SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Endwave Corp. has acquired certain wireless infrastructure assets of Signal Technology Corp.’s Wireless Group, including customer contracts, equipment, inventory, product designs and other intellectual property and personnel needed to …
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to cut 1,800 more jobs in addition to the 15,000 people it laid off in the aftermath of its merger with Compaq. In an internal …
ATLANTA-In a move to expand its business-to-business distribution network, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. formed a strategic alliance with Tech Data Corp. to distribute an enterprise package featuring Cingular’s Xpress Mail Enterprise …
IRVINE, Calif.-Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. launched a Bluetooth SDIO card designed to bring wireless capabilities to mobile and digital consumer products equipped with a Secure Digital Card slot. Toshiba …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. president Norio Wada said the telecommunications giant would discuss the possibility of writing down losses on its overseas investments including AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Hutchison 3G UK …
HELSINKI, Finland-Telia has set US$100 million as the minimum bid price that the Swedish operator will accept for subsidiary Telia Mobile’s assets and mobile business operations in Finland. The Swedish …
LONDON-A U.K. company has launched a recycling program for the country’s mobile phones. All five of the country’s mobile operators, along with several retailers, have pledged support to the program …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. introduced America Online Inc. Instant Messenger service allowing customers to send short messages to everyone on their Buddy List from their wireless device. The two companies …
VIENNA, Va.-Systems integrator TRW will integrate software from Cramer Systems into MmO2’s Airwave public-safety wireless service in Britain. Cramer’s software will be part of the Network Management Center used by …
TOKYO-In its continuing fight against phone scams, NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin offering a new ring tone that will remain silent for a few moments at the beginning …
TORONTO-VoiceGenie Technologies Inc. and Vesta Corp. are joining to offer customer relationship management services for prepaid wireless. Now, VoiceGenie’s VoiceXML Gateway, which has been integrated into Vesta’s suite of applications …
Beijing-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed a $40 million contract to expand GSM wireless networks in the autonomous regions of Xinjiang Uygur and Ningxia Hui, the Shanxi province and …
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Motorola Inc. said it has won its first Middle East contract for its customized Network Support Program with Lebanon’s LibanCell through a $5 million GSM/GPRS deal. “By …
VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria, the largest Austrian mobile operator, has become one of the first European operators to deploy a UMTS network. About 25 percent of Austria, including most major urban …
DUBLIN, Ireland-A new initiative launched by the major U.K. mobile operators and retailers will, it is hoped, reduce the environmental impact of the 15 million mobile phones replaced in the …
TORONTO-Canadian and U.S. wireless carriers are planning soon to offer text messaging services across all their networks. Since April, Canadian cell-phone subscribers have been able to send text messages to …
MOSCOW-The biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) is negotiating a place in the telecom market of the former Soviet republic of Armenia, where the national operator is likely to lose …
MANILA, The Philippines-The Ayala group, one of the Philippines’ biggest conglomerates, plans to limit capital spending for mobile-phone subsidiary Globe Telecom to US$500 million for the next two years, as …
DUBLIN, Ireland-Mobile games aggregator nGame has been acquired by its U.S. partner Mforma. The Cambridge, U.K.-based company will become part of what its new owners claim will be the largest …
MILPITAS, California, United States-GRIC Communications said that Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) is extending its relationship with the supplier to include wireless Internet roaming capabilities for customers in Singapore. The agreement will …
