While U.S. wireless carriers have often strayed from the international model when it comes to delivering service, most industry watchers anticipated the U.S.-based GSM carriers would follow a similar path …
NEW DELHI, India-Cellular phone customers in one of the fastest-growing markets in Asia are a happy lot, but this happiness is not shared by operators, as they face mounting losses …
PENSACOLA, Fla.-Tower owner and operator Jesta Towers Inc. said it plans to acquire six tower development projects in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida to serve various wireless operators. The acquisition …
HELSINKI, Finland-Danish, Swedish and German telecom companies TDC, Telia and Deutsche Telekom are showing an interest in acquiring the Stockholm, Sweden-based communications and financial services group Kinnevik’s 33.5-percent shareholding in …
TORONTO-Financially strapped Canadian wireless carrier Microcell Telecommunications said two of its rivals are poaching its customers and has asked Canada’s telephone regulator to order a cease and desist of the …
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan-Uzbek TDMA carrier Uzdunrobita respected its promised schedule and launched a GSM 900/1800 MHz network in the third quarter of 2002. Uzdunrobita received a GSM license in March 2002 …
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom SA said it has rolled out the first quadband GSM/GPRS module to cover frequencies in the 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 1900 MHz bands, enabling manufacturers …
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait-Motorola Inc. said Mobile Telecommunications Co. has launched nationwide GPRS high-speed mobile services on its network. Motorola had signed a $4.6 million contract with the carrier in June.
DENVER-BVRP Software USA licensed Novatel Wireless Inc. to bundle BVRP’s Mobile PhoneTools connectivity software with its Merlin G201 and G301 Wireless PC Modems. BVRP said the software is designed to …
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has signed a $29 million contract to supply TDMA equipment to operator ICE for short message service, circuit-switched data and international roaming. …
PORTLAND, Ore.-Metro One Telecommunications Inc. announced the nationwide rollout of its MetroDex personalized phone directory service. MetroDex allows AT&T Wireless Services Inc. subscribers to upload personal contact information via the …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS and LightSurf Technologies Inc. launched a digital camera allowing Sprint PCS Vision customers to shoot, view and send pictures from their mobile handset. The $70 camera …
BEDFORD, Mass.-RSA Security, a company that has been delivering two-factor authentication security solutions to consumers since the 1980s, has jumped into the mobile space by replacing the small security devices …
TOKYO-Japanese supplier NEC Corp. said it will supply a mobile multimedia platform to French operator Bouygues Telecom for developing i-mode services in France. NEC said it will supply servers and …
SEOUL, South Korea-South Korean mobile operator KT ICOM, the wideband-CDMA subsidiary of KTF, said it will launch commercial W-CDMA services next June. International press reports said KT-ICOM signed a contract …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late last month waived rules until late October requiring radar detectors to reduce their emission limits intended to reduce harmful interference to very small aperture satellite …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. officially replaced the VoiceStream Wireless Corp. brand name across the United States today with its T-Mobile brand. The rebranding began in July with the launch of …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Chips for wireless phones and network equipment have witnessed a rise in demand so far during the third quarter of this year, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. …
AUSTIN, Texas-Wireless Valley Communications Inc. announced HP Services will use its software, including SitePlanner and LANFielder software modules, in worldwide wireless local area network deployments. “Wireless Valley’s goal is to …
NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. closed its sale of 371,000 local access lines in Missouri to CenturyTel Inc. over the weekend, completing a three-state asset sale program that netted the telecommunications …
