PARIS-France Telecom and MobilCom will terminate their agreements concerning UMTS development in Germany. France Telecom and MobilCom have agreed to follow the MobilCom rescue plan set forth by the German …
WATERLOO, Ontario-BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. lost a patent claim against NTP Inc., and could pay damages of $23 million. RIM said it would challenge the court’s decision. The …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-FastMobile announced it scored $4 million in first-round funding, enough to pay for the launch of its wireless instant messaging service in the United Kingdom and South Korea. Leo …
NEW YORK-American Tower Corp.’s stock has been upgraded to “Strong Buy” by Raymond James & Associates Inc. in anticipation of several financial actions expected to occur by early 2003. American …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. signed an agreement to purchase Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.’s 66 percent general partner interest in the Virginia 10 RSA L.P., which is currently held by Shentel’s Shenandoah …
CARY, N.C.-Following its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing earlier this month, SpectraSite Holdings Inc. has been notified it will be delisted from the Nasdaq Small Cap Market, effective Nov. 26, 2002. …
MIAMI-Selby Communications announced at last week’s Tower Summit & Trade Show that it has secured contracts valued at $30 million with Orascom Telecom, an African and Asian GSM operator. Selby …
NEW YORK-Proxim Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., has made commercially available its ORiNOCO AP-2500, which it designed as a Wi-Fi option for large businesses that want to provide guest access and for …
OSLO, Norway-Despite growing speculation that owner France T
MANILA, The Philippines-Digital Telecommunications (Digitel) expects to launch its cellular service business by the end of the month, according to the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), the Philippines’ telecom watchdog. NTC’s …
DUBLIN, Ireland-Independent News and Media has strengthened its retail distribution presence through the acquisition of U.K. mobile services group M4. The deal was concluded through the company’s wireless application service …
KISHINEV, Moldova-Biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) failed to win a place in the wireless market of Moldova as its major shareholder, Sistema Financial Corporation, and the Moldovan government disagreed …
PLANO, Texas-Describing the product as the first chip that integrates CDMA and wireless local area network solutions in a single device, SyChip said Cyberbank Corp. has integrated the SyChip WLAN6060EB …
CARACAS, Venezuela-Lucent Technologies Inc. says carrier Movilnet has launched its cdma2000 1x voice and data network using its equipment, software and services. “Movilnet’s subscribers will be able to access the …
NEW YORK-The Liberty Alliance Project has released for public review on its Web site at www.projectliberty.org a draft of specifications for an open, interoperable standard for federated network identity for …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-As calls grow for the large-scale consolidation of European-based cell-phone operators, at the top of many financial analysts’ list is U.K.-based MmO2. While the company recently announced better-than-expected …
NEW DELHI, India-The Indian government’s plan to set up a “super regulator” along the lines of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) got a boost, with the Parliament’s Standing Committee …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Namibian mobile telephony market is expected to witness the entrance of a second operator within 12 months. Gabes Shihepo, deputy information minister, said in a speech the …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an attempt to bring some order into the chaotic and extended fight over mobile payment standards, the European Union (EU) has stepped in and said it will …
