TORONTO-Canadian carrier Bell Mobility announced it will begin offering basic location-based services through its new MyFinder application and that it plans to expand the service with additional features. The service …
SAN FRANCISCO-Two new reports peg wireless messaging as an important and growing application, one that could contribute significant revenues to the wireless market. According to a new study from Telephia …
ASTANA, Kazakhstan-Leading Kazakh carrier GSM Kazakhstan said the Finnish Sonera has granted it a US$55 million loan for further development in 2003 and the introduction of new technologies, such as …
TOKYO-Hitachi Ltd. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. will merge most of their semiconductor operations April 1 into a new company, Renesas Technology Corp., whose goal is to turn on profit its …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson said it scored a deal to supply PT Telkomunikasi Indonesia in Bali with CDMA 1xRTT gear. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Separately, Ericsson said it will …
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Reliance Infocom selected Comverse to enable prepaid and voice mail services for its cdma2000 wireless local loop wireless communications network in India. The system initially will support 900,000 subscribers.
BALA CYNWYD, Pa.-Rural Cellular Corp. is being sued by the law firm of Schiffrin & Barroway in a shareholder class action lawsuit. “The complaint charges Rural Cellular Corp. and certain …
RESTON, Va.—Daniel Akerson, chairman and chief executive officer of XO Communications Inc., will quit the company following the completion of XO’s financial restructuring. The company will move into the hands …
TORONTO-Microcell Telecommunications Inc. said its secured lenders have agreed on the terms of a recapitalization plan for the struggling company. Microcell missed a US$29.3 million interest payment that was due …
MUMBAI-Reliance Infocom announced it launched limited mobility telecom service in 673 towns and cities across India with three schemes including a three-year Dhirubhai Ambani pioneer offer at US$62.50 (Rs 3000). …
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Kenneth Jaeggi, the senior vice president and chief financial officer for Symbol Technologies Inc., resigned from the company. William Nuti, the company’s president and chief operating officer, will take …
NEW YORK-Following an unsuccessful court challenge by some bondholders, Denver-based Qwest Communications International Inc. reduced its outstanding debt by $1.9 billion to $22.6 billion through an exchange offer. Qwest offered …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics launched its new fisio 825 and 625 mobile phones, which use technology from Cellon International. “Our partnership with Philips represents a case study for the …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc., which provides wireless applications and software in addition to its Internet software business, announced it fired Naveen Jain, the company’s former chairman and chief executive officer, and …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Microsoft Corp. purchased reference design software from Intrinsyc Software Inc., a product the companies said will help original design manufacturers to create devices based on Microsoft’s range of …
LEXINGTON, Mass.-ThinkingBytes Technology announced it changed its name to Adesso Systems, which means “now” in Italian and said it will continue to work to extend corporate information to mobile devices. …
NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will delay and scale back the planned rollout of its W-CDMA network, pushing back the date by six months to December 2004 and …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS announced it will begin selling Samsung Telecommunications America’s new SPH-i330 personal digital assistant/mobile phone device. The device is much like the Samsung SPH-i300, but includes support …
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Corp. has lowered to CCC from B-minus the speculative-grade ratings on approximately $860 million in outstanding debt issued by Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc., based …
NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service has lowered the speculative-grade ratings of the $962 million in outstanding Millicom International Cellular S.A. debt to Caa3 and assigned a negative outlook to the company. …
