TOKYO-Dentsu, the largest advertising company in Japan, is going to launch an advertising business targeting mobile terminals in China. In cooperation with JCD, a Tokyo-based information technology (IT) venture, Dentsu …
OSLO, Norway-Mobile operator Orange may appeal the ruling by Swedish national telecom regulator PTS, which rejected any changes to the conditions of its third-generation (3G) license. Orange asked for a …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an attempt to reduce its crippling debt mountain of 70 billion euro (US$67.9 billion), France T
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Christian Nicolai, Chilean under-secretary for telecommunications, said this year the investments in the telecommunications sector will fall 40 percent in comparison to last year to around US$600 million, …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Argentine government announced that before the end of the year it will deliver radio spectrum frequencies to 180 companies that will provide telecommunications services. The companies had …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has ordered the incumbent network operator Nigerian Telecommunications (Nitel) to interconnect its mobile network with that of MTN Nigeria Limited and Econet Wireless …
MELBOURNE, Australia-The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) has registered a new industry code aimed at improving “consultation by telecommunications carriers when they are planning and installing new facilities, such as mobile …
BEIJING-In an interview with China Central Television (CCTV), Minister of Information Industry (MII) Wu Jichuan said it is not the right time for China to introduce more mobile-phone licenses. “It …
TORONTO-Rogers Wireless Communications reported its fourth consecutive quarter of double-digit operating profit, with a 31-percent increase to C$158.2 million (US$100.6 million) from C$123.8 million (US$78.8 million) a year earlier. The …
NEW DELHI, India-Dialog GSM, a leading mobile operator in Sri Lanka, recently launched multimedia messaging service (MMS) on a pre-commercial trial basis. In partnership with OmniBiz, the Dialog GSM network …
BEIJING-In China’s biggest corporate debt sale, China Mobile issued 8 billion yuan (US$968 million) worth of fixed-rate bonds, divided into a 5 billion yuan (US$605 million) 15-year tranche and a …
TOKYO-The Japanese wireless local area network (WLAN) service market is expected be 71.9 billion yen (US$575 million) by 2006, nearly four times as much as the market in 2001, according …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-A new black-owned subsidiary of Sebros Telecoms Solutions, called E’Voucher, has announced it will launch a prepaid recharge service for the GSM platform in South Africa. Lesego Mosupye, …
HELSINKI, Finland-Jorma Ollila, chairman of Helsinki-based Nokia, has questioned the ability or willingness of mobile telecom companies to strengthen their European operations through strategic mergers and takeovers aimed at market …
LAS VEGAS-Wavecom SA announced it will launch two new dual-band wireless modules by the end of 2002 at this week’s CTIA Wireless I.T. & Internet show in Las Vegas. The …
WASHINGTON-The Senate last night passed cyber-security legislation, clearing the way for final approval by the House after Congress returns for a lame duck session later next month. The measure, crafted …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has developed a solution with Insignia’s Mobile Foundation that can allow complete Java 2 Micro edition to be downloaded over the air to BREW-enabled handsets. …
NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. posted huge gains during the third quarter, earning $593 million, compared with $181 million a year ago, and net income per share of 13 cents, up from …
PITTSBURGH-Akustica Inc., which has patented acoustic MEMS technology, has raised $2.25 million in Series A financing from Chamberlain Investments. Akustica was founded by the former director of the Carnegie Mellon …
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.-Starfish Software said LapLink will offer Starfish’s TrueSync Plus for PDAs and Mobile Phones to its end users and enterprise customers. The software provides data synchronization between PDAs, …
