DUBLIN, Ireland—Following on from the Ukrainian parliament’s decision to override the veto of the president on a bill legitimizing calling party pays (CPP) (see Ukraine overrides CPP bill veto ), …
MANILA, The Philippines-Filipinos are considered the most romantic “texters” in the Southeast Asia region, according to a recent survey commissioned by handset manufacturer Siemens. Conducted by Asia Market Intelligence, the …
MOSCOW-The Arabic Thuraya satellite communications company said it is ready to launch a free service in Russia in March. The service will be free because Thuraya has not yet agreed …
DUBLIN, Ireland-Dublin has become the first city in the world to allow motorists to pay for parking via parking meters through their mobile phones. Systems introduced in other cities have …
SINGAPORE-Singapore operator MobileOne (M1) said it has launched General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) roaming with China Mobile, the largest operator in China. The new offering will allow subscribers of the …
SAN DIEGO, United States-Qualcomm increased its wireless footprint with announcements in China and Japan. In China, the CDMA proprietor signed a joint venture with China Unicom to foster the development …
SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. scored a deal to make a specialized device to be used in the upcoming “The Matrix: Reloaded” movie due out in May, although the …
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-In a recent survey of 450 active mobile-phone users nationwide, 72 percent of respondents said they would take and place more calls in noisy environments if voice and sound …
WASHINGTON-InPhonic said it will create and provide the Palm Tungsten Activation Service, a self-service customer activation process combining online and call center support for buyers of the new Palm Inc. …
FORT LEE, N.J.-California Lutheran University has deployed at its Thousand Oaks campus the ConnectSystem developed by ReefEdge Inc., Fort Lee, N.J., which is designed to guard against rogue wireless networks, …
TRENTON, N.J.-Rating agency Standard and Poor’s has removed Lucent Technologies Inc. from its credit watch list, explaining that the vendor’s cash flow has stabilized in spite of the challenges ahead. …
SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Boingo Wireless Inc. added three new hot-spot operator partners, bringing its total to 25 worldwide. The latest additions to its Wi-Fi network are Azure Wireless in Melbourne, Australia, …
NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Sprint PCS told analysts and investors at a Merrill Lynch communications conference that they expected to launch push-to-talk functions on their networks this year. …
ROHNERT PARK, Calif.-Next Level Communications Inc. said it plans to appeal a court ruling that denies its request to prevent Motorola Inc. from taking over the company. “The court’s ruling …
PORTSMOUTH, N.H.-Meetinghouse Inc., Portsmouth, N.H., has introduced its AEGIS Client for Pocket PC 2002, which it said, “supports a broad range of Extensible Authentication Protocol methods, including MDS, TLS, TTLS, …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Wireless giant Ericsson said it created an interoperability test program for instant messaging and presence services and will work with IM companies Ecrio, magic4, MessageVine, Motorola Inc., Ruksun Software …
SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Cable channel Game Show Network said it will offer game show trivia, news, programming alerts and prizes using wireless text messages, thanks to a deal with interactive TV …
MANKATO, Minn.-Rural telecommunications provider HickoryTech Corp. reported $3.7 million in wireless revenues for the fourth quarter of last year, which was a decrease from the $4 million the company reported …
BOSTON-Research firm Strategy Analytics said 18 million mobile phones were sold last year with integrated digital cameras, with Nokia Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. taking the lead in the …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. increased its wireless footprint with announcements in the United States, China and Japan. In China, the CDMA proprietor signed a joint venture with China Unicom to foster …
