing...
SAN DIEGO-Voyager Systems Inc., San Diego, has closed a $7.5 million initial round of venture financing, led by Hamilton Apex Technology Ventures that it...
TOKYO-NEC, a leading telecom vendor in Japan, announced it won an additional order for third-generation (3G) handsets from Hutchison Whampoa. Under the initial contract...
CALGARY, Alberta-CSI Wireless Inc. has released Driver-Link, a one-touch in-car calling device that uses wireless and GPS technology to allow drivers to communicate hands-free...
CARY, N.C.-Pinpoint Networks Inc., which sells content platforms to wireless carriers, announced it raised $4 million in venture funding from its new investor New...
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Action in the wireless enterprise space continues, with two providers scoring government contracts.First, Aether Systems Inc. announced that the Garden City, N.Y.,...
BOSTON-The four publicly traded tower companies received a much-needed boost from Wall Street this week, following tolerable carrier earnings and some financial announcements of...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will partner with Agere and Proxim to develop end-to-end solutions for Wireless LAN access, integrating hot spots with 3G...
HAYWARD, Calif.-Wireless enterprise company AvantGo Inc. reported revenues of $4.5 million and a net loss of $5.5 million, news the sent the company's stock...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-SkyOnline bought the Argentine and Uruguay affiliates of Diveo on 20 October for around US$7 million. It is the first acquisition involving...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Movicom BellSouth was the only operator that presented the prequalification documents to participate in the spectrum auction that will take place on...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Wireless modem maker Sierra Wireless reported revenues of $20.1 million and net earnings of $500,000 for its third quarter, news that rallied...
TOKYO-KDDI and J-Phone continue to expand their subscriber bases of next-generation services.KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, announced that the number of subscribers...
MELBOURNE, Australia-Consumers contacted Australia's Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman 62,275 times to complain about telephone and Internet services last financial year, a drop of 13 percent...
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-Although carriers continue to lower the price of new mobile phones in an effort to attract more customers, wireless subscribers are waiting...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having built a wireless network covering nearly 20 percent of the German population, the beleaguered operator MobilCom is now said to be...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered the state-owned telecommunications network operator Nigeria Telecommunications (Nitel) to pay MTN and Econet Wireless more...
NEW DELHI, India-Sri Lankan operator Celltel Lanka has launched a set of secure m-commerce services on a short message service (SMS) platform.The new service...
NEW YORK-After weeks of trading below a dollar with delisting threats hanging over them, major wireless vendors enjoyed boosts in their stocks as Lucent...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Cellon International launched its new CMS91 GSM/GPRS wireless module, which the company said will allow manufacturers and designers to develop wireless handsets...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-A new study by the Italian-based National Research Council (NRC) has reawakened the long-running debate over cell-phone health hazards by claiming that...
