MELBOURNE, Australia-Mobile operator Orange announced this week it is on course to record a profit by the fourth quarter of 2002. A subsidiary of Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia), Orange also declared …
TOKYO-The recycling rate for Japanese mobile phones, including PHS units, in fiscal year 2001 was up 5.5 percent on the year to 35.2 percent, according to a survey compiled by …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-SkyOnline signed a letter of intent stating that it will buy Diveo Broadband Networks’ Argentine and Uruguayan branches for about US$7 million. This decision is in line with …
TORONTO-Telesystem International Wireless (TIW) shares fell to a record low after the company posted a large second-quarter loss and took a charge against its Brazilian wireless operation. The company’s shares …
DENVER, United States-Metricom will be officially reincarnated on Thursday when Ricochet Networks launches high-speed wireless Internet service in Denver. Ricochet will charge US$45 per month for the service and US$100 …
NEW YORK-Tele2 said it signed a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) agreement with Connect Austria, allowing it to use Connect’s network to provide an alternative mobile service. “This MVNO will …
PARIS-Alcatel said it signed a GSM expansion contract with OPT in New Caledonia. The expansion will increase OTP’s network, which operates under the Mobilis brand name, from 75,000 subscribers to …
TOKYO-Japan Telecom, a Vodafone company in Japan, announced it sold a base station business unit to Bovis Lend Lease, an Australian company. It is the first time that an overseas …
WATERBURY, Conn.-MTS Holdings L.L.C. announced it has purchased American Tower Corp.’s MTS Wireless Components, Vancomm, Site Advantage and S&S Dynamic operations throughout the United States and Asia. The investor group …
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Paging and messaging carrier Arch Wireless Inc. reported consolidated net income of $1.7 billion for the second quarter, ended June 30, 2002. The carrier’s revenues for the second quarter …
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-TTP Communications plc announced a new partnership with Siemens Information and Communication Mobile that will put TTPCom’s GSM platform in new Siemens products. “This agreement demonstrates the changing nature …
SAN FRANCISCO-Video game giant Sega.com Inc. released its first ever mobile phone game, Sega Monkey Ball, which will work over Sprint PCS’ newly launched Vision network. Sega Mobile, a recently …
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. launched a nationwide service, which it calls Voice Services, providing its subscribers with voice activated dialing and voice information services. Customers who sign up for the service …
FAIRFAX, Va.-Xybernaut Corp. announced it has received a patent for leaving and retrieving messages and data within a commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) provider network or other networks, including cellular, …
NEW YORK-Price Communications Corp. reported the sale of its wireless assets to Verizon Wireless Inc. is complete. In exchange for its sixteen licenses covering approximately 3.4 million potential customers in …
RALEIGH, N.C.-Summus Inc. and ZIO Interactive announced their jointly developed mobile billiard game, Nineball, has received the TRUE BREW designation from the National Software Testing Laboratories (NSTL). Nineball, which was …
SAN ANTONIO, Texas-SBC Communications Inc. sold a $1 billion issue of 10-year senior unsecured notes Aug. 14 that the company will use primarily to repay outstanding commercial paper, which is …
GUANDONG, China-Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, the second-largest telephone manufacturer in China, announced it signed a five-year preferred customer agreement with wireless design house Cellon International, which will begin shipping Cellon-powered …
NEW YORK-Research In Motion Ltd. announced it has supplied the National Basketball Association with BlackBerry devices so employees can communicate throughout the organization, obtain NBA scores, game statistics and individual …
MUNICH, Germany-T-Mobile said two of its subsidiaries will contribute to helping the victims of the flooding in parts of Europe. RadioMobile in the Czech Republic is donating about $16,000 to …
