RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. selected TBWA/Chiat/Day New York as its creative agency of record following an advertising agency review process. Nextel also said it awarded its direct marketing responsibilities to …
ST. LOUIS-Amdocs announced Romanian Vodafone affiliate Connex will extend its Amdocs Enabler implementation with the Amdocs eCare and Amdocs PRM applications, allowing it to add advanced billing functionality for its …
ITALY-Emilio Gnutti, who was convicted of insider trading last year for exchanging privileged information in 1999 about transactions linked to publicly traded industrial holding company CMI, has been named chief …
WASHINGTON-Congressional auditors said Monday that a recent survey of wireless consumers showed general satisfaction with call quality even though the General Accounting Office estimated that one-fifth of users were unable …
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-TruePosition Inc. said Uplink Time Difference of Arrival location technology has been formally standardized by the Third Generation Partnership Project, which governs development and standards for GSM …
OTTAWA-SiGe Semiconductor said it has introduced a pair of power amplifiers for IS-95 and cdma2000 1x handsets in the 824 through 849 MHz hand. “Handset designers can now achieve the …
Though staged at the White House, Commerce Secretary Don Evan’s launch of the Digital Freedom Initiative on March 4 did not attract much press attention. Perhaps deservedly so. The White …
American Tower Corp.’s first-quarter 2003 results reflected a continued focus on its core rental and management operations and optimism in financial expectations for the latter half of 2003. The company …
Wireless streaming video over mobile phones is now available at a store near you. Internet video company RealNetworks Inc. today planned to launch a wireless Web site featuring streaming content …
SEOUL, South Korea-SK Telecom said it received approval from the Ministry of Information and Communication to merge SK Telecom and SK IMT, the W-CDMA arm of the Korean mobile operator. …
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-LG Electronics has replaced Sony Ericsson Communications Inc. in the No. 5 spot for worldwide handset sales in the first quarter of the year, according to data released by …
Software-defined radios may be the answer to today’s interoperability issues, but carriers and handset makers do not seem overly enthused about adopting the technology because the technological advances gained from …
DUBLIN, Ireland-Vodafone Ireland said it opened its third-generation network, although it will initially be available only to several “key business partners.” The network provides data speeds of up to 144 …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. reported that under its recently signed roaming agreement with Western Wireless Corp., the rural operator will build out a GSM/GPRS network covering approximately 4 million people …
CALGARY, Alberta-Zi Corp., which provides software for mobile-phone text entry, said it received an extension of its $3.3 million secured credit facility. The company said the extension allows for approvals …
LONDON-Swisscom Mobile announced it will use several wireless network and service performance software solutions from Actix, including Actix’ Infrastructure Verification Solution (IVS) for its GPRS networks, Actix’ Rollout Verification Solution …
CAMBRIDGE, England-SavaJe Technologies Inc. said it has licensed ARM i3D graphics client in collaboration with Superscape plc for 2.5G and third-generation wireless devices. “Through our close cooperation with Superscape, we …
TORONTO-Canadian wireless operator Rogers AT&T Wireless Inc. introduced its “No Worries Starter Service” that it said provides new customers with three months of local calling to establish normal usage patterns …
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported that chief financial officer John Thompson would transition into a new position of vice president of strategic initiatives in order to spend more time with …
