JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Kenyan mobile network operator Safaricom has reported that its subscribers will be able to receive text message updates on political developments during the countdown to the upcoming general …
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom has opened a representative office in China, the largest single market in its largest region. The new office is in the Zhongguancun district of Beijing, known as a …
CUPERTINO, Calif.-Portal Software Inc. said Poland-based Polkomtel S.A. has launched multimedia messaging service using Infranet, Portal’s convergent billing solution. “Mobile operators are finding that the key to profitability for GPRS …
PARIS-IT services firm Atos Origin and speech technology company Telisma have partnered to market speech recognition products to businesses and telecommunications firms. According to their agreement, Atos Origin will use, …
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services cut its corporate credit ratings on Sprint PCS affiliate Horizon PCS Inc. citing concern over limited headroom against execution risks under recently revised bank …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Canadian wireless operator Telus Mobility and SmartServ Online Inc. launched Forbes.com Wireless as part of Telus’ Wireless Web Premium Services providing subscribers with access to real-time Canadian and …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. and Re-route Corp. said they have begun migrating current Verizon Wireless Mobile Web customers to its Mobile Web by VZW with MSN service offering that was …
BEIJING-AudioCodes Ltd. said it has unveiled a new mid-sized wireless gateway to address the cost, feature and fault tolerance requirement of both service providers for small to medium cellular switching …
FREMONT, Calif.-Voice-enabled solutions provider NeoSpeech is teaming with speech technology company Conversay to offer next-generation text-to-speech solutions. The companies will combine NeoSpeech’s VoiceText technology with Conversay’s Distributed Speech Recognition architecture …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Siemens Telecommunications recently announced it has been awarded a 1 million Euro contract to supply South Africa’s mobile service provider, Vodacom, with the infrastructure and applications for its …
TORONTO-Bell Canada announced its official entry into the wireless local area network (WLAN) market, through partnerships with U.S.-based Cisco Systems and Symbol Technologies . Using the 802.11b or Wi-Fi standard, …
NEW DELHI, India-United Telecom Limited (UTL), an Indo-Nepalese joint venture, will offer basic services using wireless local loop in the Himalayan kingdom. The company has deposited US$1.3 million as a …
MANILA, The Philippines-The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is set to issue next month new regulations cracking down on providers and distributors of prepaid cards for mobile phones suspected of …
SEOUL, South Korea-The Korea Communications Commission banned the country’s three mobile-phone carriers, SK Telecom, KTF and LG Telecom, from accepting new subscribers for up to 30 days, according to the …
The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), formed in June 2002, will either greatly help or hinder the future of wireless industry, according to a new study from the Shosteck Group. According …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed a $400 million contract to supply wideband CDMA equipment to Taiwanese operator CHT. “The Nokia WCDMA 3G solution will enable CHT’s 7.3 million customers to enjoy …
HELSINKI, Finland-In a three-year contract, Nokia Corp. said it would supply Orange Switzerland with a multimedia messaging service solution, which will begin to launch in October, 2002. Nokia will also …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada and STAMFORD, Conn.-Telus Mobility and SmartServ Online Inc. launched Forbes.com Wireless Powered by SmartServ giving Telus consumers the ability to access real-time Canadian and U.S. stock-market …
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC says it has won the patent lawsuit against PCI Technologies and will receive monetary payment, while PCI will discontinue its Maxnet line of radio-frequency modules. The disputed RF modules …
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has been selected by Operator Vesper as the sole to supplier of cdma2000 1xEV-DO networks in 17 states in the southeastern and northern …
