BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Flarion Technologies Inc., Bedminster, N.J., has contracted with Flextronics, an outsourced manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, to produce its RadioRouter and PC card products for interoperability between wireless local area …
DALLAS- Texas Instruments Inc. said it has unveiled power interface switches that will reduce power consumption and extend battery life for notebooks, personal digital assistants and other wireless devices. “As …
TOKYO, Japan-Fujitsu Ltd. said it has begun providing base transceiver station equipment for NTT DoCoMo’s IMT-2000 third-generation mobile networks since July. “The new base station equipment uses a high-speed channel …
TOKYO-J-Phone Co. Ltd. said it will begin offering its J-Phone Online service nationwide next week, allowing customers to view and make changes to their accounts. The carrier originally offered the …
LA JOLLA, Calif.-IBM Corp. unveiled its new ViaVoice Translator, which the company said is an affordable consumer machine translation software that allows users to translate various languages using handheld computers. …
WALNUT CREEK, Calif.-Verizon Wireless Inc. expanded its Express Network service to Fresno, Bakersfield and the counties of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara, Calif. The carrier said its cdma2000 1x-based …
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. received approximately $22.2 million in cash from the sale of its equity interests in Mexican operator Pegaso Telecommunications to Spanish carrier Telefonica. Leap said it …
DALLAS-Siemens AG. said it has selected Texas Instruments to supply its system-on-chip solution for its GSM base stations. This solution supports GPRS, EDGE, GSM/EDGE Radio Network, NarrowBand-AMR and WideBand-AMR, according …
TOKYO-The Japanese government on 18 September granted J-Phone, a Vodafone company in Japan, a license for third-generation (3G) commercial service. Based on the governmental approval, J-Phone will launch its nationwide …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Adding to the worries of potential third-generation (3G) operators are announcements from the two public broadcasting organizations in Germany, ARD and ZDF, that they want to levy a …
JAKARTA, Indonesia-Telkom, Indonesia’s incumbent information and communication services carrier, has decided to divest its non-GSM subsidiaries. Currently, Telkom has five cellular subsidiaries-Telkomsel, a GSM operator; Komselindo and Mobisel, CDMA operators; …
DUBLIN, Ireland-While spam has yet to become a serious issue for its i-mode customers, KPN Mobile has made a pre-emptive strike on potential mass mailers by offering customers the option …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having operated as a fixed-line operator in Spain since early 2001, Sweden-based Tele2 has now obtained the necessary license agreements to become the country’s first mobile virtual network …
NEW DELHI, India-Idea Cellular, a leading GSM service provider in India, will shortly launch its services in Delhi using a third-generation (3G)-capable network. “We shall come into the capital with …
BEIJING-Sony Ericsson is considering applying for a CDMA handset manufacturing license in China. If a new license is unavailable, the company may team with one of the 19 handset makers …
MELBOURNE, Australia-Wi-Fi services are burgeoning in Australia with two companies announcing the launch of commercial services this week. One of the operators, Xone, which launched an Internet zone in a …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, is going to grant full support to French operator Bouygues Telecom to launch i-mode-like service in France. Bouygues Telecom is going to …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The arrival of the GSM mobile network operators in Nigeria has been regarded as the impetus behind the sudden increase in telephone call centers in the city of …
DUBLIN, Ireland-Mobile phones are among the most popular targets for petty thieves, and with the recent launch of new multimedia devices in the run up to the holiday season, more …
NEW DELHI, India-The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission has decided to review universal service obligation of telecom operators, including cellular service providers. It has proposed to include several new services, …
