BEIJING-China’s number-two mobile operator, China Unicom, reported a profit increase of 2.7 percent in the first half of the year to 2.25 billion yuan (US$272 million) compared with the same …
TOKYO-Keiji Tachikawa, president of Japanese giant NTT DoCoMo, on Thursday said the firm might be forced to revise its target customer figure for FOMA. NTT DoCoMo launched FOMA, its third-generation …
DUBLIN, Ireland-A group of engineers at a U.K. university have apparently developed a mobile handset design that protects users concerned about radiation emissions from their phones. The team from the …
MANILA, The Philippines-The Philippine National Telecommunications Commission (NT) said Express Telecommunications (Extelcom) will have to make do with its existing digital frequency initially before setting its sights on seeking additional …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Ecuadorian National Telecommunications Council (Conatel) has decided to delay the auction of a national personal communications services (PCS) license, which was supposed to take place on 26 …
TOKYO-SpeedNet, a telecom venture company in Japan, on Wednesday announced it launched an experiment for its wireless local area network (WLAN) services using the 5 GHz band. The experiment will …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Following market research, the Belgian GSM operator Mobistar has revamped its call charges. The company said it has launched a new tariff designed for families based on the …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Telephone Cooperative in La Paz (Cotel) announced it will soon launch its new service, Cotel M
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The mobile arm of government-owned telecom operator Nitel GSM announced it will cut its GSM tariffs. The adjustment is expected to be a significant boost for mobile telephony …
LONDON-Messaging company Logica reported a 25-percent drop in profits, about US$181 million, for the current fiscal year compared with the previous year, and it said the outlook is bad for …
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Royal Philips Electronics and Sony will jointly develop a new near-field radio-frequency technology called Near Field Communication, which will enable short-range communication between mobile phones, digital cameras, personal …
LONDON-Rumors abound regarding the possible sale of Vivendi Universal’s stake in French mobile operator SFR to Vodafone Group. Vodafone has said it is interested in taking control of SFR, but …
TROY, Mich.-AirIQ Inc. and Delphi Corp. said they are co-developing a vehicle interface module. With the standard interface, AirIQ’s telematics devices will be able to provide vehicle information such as …
FRANKFURT, Germany-Instead of trying to sell off its U.S.-based VoiceStream Wireless Corp. holdings, analysts said German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG may choose an early public offering of its T-Mobile …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics and Ericsson Mobile Platforms signed an agreement under which Philips will source semiconductor devices for Ericsson reference designs. This will give Ericsson access to Philips’ …
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario-Rugged mobile device and wireless local area network system provider Psion Teklogix announced it has added an enhanced Symbian operating system, an upgraded PC card slot ISDN, and GPRS …
NEW YORK-U.S. Wireless Data announced it has entered a three-year agreement with Paymentech L.P. in which Paymentech and its affiliates will purchase wireless-based transaction processing products and services from USWD. …
PHOENIX-Verizon Wireless launched its Express Network service throughout Arizona, providing customers in metro Phoenix, northern Arizona and Yuma with access to the carrier’s high-speed data network. Verizon Wireless launched service …
DALLAS-Samsung Telecommunications America and RadioShack Corp. announced they will launch a joint marketing campaign based on the Indy Racing League team Treadway Racing to promote Samsung’s newest SPH-a500 and SPH-n400 …
