ANKARA, Turkey-The shareholders of two Turkish operators, Aria and Aycell, have reached an initial agreement to merge the companies. The merger will leave three operators competing in Turkey. Aria is …
LONDON-Several billing and customer relationship management companies unleashed news at this week’s IIR Billing Systems 2003 conference in London. Amdocs announced the availability of version 5.0 of the Amdocs Enabler. …
BANGKOK, Thailand-The 3G World Congress trade show has been rescheduled to take place in Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 3-7, 2003, according to the Institute for International Research, the show’s organizer. The …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.- Gary Forsee, Sprint Corp.’s recently named president and chief executive officer, outlined his plans and priorities for the company during Sprint’s annual shareholders meeting this week. Forsee …
DUESSELDORF, Germany-German operator E-Plus has purchased the UMTS infrastructure of embattled company MobilCom for about $23 million. The acquisition ends speculation about the future of MobilCom’s third-generation network. MobilCom was …
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association would be better served by going to the Federal Communications Commission with its complaints rather than to court, said FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein reacting …
BEIJING-The first GSM/TD-SCDMA chipset may be ready for rollout by mid-2004, according to RTX Telecom, which plans to make the products. “The GSM/TD-SCDMA chipset will be based on the chip …
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it has signed a $36 million contract to expand GSM networks for China Mobile in Shanghai and Anhui provinces. “Following this expansion, over 3.4 million subscribers …
DALLAS-Nokia Corp. announced it is continuing its mobile-commerce trial with credit card company MasterCard International through a new trial in Nokia’s home base of Irving, Texas. The market trial will …
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp.’s first quarter results reflected an improved financial performance during the past year. InterDigital reported revenues of $37.3 million, a 78-percent improvement from the year-ago …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. announced Gary Forsee, recently named president and chief executive officer, will replace William Esrey as chairman of its board of directors. Esrey, who has been diagnosed …
IRVINE, Calif.-Disposable phone maker Hop-On announced it appointed Samuel Demissie as its interim president. Demissie joined Hop-On in February 2003 as president of its Handset Development Group. The company is …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless reported an agreement to join Latin American wireless “infotainment” provider Blah!’s multilanguage mobile chat service. Verizon Wireless said the agreement will allow English-, Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking customers …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. entered a share exchange agreement making Sentsu Inc., which is currently a consolidated subsidiary of NTT, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Japanese telecommunications giant.
ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. reported $112.7 million in total revenues for the first quarter of 2003 compared with the $103.8 million the carrier reported for the first quarter of 2002. …
MOSCOW, Russia-The overall mobile penetration in Russia reached 15.3 percent of the population, or 22.23 million users, in April, according to newly released statistics from Moscow-based consultancy J’son & Partners. …
SAN RAMON, Calif.-A recent Yankee Group study of global wireline and wireless carriers commissioned by the International Packet Communications Consortium, showed that both groups are dedicated to deploying packet-based architectures …
NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. activated 150 of a planned 1,000 Wi-Fi transmission stations throughout New York City, which the company said would allow its Verizon Online customers to have access …
SAN RAMON, Calif.-The PAM Forum plus Parlay Group now equals the Parlay Group. Both standards groups are merging into the Parlay Group in a process that will be completed by …
AUSTIN, Texas-Public Wi-Fi access provider Wayport opened a new Laptop Lane airport business center at Philadelphia International Airport. The business center’s private offices include Internet connections for notebook computers, desktop …
