MANILA, The Philippines-Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has approved a 25-year franchise application of Gokongwei-owned Digital Telecommunications (Digitel) to operate a cellular phone firm. To be operated by Digitel Mobile Philippines, …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is requesting comments on the plan submitted on Christmas Eve by the private-wireless and public-safety communities and Nextel Communications Inc. to solve the public-safety interference problem …
NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. reported Jerri DeVard will join the company as senior vice president for brand management and marketing communications beginning Jan. 6. Verizon said DeVard will be responsible …
FORT WORTH, Texas-Citing weaker than expected sales and gross margins of Sprint PCS products and services in its retail outlets, RadioShack Corp. reduced its earnings per share forecast for the …
ATLANTA-EMS Technologies Inc. said it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Sweden-based Allgon AB on technology used in base station antenna products. The lawsuit, pending in the U.S. District Court …
NEW YORK-A law firm, Stull, Stull and Brody, said it filed a class-action lawsuit against wireless vendor Motorola for misleading its common stock purchasers between February 2000 and 14 May, …
NEW YORK-A law firm, Stull, Stull and Brody, said it filed a class action suit against wireless vendor Motorola Inc. for misleading its common stock purchasers between February 2000 and …
HELSINKI, Finland-Handset makers enjoyed a bit of good news to begin 2003 with reports that Finland saw record sales of mobile phones in December 2002. Wholesale deliveries of mobile phones …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has settled a breach-of-contract claim with its former head of North American sales, who said the company’s sales strategy was too aggressive. Both …
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-Tiger Telematics Inc. said the first phase in the restructuring of its European business is complete, which the company said will help make its business more efficient. “This restructure …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-FutureDial Inc. announced its line of add-on cables and software programs for advanced mobile phones will be sold in more than 220 CompUSA stores in 40 states. The company …
LAS VEGAS-Stan Sigman, the new head of Cingular Wireless, will not give a keynote speech during the Consumer Electronics Show, an appearance originally slated for Cingular’s former President and CEO …
LONDON-British Telecommunications plc said it will sell its nearly 21-percent interest in Hong Kong’s SmarTone for $132 million to Sun Hung Kai. The U.K.-based operator said the sale is part …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-The booming market in premium rate short message service (SMS) looks likely to be hit by new regulations if proposals from the Icstis regulatory trade body are accepted. …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-As part of the restructuring of its US$867 million debt, Telef
BEIJING-China’s home-bred technology, TD-SCDMA, will not be available until 2004 and continued testing will hold off licenses to fixed-line operators, according to Li Shihe, chief technology officer at Datang Mobile …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-The upsurge in requests from U.K. police for information regarding suspects’ cell-phone calls has forced operators to impose a charge for each request, according to operators. The firms …
NEW DELHI, India-Indian cellular companies on Thursday slashed mobile-to-mobile national long-distance tariffs by nearly one-third, in an obvious response to low tariff rates announced by Reliance, a leading limited mobility …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentian-Am
TOKYO-Sony Communication Network (SCN), a subsidiary of Sony Corporation, is going to launch PHS packet services and wireless local area network (WLAN) services in February, the firm announced. According to …
