AMSTERDAM-Royal Philips Electronics said it has won a GSM patent lawsuit against Korean vendor Sewon Telcom Ltd. A German District Court ruled that a Sewon handset model infringed three Philips …
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc launched its commercial UMTS service in Europe offering customers data rates of up to 384 kilobits per second across its networks in major cities in Germany, Italy, …
WESTMINSTER, United Kingdom-Telephone network provider Primus Telecommunications said it will sell a GSM mobile phone in Europe that could cut international calling costs by up to 80 percent. Primus said …
ATLANTA-Following a brief extension of its previously announced exchange offer from Wednesday night to Thursday morning, Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. said its shareholders approved the issuance of new …
WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. and Flarion Technologies have been chosen by the District of Columbia’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer to build a high-speed wireless broadband data network dedicated to public …
NAPERVILLE, Ill.-Telecommunications equipment company Tellabs Inc. has named Krish Prabhu president and chief executive officer, succeeding co-founder Michael Birck. Prabhu most recently served as partner at Morgenthaler Ventures, a Cleveland-based …
NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. said it will sell an exclusive edition of its new 7200 mobile phone designed by fashion notable Zac Posen. The move comes as several companies, notably Siemens, …
AUSTIN, Texas-Axalto, formerly Schlumberger Smart Cards & Terminals, entered a strategic marketing alliance with Telespree Communications to deliver Telespree’s self-service wireless automation software on Axalto’s GSM SIM cards. According to …
LONDON-Actix announced its A-RVS third-generation network optimization solution has been deployed by Sweden’s 3GIS to help it meet its 3G network rollout deadlines. 3GIS, owned jointly by Vodafone and 3, …
NEW YORK-CellularVision Technology & Telecommunications L.P., a wholly owned subsidiary of holding company Speedus Corp., said it received a $12.1 million technology settlement from a former international licensee. CT&T began …
BOSTON-Emblaze Semiconductor said it has entered an agreement to license wavetable technology from Sonic Network Inc. for use in current and future integrated circuits for mobile multimedia appliances including support …
WASHINGTON-The move to permanently ban Internet access taxes was thrown a curve ball on Wednesday when senators from states that had grandfathered taxes introduced a bill that would only ban …
IRVING, Texas-T-Mobile USA Inc. expanded its existing $300 million agreement with Nokia Corp. to include next-generation radio equipment, an expanded GPRS core network, implementation and optimization services and Nokia’s NetAct …
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. said it has shipped more than 50 million voice over Internet Protocol ports to more than 200 networking equipment vendors and designers. VoIP is regarded as one …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has upgraded its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO software for its CSM5500 cell site modem to support such applications as high-quality video delivery, video telephony, instant multimedia …
NEW YORK-With AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s self-imposed Feb. 13 deadline for buyout bids fast approaching, Vodafone Group plc’s plans to divest itself from current U.S. wireless network partner Verizon Wireless …
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. continued to follow through on promises of new phones with the release of a trio of push-to-talk devices for both GSM and CDMA operators. The move comes …
LONDON-Startup Gametrac Europe Ltd. is taking direct aim at industry giant Nokia Corp. with plans to sell a wireless video-game device very similar to Nokia’s N-Gage. And to do so …
SYDNEY, Australia-SkyNetGlobal and Boingo Wireless have signed a network roaming agreement to provide Boingo’s customers and partners access to SkyNetGlobal’s 130 wireless hot spots in Australia and Singapore, which include …
WICHITA, Kan.-Aeroflex Inc., which develops and manufactures test solutions, said its division in Wichita, Kan., received an order valued at $5.9 million for the company’s RCTS-003 Life Support Radio Test …
