FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Echoing comments from many sectors of the industry, research firm IDC concludes that the market for wireless gaming “is emerging as a viable long-term opportunity for game developers and …
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. and Voyager Systems Inc. introduced a suite of secure wireless data applications designed to enable law enforcement officers and other authorized personnel to search federal, state …
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Motorola Inc. has expanded its agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co. to help simplify the fault, performance and configuration management in the operations support system for carriers. The solution for …
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced an online billing option for its customers through the carrier’s Web site eliminating the need for customers to receive a paper bill through the …
ALLENTOWN, Pa.—Agere Systems said it has unveiled a wireless platform that will shave software costs by as much as $25 million and offer services that are 24 times more reliable …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having launched its revamped data services in an expensive blaze of publicity, Vodafone is now coming under the spotlight of City of London financial analysts as to the …
DUBLIN, Ireland-Having returned T-Mobile to a pre-eminent position in the German mobile sector, Kai-Uwe Ricke has been handed the much greater challenge of reviving the fortunes of Deutsche Telekom as …
TOKYO-Radio waves from cellular phones do not deteriorate human beings’ memory functions, the Telecom Ministry of Japan announced 12 November. Based on its own experiment with rats, the ministry concluded …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-A year after going live, South African network operator Cell C announced it has managed to acquire 1 million subscribers on its network. The operator has also constructed …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Last week, a day before the personal communications services (PCS) auction in Ecuador was due to take place, a civil judge in Guayaquil accepted a protection document presented …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator Celtel Uganda announced an initiative to double the company’s network coverage across the country. Lars Andersen, managing director of Celtel Uganda, said the firm would …
BEIJING-Managing Director Shinichi Okamoto of Matsushita’s mobile-phone department in China told the China Daily Business Weekly his company is aiming for a 25-percent share of China’s handset market by 2005 …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, and Oracle announced the firms jointly developed an interactive intranet information system that lets personal digital assistant (PDA) users access their company’s …
BEIJING-Wang Xudong, the newly appointed Communist Party secretary of the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) and former secretary of Hebei Province, was elected 14 November to the party’s central committee. …
BELLEVUE, Washington, United States-T-Mobile USA reported a company-record 869,000 net customer additions for the third quarter comprised of more than 1 million net contract customer additions and a loss of …
SEOUL, South Korea-SK Telecom announced its long-awaited share swap with rival Korea Telecom. The companies will exchange more than 29.8 million KT shares, a 9.64 percent stake, held by SK …
WASHINGTON-The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday adopted a 10-point broadband policy, including an emphasis on “comprehensive spectrum-management strategy.” “Our policy encourages the federal government to make it easier for …
WASHINGTON-White House cybersecurity czar Richard Clarke said today industry unity could help win funding for wireless priority access service implementation and that security remains a big problem with wireless local …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Advanced Micro Devices said it plans to lay off 2,000 workers, amounting to 15 percent of its staff. The company has notified 1,000 workers. “As part of our ongoing …
