SAN RAFAEL, Calif.-Alltel has chosen Fair Isaac Corp.'s Risk Manager and Fraud Manager For Telecommunications solution to improve its fraud and payment risk detection...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Telecom Personal, the largest cellular operator in Argentina and Paraguay, announced it has US$45 million in cash to pay its creditors, which...
BEIJING-The Beijing Morning Post reported Huawei Technologies came out on top of a third-generation (3G) vendor test by China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII),...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia said it has signed an agreement to supply W-CDMA equipment to Greek operator Telestet.Nokia also said it has already started providing core...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Motorola Inc. said it has won an expansion contract worth about $39 million to supply GSM network equipment to Pakistan Mobile...
WASHINGTON-The House is considering a bipartisan bill that would give industry standards bodies limited immunity to antitrust lawsuits.The measure, intended to complement 1996-passed legislation...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. named Jeffrey Fox group president of communications where he will oversee the company's human resources, network services and information technology...
CHICAGO, Ill.-Tellabs Inc. said it plans to slash 665 more employees, including 490 in the Chicago area, as part of its cost-cutting strategy.The company...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Canesta Inc. has received three patents for its electronic perception technology for techniques that lower the cost and increase the accuracy of...
NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. appointed Scott Cecil vice president and general manager of the carrier's New York region where he will oversee all wireless...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.- Sun Microsystems Inc.'s results for its fiscal third quarter, ended March 30, 2003, reflected lower revenues and relatively flat income per...
TOKYO-Japan Telecom and East Japan Railway are going to launch a demonstration experiment for high-speed wireless local area network (WLAN) service via mobile phones...
MOSCOW-The biggest CDMA IS-95 carrier in Russia operating in the 800 MHz band launched an offensive against the Communications Ministry, which has restricted its...
DUBLIN, Ireland—Reports from Finland suggest that mobile operator TeliaSonera, which this week has signed a number of interconnect agreements for multimedia messaging services (MMS)...
TOKYO-Hewlett-Packard Japan released a new personal digital assistant (PDA) with both wireless local area network (WLAN) and Bluetooth functions. The new PDA, called "iPAQ...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The new Ecuadorian cellular operator, which will begin to offer its services before the end of the year, will gain 20 percent...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Kenyan mobile network company Kencell Communications recently announced the extension of its local network to the towns of Iten and Kabarnet.Philippe Vandebrouck,...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Zambian President Mwanawasa recently inaugurated the Zamtel GSM link in Chipata with a call to the operator to begin offering affordable prepaid...
NEW YORK-Airespace Inc., San Jose, Calif., hatched in the Storm Ventures incubator 18 months ago, reached a fledgling milestone last weekwhen it made the...
TAMPA, Fla.-TSI Telecommunication Services Inc. said two regional wireless carriers will use the company's technology to offer ring tones, graphics and other messaging services.Montana...
WASHINGTON-A former Internet advertising executive has been tapped as the Department of Homeland Security's first privacy czar. Nuala O'Connor Kelly, who previously oversaw data...
METUCHEN, N.J.-Berkeley Varitronics Systems announced two new international distributors will provide sales and support for its wireless products.Genetel Online will offer sales and support...
WASHINGTON-Sens. Don Nickles (R-Okla.) and Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) offered legislation to make wireless telecommunications equipment eligible for depreciation treatment on par with other qualified...
