BEIJING-China’s two mobile carriers, China Mobile and China Unicom, are resisting competitive pressure from fixed-line operators China Netcom’s and China Telecom’s aggressive promotion of a wireless local loop (WLL) system …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having launched its first W-CDMA handset in Cannes last month, Sony Ericsson is trying to convince Hutchison that it does have a medium-term third-generation (3G) cell-phone strategy in …
SURABAYA, Indonesia—Singapore mobile operator StarHub joined 5G and Bluengine to form Singapore’s first marketing partnership initiative for wireless broadband. This Wi-Fi initiative aims to develop a convenient and uniform roaming …
ATLANTA, United States—BellSouth signed an agreement to sell its stake in Brazilian cellular provider BSE, also known as BCP Nordeste, to América Móvil subsidiary Telecom Américas for an undisclosed amount. …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having decided to abandon its third-generation (3G) plans and write down to zero its license and network investment, Germany’s MobilCom is reported to be considering bids from KPN …
TOKYO-KDDI on Wednesday announced it would reduce the communications fee from a fixed-line telephone to a mobile phone by 25 percent starting 21 April. Due to the price cut, the …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Peruvian cellular market grew 25 percent during 2002, reaching 2.12 million customers. Telef
NEW DELHI, India-The Egypt-based Orascom Telecom announced an investment of US$130 million in its Pakistan-based subsidiary Mobilink GSM for service expansion during the current year. The company will spend nearly …
TOKYO-Rakuten, the largest virtual marketplace operator in Japan, on Tuesday opened its renewed mobile-phone site, which carries a total of 5,000 virtual stores and 1.3 million items available for purchase. …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday proposed fining T-Mobile USA US$1.25 million for not providing wireless enhanced 911 (E911) Phase I within six months of a request. The fine …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson said it was awarded an order from Sri Lankan operator Mobitel as the sole supplier of a GSM 1800 MHz network. Mobitel is migrating its TDMA network to …
MUNICH, Germany-German company Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) announced a deal whereby it will swap its interest in NamITech subsidiary Integrated Card Technology, a South African smart card supplier, for a …
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. said it has revised securities purchase agreements with Digital Radio and Craig McCaw that will result in both parties possibly leaving the carrier’s board of directors …
IRVING, Texas-Mitsumi Electronics Corp. announced it is now shipping its new Bluetooth-enabled Class 1 and Class 2 USB adapters that easily integrate into USB capable PCs. Mitsumi said it plans …
WASHINGTON-The wireless data arm of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association said it plans to expand its focus to include the rapidly growing content creation community, and that content companies …
HUNTINGTON, N.Y.-CirckaMedia Inc. has released a Web service application programming interface for management of promotions and campaigns delivered to desktop computers and mobile communications devices. The CirckaAPI defines how developers …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. has settled all lawsuits filed by Chase Manhattan Bank relating to Iridium L.L.C., the satellite communications company Motorola created in 1998. Motorola will pay Chase Manhattan and …
MONTREAL, Quebec-AVESTOR and Valere Power have agreed to co-market AVESTOR’s SE 48S70 Lithium-Metal-Polymer (LMP) battery with Valere’s Compact DC Power System for use in telecommunications applications. The companies also plan …
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-NowSpeed Inc. said it has added more than 2,000 licensed users of its NowSpeed Mobile Office software, which enables mobile access to corporate applications from the Web and mobile …
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. signed an agreement to sell its stake in Brazilian cellular provider BSE, also known as BCP Nordeste, to America Movil subsidiary Telecom Americas for an undisclosed amount. The …
