TORONTO-Merrill Lynch has significantly lowered its estimate of how much cash Nortel Networks will have at the end of next year, citing concerns about...
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. said it has rolled out Wideband CDMA test mobiles at 1900 MHz for North American deployment."These test mobiles are identical...
MOSCOW-The biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has reportedly reached a deal to acquire a controlling stake in Ukraine's second-biggest operator Ukrainian Mobile Communications...
NEW YORK-The $40 million in outstanding debt of Brightpoint Inc., Indianapolis, received a downgrade to B from B-plus from Standard & Poor's Corp., which...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Cell C shareholder Saudi Oger is reported to be seeking fresh opportunities in other emerging African markets.Jonahan Newman, the network's chief of...
NEW YORK-Orange Communications will offer presence-aware messaging through a new deal with Antepo."Instant messaging is a key initiative within Orange," said Andreas Waber, director...
NEW YORK-Citing increased competition and challenges integrating former WorldCom Wireless customers, Lehman Brothers lowered its net customer additions guidance for AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s...
OSLO, Norway-Europolitan Vodafone filed a formal request with PTS, the Swedish national telecom regulator, asking for an extra two years to meet its third-generation...
NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service has assigned a speculative grade liquidity rating of SGL-3 to tower owner and operator Crown Castle International Corp.Moody's said that...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will report a $4.7 billion write-down on its foreign investments, including $2.8 billion from its investment in U.S. operator...
HONG KONG-With the cellular phone market saturated at 86 percent of the population, Hong Kong's wireless engineers have wasted no time in jumping on...
TOKYO-Japanese vendor NEC Corp. has taken a 5-percent stake in two mobile-phone subsidiaries owned by Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. for a total $73 million. The...
DOHA, Qatar-Motorola and Alcatel said they have signed a US$60 million contract to supply infrastructure equipment for Qatar's state-owned carrier Qatar Telecom.The network will...
HELSINKI, Finland-Following discussions with senior government ministers in Denmark, the Brussels, Belgium-based European Investment Bank (EIB) has drafted a proposal to loan Danish mobile...
MILPITAS, California, United States-Palm announced its board of directors approved a 1-for-20 reverse stock split."The decision made by Palm's board of directors to complete...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Ernesto Vargas Guajardo, president and chief executive officer of MVS Communications, will deliver the opening keynote address at the Wireless Communications Association's Ninth...
SAN BRUNO, Calif.-IPWireless Inc. said Clearwire Technologies will deploy its next-generation broadband everywhere technology, beginning with a major U.S. city in the first quarter...
MANILA, The Phillipines-GSM technology has inherent vulnerabilities that can be exploited by hackers, a recent World Bank study has warned. According to a paper...
NEW DELHI, India-The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has terminated the license of Koshika Telecom, a cellular service provider in Uttar Pradesh (East) circle, following...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-VeriSign Inc. has finalized three new contracts for its NetDiscovery services, an outsourced solution for compliance with the Communications Assistance for Law...
MELBOURNE, Australia-Australian telecommunications watchdog, the Australian Communications Authority, has returned a favorable report card for the first year of mobile number portability (MNP) with...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia said it will supply a Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) network to the Monagas state government in Venezuela. The two-way radio system will...
