CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar-GPS satellite technology, which enables location and navigation products for civilians and military alike, plays an important part in the war in Iraq-most notable is its role …
RICHARDSON, Texas-InnerWireless and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced they have enhanced wireless coverage in the Los Cerritos Center shopping center in southern California with InnerWireless’ InnerMobile in-building system. “By providing …
BOCA RATON, Fla.-With its stock still floating above $1 following last week’s announcement of its pending tower sale, SBA Communications Corp. has reported its fourth-quarter and year-end 2003 results. For …
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom SA will integrate wireless technology into on-board terminals designed by Grundig AG’s Car Intermedia System business unit for use in trucks in Germany’s Toll Collect system. Toll Collect …
TUNIS, Tunisia-Tunisia has delayed its VSAT license tender due to the war in Iraq. Presentation meetings originally planned for today and Monday have been cancelled. The date for submission of …
SHANGHAI, China-A short message service (SMS) advertising campaign in China garnered 200,000 messages from consumers during a 30-day period. Coke launched an SMS-based “Coke Light-Lemon Flavor” promotion in Shanghai in …
BUCHAREST, Romania-Kuwaiti GSM operator Wataniya Telecom announced this week it has joined the bid for Bahrain’s second mobile telecommunications license, while preparing for a traffic increase. According to Andrei Torriani, …
NEW YORK-Declining real estate values in Silicon Valley, restructuring associated with layoffs and decreases in units shipped caused Palm Inc., the leading vendor of handheld computers, to report a drop …
SINGAPORE-Five Asian operators have announced a Wi-Fi initiative called the Wireless Broadband Alliance. The companies, Korea Telecom, China Netcom, Maxis from Malaysia, Singapore’s StarHub and Australian-based Telstra signed a memorandum …
SHANGHAI, China-A short message service (SMS) advertising campaign in China garnered 200,000 messages from consumers during a 30-day period. Coke launched an SMS-based “Coke Light-Lemon Flavor” promotion in Shanghai in …
NEW ORLEANS-Bill Gates made several announcements about Microsoft’s .NET Compact Framework at this week’s Mobility Developer Conference. Gates said the framework will allow smart devices to access Web services and …
NEW ORLEANS-Wireless industry leaders have agreed to implement universal short codes, and wireless users could see cross-carrier short code applications within the next few months. The board of directors for …
PARIS-Orange announced Friday it will sell its 26.6-percent stake in Italian operator Wind to Enel for $1.37 billion plus a $210 million shareholders’ loan to be repaid to Orange. The …
SAN DIEGO-EWI Prepaid and VeriFone have entered a marketing alliance under which EWI will integrate its patented PinXpress technology into VeriFone’s point-of-sale terminals throughout Latin America. The solution will allow …
OSLO, Norway-Norwegian operator Teletopia made the surprise announcement that it would be using its GSM 1800 MHz license to develop Norway’s third independent GSM service. The network, dubbed T3, will …
WASHINGTON-The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation is slated to hold a hearing this week in the class-action lawsuits against the mobile-phone industry regarding whether phones comply with the 911 strongest-signal …
BEIJING-China Mobile (Hong Kong), the listed arm of mobile carrier China Mobile Communications is to pay its first dividend since listing on the Hong Kong stock market in October 1997. …
SURABAYA, Indonesia-The Mega Asia consortium won a contract for building 700,000 CDMA-based wireless local loop (WLL) lines in Indonesia under a revenue-sharing scheme with Indosat, the WLL operator. Bakrie, an …
TOKYO-DDI Pocket, the largest PHS service provider in Japan, will launch international roaming services with Taiwan PHS provider FITEL. DDI Pocket announced. Users of the DDI Pocket PHS service will …
NEW ORLEANS-Royal Philips Electronics and LogicaCMG announced an agreement to jointly supply multimedia messaging technology to mobile operators. The original equipment manufacturer umbrella agreement calls for the integration of Philips’ …
