NEW YORK-Intel Corp and five other wireless chip makers suffered downgrades from Merrill Lynch to sell from neutral. The other companies include Analog Devices Inc., Applied Micro Circuits Corp., Conexant …
DUSSELDORF, Germany-Embattled German telecom company MobilCom has narrowly avoided bankruptcy, with Gerhard Schmid, its former chief executive, finally reaching an agreement for the transfer of his stake in the company. …
NEW YORK-A day before the scheduled presentation of its bankruptcy reorganization plan to a federal court Nov. 15, XO Communications Inc. reported third-quarter losses of $695.2 million, or $1.57 per …
NEW YORK-LG InfoComm U.S.A. Inc. expects its two new tri-mode phones to appear on shelves at Verizon Wireless Inc. stores in December, bringing to 10 the total of new handsets …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having failed to attract European third-generation (3G) license holders to use its alternative cdma2000 technology, Qualcomm now appears to have revised its strategy and is looking to tempt …
TOKYO-Total mobile handset shipments in Japan in September dropped by 38.8 percent on the year to 2.85 million units, according to a survey compiled by Japan Electronics and Information Technology …
MADRID, Spain-The Spanish government may be considering easing the terms of the country’s third-generation (3G) licenses, but it appears that even this move may not be enough to help one …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Chile, Argentina and Puerto Rico top a ranking of competition in the telecommunication sector of Latin America in a survey carried out by consultancy firm Pyramid Research. The …
NEW YORK-Wireless application company SmartServ Online Inc. announced it will offer a daily news briefing for wireless users from BusinessWeek Online, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies.SmartServ said it …
SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Boingo Wireless said it has introduced what it described as the first full-featured WiFi application for Pocket PC 2002. It can be downloaded from Boingo’s Web site, which …
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 …
