MEXICO CITY-Continuing its buying spree, Mexico-based mobile operator America Movil said its $625 million offer to acquire Brazilian mobile operator BCP was accepted. Telemar Norte Leste has an option to …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Kazakhstan operator Altel signed a CDMA2000 1x contract for a nationwide network under a $30 million deal. The contract includes Ericsson’s total CDMA2000 network solution, the …
BERLIN, Germany-Daewoo Electronics is making its debut in wireless home entertainment products using ViXs Systems’ XCode video processor and Matrix dual-channel 802.11a chipsets. Daewoo said it is working with ViXs …
Intel Corp. this week announced plans to build a $375 million assembly and test plant in western China’s Sichuan province and a research and development center for digital home and …
SAN FRANCISCO-MetroPCS Inc. said its customers now can access the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s 511 service, which provides transportation information in the San Francisco Bay area. MTC introduced the free service …
AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it cut 200 jobs in its semiconductor division as part of its effort to cut costs and move back to profitability. “It was a tough day,” …
Continuing the string of announcements surrounding the potentially lucrative Chinese market during the past few weeks, Siemens AG and Chinese company Huawei Technologies Co. said they will join forces to …
T-Mobile USA Inc. will continue its innovative marketing campaign with five simultaneous music concerts across the country, all in an effort to help sell its camera phones, messaging features and …
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG named Ian Moyes as the new head of its mobile-phone segment, one of its five divisions within Siemens Mobile. Rudi Lamprecht, head of Siemens Mobile and member …
LOS ANGELES-Wireless2Web has launched a licensing program for its newly patented LinkPush technologies, potentially benefiting handset manufacturers, wireless carriers, wireless application service providers, Internet service providers, e-mail providers and software …
NEW YORK-A claim from NCR Corp. that Palm Inc. and Handspring Inc. violated its patents in their handheld computers has been dismissed by the U.S. District Court in Delaware. The …
SAN DIEGO-Wireless consumers who use text messaging represent a target market for the music industry, according to research from SMS.ac Inc., a mobile community that includes approximately 10 million registered …
BEIJING-Nokia introduced its first CDMA phone for the Chinese market, the 2280, during a signing ceremony between Nokia, operator China Unicom and China Putian, the exclusive distributor for the Nokia …
SPOKANE, Wash.-Acterna Corp. announced it plans to sell its subsidiary Itronix Corp., which develops rugged mobile computing systems, to private equity firm Golden Gate Capital. “We believe that the opportunity …
ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. and Kathrein-Werke KG will cross license their relevant patents related to remote electrical downtilt antenna technology so both companies can offer the technology. The technology allows …
BERLIN, Germany-Philips Consumer Electronics and T-Com, Deutsche Telekom AG’s fixed-networks division, will cooperate to develop the market for broadband wireless home networks, connected devices and value-added broadband-connected entertainment and communications …
WASHINGTON-A Michigan state judge has approved a settlement of a class-action suit against Verizon Wireless entitling about 2 million mobile-phone users in the Detroit area to free airtime and other …
Despite just releasing a phone based on the Symbian operating system, Motorola Inc. said it will exit the OS venture. Nokia Corp. said it and Psion plc have begun procedures …
Wireless customers unhappy with their carriers’ customer care are more likely to switch service providers, according to J.D. Power and Associates’ 2003 Wireless Customer Care Performance Study. The group found …
MOSCOW-An announcement by Russian operator VimpelCom today could potentially change the landscape of the Russian mobile market. VimpelCom said it agreed that its major shareholder, Alfa Group, would buy an …
