HELSINKI, Finland-Tele2, the Stockholm, Sweden-based pan-European telecom company, has surprised market analysts by reporting an operating profit of 1.5 billion Swedish kronors (US$182.7 million) on operating revenue of 31.28 billion …
SURABAYA, Indonesia-The three Singaporean mobile carriers confirmed they are on track to launch third-generation (3G) services before the deadline set by the country’s regulator Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) at the …
OSLO, Norway-Norway’s Ministry of Transport and Communication made a surprising intervention Thursday, halting a Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority (PT) ruling granting sub-operators cheap access to Telenor’s short message service …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Nigerian mobile and fixed-line operator Globacom said it estimates its GSM network will cover 74 cities across the country within six months of launch. A Globacom spokesman said …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The finalized fusion of Celcaribe and Comcel was announced 13 February, after the acquisition in December last year of the Colombian Atlantic coast operator Celcaribe from Millicom International …
TOKYO-NEC Mobiling, an NEC Group company, announced it will launch a printing service for photos taken by mobile phones. It will be a mobile-phone version of the once-popular print club. …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator MTN Nigeria announced it has broken the 1 million subscriber barrier, the first network operator in the country to achieve this. In addition, the company …
BEIJING-China could produce close to one-third of all handsets manufactured in the world this year, according to Shao Chunguang of the China Center for Information Industry Development (CCID), who was …
TOKYO-Index, a leading Japanese mobile content service provider, won a total of 2 million yen (US$16,600) in funds from Dentsu and NEC, the firm announced. Index issued 1,140 new shares …
BEIJING-China Unicom plans to expand its CDMA network capacity to 40 million by year-end and add 13 million new subscribers to its existing base of 7 million CDMA users. The …
BANGALORE, India-Subex Systems, an Indian software company, said it won a contract from mobile operator Ikatel in Mali to deploy its fraud management software. Ikatel is a recent new entrant …
LISBON, Portugal-Information systems consultant WeDo Consulting will launch a new Events Control module, part of its Revenue Assurance Integrity Driller (RAID) product, at the upcoming 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, …
CANNES, France-Mobix Interactive will demonstrate its solution for real-time wireless delivery of video content at the 3GSM World Congress taking place next week in Cannes, France. Mobix Interactive is a …
LONDON-Orange SA has chosen Solomon Trujillo to lead the company as chief executive officer, replacing Jean Francois Pontal who resigned in December.Trujillo, who has been a member of the board …
WASHINGTON-Commerce Secretary Don Evans today announced major technology reorganization, a shift that would combine the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the Technology Administration and the International Trade Administration into one …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Application processor company NeoMagic Corp. said it will offer a reference design kit the company said will allow manufacturers to easily and quickly build a smart phone using …
OSLO, Norway-IBM Corp. said it will use software from Trolltech to offer a reference design for building Linux-based mobile devices. “With an increasingly mobile work force, corporations are looking into …
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its Multimedia Messaging Service allowing customers to combine pictures, text, animations and sounds into a single messaging service. The carrier said MMS messages can …
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its ‘A+’ corporate credit rating on Verizon Communications Inc. and revised its outlook on the telecommunications company and its related entities from negative …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. launched its Manitoba PXA800F chipset for GSM/GPRS devices that the company claimed provides “wireless-Internet-on-a-chip” functionality and was the first to combine key components for cellular phones …
