BEIJING-China Netcom and China Telecom, China’s main fixed-line operators, are considering building wireless local loop (WLL) services based on the CDMA standard, but mobile operator China Unicom is expected to …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Court of New York accepted Impsat’s restructuring plan, which includes the reduction of its US$990 million debt to US$270 million, the passing of the company to its …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The nation’s 18th largest law firm will be the first to use Good Technology Inc.’s new G100 wireless e-mail devices, and will equip more than 1,200 employees with the …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. chief technology officer Rod Nelson was elected chariman of the board of governors for the 3G Americas industry organization, succeeding Cingular Wireless L.L.C. CTO Bill …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Software company Atsonic L.L.C. announced a new wireless service to deliver live video of traffic updates and travel times information to mobile phones and personal digital assistants. The company’s …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies released a new chip the company said will work as a smart antenna for CDMA networks, doubling the networks’ capacity for voice and data traffic. The …
SAN DIEGO-Mobile phone maker Kyocera Wireless Corp. will use software from Roxio Inc. to allow users of its forthcoming 7135 smart phone to edit and change images on their device. …
BANGALORE-Motorola will expand Bharat Sandhar Nigam Ltd.’s (BSNL) cellular network in southern India according to a newly signed deal worth $33 million. According to their agreement, Motorola will install a …
BEIJING-Motorola is aggressively promoting its Innovative Convergence platform to local Chinese handset makers. The platform integrates mobile-phone chips with application development systems, enabling handset makers to shorten their production cycles …
DUBLIN, Ireland-A report in one of the United Kingdom’s leading tabloid newspapers suggested the Competition Commission has reached a decision on the fairness or otherwise of mobile call costs in …
DUBLIN, Ireland-As the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the awarding of the second GSM license in Ireland continues, those who advised the government at the time have been trying to …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The two major cell-phone operators in Colombia, which operate on TDMA technology, announced they are migrating their networks to different technologies. In the case of BellSouth, the company …
BEIJING-Reclusive North Korea has decided to build a GSM network, initially in an area 48 kilometers around the capital Pyongyang and to be expanded to cover the whole country by …
TOKYO-Sharp, a leading vendor in Japan, launched an experiment for mobile voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) using Sharp’s popular personal digital assistant (PDA) Zaurus on 18 December. Mobile IP is …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator Econet Wireless Zimbabwe announced it has commissioned a new switching center with capacity to carry 100,000 additional subscribers. Douglas Mboweni, Econet chief executive, said the …
MANILA, The Philippines-The Chairman of the House committee on transportation and communications of the Philippine Congress is reported to have said he will block any move to impose taxes on …
BEIJING-Agilent Technologies has opened a research and development center in Beijing focused on developing software tools for designing third-generation (3G) devices and components. This includes testing solutions for China’s own …
BEIJING-Nine CDMA operators attended the CDMA Operators Summit 2002 hosted by China United Telecommunications, parent of New York-listed China Unicom. Vice President Wang Jianzhou called on the operators to increase …
TOKYO-Sega on Tuesday announced it would supply gaming software to FarEasTone in Taiwan and SmarTone in Hong Kong. Both Asian telecom companies launched game content distribution services on 16 December. …
TOKYO-Hudson, a leading game software provider in Japan, announced it launched a new voice message service for NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode service. When a user of the i-mode service sends an …
