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 …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Colombian Communications Ministry announced that with the increase of 320,000 new cellular phone users in the second quarter of this year, the current market of cell-phone owners …
BEIJING-China’s largest mobile operator China Mobile Communication Corporation (CMCC) has awarded contracts to Ericsson to supply equipment for its multimedia messaging service (MMS) centers and peripherals in Shanghai and Guangzhou. …
BEIJING-China’s second-largest television producer, Konka Group, reported a net profit of 24.2 million yuan (US$2.93 million) in the first half of the year, up from a loss of 190.96 million …
WASHINGTON-Aloha Partners on Thursday still had the highest bid on the table at the end of six rounds of bidding for the 700 MHz C- and D-blocks license auction. Aloha …
ROME-The Open Mobile Alliance-a massive, overarching wireless standards group formed in June-released its first set of technical specifications for public review, covering the increasingly popular area of content downloading. In …
RESTON, Virginia, United States-According to new findings from ComScore Networks, the audience for the wireless Web is becoming big enough that digital marketers should stand up and take interest. According …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia announced a rash of multimedia messaging service (MMS) deals, further solidifying the company’s leadership in the MMS infrastructure space. Nokia said it will provide its MMS product to …
