ALAMEDA, California, United States-In a cash transaction valued at US$100 million, UTStarcom will purchase some of the assets of the CommWorks division of 3Com.The...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Leading retailers and the police have teamed up in the United Kingdom to launch a crackdown on mobile-phone theft, with stolen phones being...
HELSINKI, Finland-Sweden's telecom regulator PTS has confirmed the receipt of a "written submission" from mobile operator Orange requesting transfer of its third-generation (3G) license...
NEW YORK-In its first privatization of a state-owned company, the government of South Africa sold a 25-percent stake in Telkom South Africa 4 March,...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Nigerian mobile network operators MTN Nigeria and Econet Wireless have blamed a gang of thieves called the Area Boys for the poor...
BATH, U.K.-SFR, the wireless division of France's Groupe Cegetel, has completed the rollout of Cramer Systems' inventory solution, which SFR is using to manage...
BEIJING-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed an approximately $36 million contract to expand the GSM digital cellular network of China Mobile in Hebei...
SINGAPORE-The telecom regulator in Singapore announced a collaboration with chip maker Intel Corp. on a Wi-Fi initiative that the Infocomm Development Authority said would...
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Ratings Services affirmed its 'B+' corporate credit rating on Nextel Communications Inc. and revised its outlook from negative to stable....
HERZELIA, Israel-Comsys Communications & Signal Processing Ltd. announced Elkana Ben-Sinai has been made chief executive officer.Ben-Sinai previously served as acting CEO, chief operating officer...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its Voice Connect voice-activated portal across its markets enabling customers to access voice and data services using voice commands. Customers...
MOSCOW-Russia boasted unexpected major growth in the total number of mobile-phone users in 2002, however, various governmental bodies differed in estimates.The Communications Ministry said...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan-Kazakhtelecom, the national operator of the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan, said it plans to buy a controlling stake in its Kirghiz counterpart....
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator Celtel Uganda recently increased its coverage to the eastern districts of Kumi, Pallisa, Kapchorwa, Iganga, Bugiiri and Kamuli.Michael Werikhe,...
LONDON-European mobile data users are set to enjoy greater competition on tariffs and devices following the decision by T-Mobile to more than halve its...
