MADRID, Spain-According to their newly reached “amicable agreement,” Quam will pay E-Plus approximately $154 million before the end of December 2002 as compensation for the termination of all existing business …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it will be the first U.S. operator to introduce Kyocera Wireless Corp.’s 7135 smartphone on its network this week bolstering its handset lineup in time …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. signed an agreement with Northcoast Communications L.L.C. Thursday to purchase 50 personal communications services licenses and related network assets covering more than 47 million potential customers …
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, United States-Alltel Corp. said it will be the first U.S. operator to introduce Kyocera Wireless Corp.’s 7135 smart phone on its network this week bolstering its handset …
LONDON-Orascom Tunisia, the country’s second mobile operator, is due to begin commercial operations next week. This will bring it into competition with state-owned Tunisia Telecoms. The company is a joint …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-WatchMark Corp., which provides service assurance software for current and future wireless networks, reported a successful fiscal year with double-digit revenue growth over last year. “We are very pleased …
DUBLIN, Calif.-Sybase Inc., which makes software that integrates businesses’ platforms, databases and applications, announced it will acquire wireless enterprise company AvantGo Inc. in a $38 million cash merger. The deal …
WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. reported a strong quarter with results in-line with the company’s projections, as well as increased sales of its BlackBerry wireless e-mail device. The company’s stock …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said the FCC has amended the terms of its Auction Discount Voucher (ADV), to allow Qualcomm to use the remaining $114 million of its ADV to satisfy …
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Electronics giant Royal Philips Electronics announced it will acquire Systemonic, which makes silicon products for wireless local area networks, a move Philips said will help the company add …
GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. has acquired Resonext Communications Inc., which provides integrated CMOS WLAN solutions for 802.11 and multiband platforms, building on RFMD’s 802.11 portfolio. “We believe our combined …
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association on Dec. 17 urged the Federal Communications Commission to either auction off spectrum in the 2 GHz band currently set aside for mobile satellite …
NEW YORK-TCP Communications Inc. has received $10 million in equity commitments from private equity group Catalyst Investor L.P., which it plans to use to acquire and construct wireless communications towers …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it has sold more than 4 million i-shot handsets, just six months after i-shot service, which allows subscribers to transmit images from camera phones to e-mail …
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. has completed the mandatory conversion of its 5-percent senior subordinated convertible notes, converting shares of CellStar common stock at a ratio of 200 shares for each $1,000 …
RESTON, Va.-Grayson Wireless said its Geometrix 911 wireless caller location system now supports wireless networks that use 1xRTT technology. According to Grayson, Geometrix is the only commercially available network overlay …
NEW DELHI, India-Korean giant LG Electronics launched its CDMA handsets in the Indian market on Wednesday, but said the handsets will be sold through basic service providers like Reliance Infocomm …
JAKARTA, Indonesia-The recent acquisition of the Indonesian government’s 41.94-percent stake in Indosat by Singapore Technologies Telemedia (ST Telemedia) will soon change the atmosphere of the country’s mobile business. Both ST …
HELSINKI, Finland-The Moscow-based Sistema Joint Stock Financial Corporation (Sistema) has approached several leading Finnish telecom companies and venture capital houses in search of Western technical expertise and funds to conduct …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator MTN Uganda announced it has invested more than US$4 million in a major network upgrade. Philip Besiimire, MTN’s public relations officer, said the upgrade is …
