OXFORD, United Kingdom-A survey of 38,000 text messaging users conducted by SMS.ac claimed that nearly 70 percent stated they are open to receiving messages from strangers, while just more than …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-The cell-phone operator MmO2 has launched a Java-based games service that will be offered free for this month to U.K. users before being launched in Germany, Ireland and …
NEW YORK-The $410 million in outstanding subordinated convertible debt issued by Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, Pa. received a speculative-grade ratings downgrade August 30 from Moody’s Investors Service, to B3 from …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will license its Series 60 software platform, which Nokia licenses as a source code product to other handset manufacturers, for its next …
LONDON-Siemens AG and Aircom International have signed an agreement calling for Aircom to supply its Enterprise Suite of network engineering software tools to Siemens’ internal organization and its end users. …
BEIJING-Following the seventh regular meeting between Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji and his Russian counterpart Michael Kasyanov in Beijing, it was decided “to create favorable conditions for information and telecom cooperation …
NEW DELHI, India-The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has decided to approach the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) regarding the government-owned fixed-line opereator BSNL’s tariff structure for its …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Sweden’s First AP Fund said it would subscribe to L.M. Ericsson’s $3.14 billion one-for-one rights issue, commenced Aug. 15. First AP Fund owns 1.3 percent of Ericsson’s shares. Previously …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics released its new ProntoLite personal remote-control software for devices using Palm Inc.’s operating system, which allows users to control up to 10 devices, such as TVs, …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and LM Ericsson announced a rash of multimedia messaging service deals, further solidifying the companies’ leadership in the MMS infrastructure space. Nokia said it will provide its …
TOKYO and DUBLIN, Ireland-Mobile operators around the globe are feeling the negative effects of scam efforts by third-party companies. Operators and regulatory agencies alike are beginning to fight back against …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The National Telecommunications Council in Ecuador (Conatel) announced that the auction of a personal communications service (PCS) licence at 1900 MHz will take place 26 September. The aim …
BEIJING-Kyocera President Yasuo Nishiguchi launched a new CDMA handset in China, produced by the Kyocera Zhenhua Communication Equipment Company, based in China’s southwest Guizhou province. The company is a joint …
BEIJING-The number of China Unicom’s CDMA subscribers broke the 2 million mark on 15 August, according to the company. On 10 June, Unicom counted 1 million CDMA users, showing a …
SAN DIEGO, United States-U.S. operator Leap Wireless International has retained UBS Warburg to help the carrier explore new sources of financing and restructuring for its debt and said it will …
TORONTO-Shares of Telesystem International Wireless (TIW) rose Wednesday after the wireless phone network operator announced its Romanian subsidiary MobiFon had closed US$300 million in loans to repay existing debts and …
TOKYO-The Japanese government is going to submit a revision bill for the current telecom law during the next Diet session, governmental sources said on 28 August. The government is planning …
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA-A 10.3-percent lift in revenue from mobile services to A$3.24 billion (US$1.7 billion) failed to return an increase in overall revenues to Telstra, which in the year to June …
TOKYO-Yozan, a venture business in Tokyo, is going to launch a new service combining PHS, wireless local area network (WLAN) and paging, the firm announced. According to Yozan, the new …
