LONDON-Jordanian operator MobileCom announced it will now offer short message service (SMS) services to prepaid customers traveling abroad. Launched on 21 August, the service will be available in more than …
HONG KONG-Shell Hong Kong and Sunday Communications, the six-largest mobile operator in Hong Kong, announced they will shut down their joint mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) venture Shell Mobile, effective …
BEIJING-China Unicom said its CDMA subscriber base has reached the 2 million mark, explaining that the service has passed a “strategic pass.” “The scale of subscribers is now growing rapidly, …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson announced it will supply BellSouth’s Panama affiliate with a cdma2000 1x overlay for the operator’s nationwide TDMA network, including network equipment, services and Sony Ericsson handsets. The news …
WASHINGTON-Target Wireless, a provider of short message service (SMS) advertising, was given permission Thursday by the Federal Election Commission to provide political advertising without disclosing who is paying for the …
TORONTO-724 Solutions, which sells wireless alert services to financial institutions and Internet Protocol gateways to wireless carriers, announced it will cut 100 jobs in an effort to further reduce company …
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-Sprint PCS and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. are looking at swapping a handful of spectrum licenses in Louisiana and Florida, according to a report from Raymond James & Associates. …
BEIJING, China-China United Telecommunications said its CDMA subscriber base has reached the 2 million mark, explaining that the service has passed a “strategic pass.” “The scale of subscribers is now …
HONG KONG-Shell Hong Kong Ltd. and Sunday Communications Ltd. announced they will shut down their joint venture Shell Mobile, effective Sept. 26, 2002. The company said the closure is a …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson announced it will supply BellSouth’s Panama affiliate with a CDMA2000 1x overlay for the operator’s nationwide TDMA network including network equipment, services and Sony Ericsson handsets. The news …
ISTANBUL-Sonera, Cukorova Group and Turkcell, all shareholders of Fintur Holding B.V., announced they have closed a share purchase agreement in which Sonera and Turkcell have bought Cukorova’s 39.69-percent holding in …
HONG KONG-Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary A.S. Watson will acquire the Kruidvat Group, a European health and beauty retail business, for approximately $1.26 million, expanding ASW’s …
SAN DIEGO-Sharp Electronics Corp. launched Sharp Mobile Services, the consumer edition of wireless data service for the Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 personal digital assistant. Developed in partnership with Aether Systems Inc., …
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-LightSurf Technologies Inc. released a new version of its Instant Imaging Platform, a technology the company said allows users to send picture messages across various networks and handsets. …
CARY, N.C.-UbiNetics announced it is developing a third-generation testing system that will simulate real-world conditions in a lab so infrastructure vendors and network operators can test advanced products. The product …
NEW ORLEANS-Petroleum Communications, which provides cellular and broadband satellite communications to drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, will use the speedSUITE billing and customer relationship management system of VeriSign …
MELBOURNE, Australia-Telstra continues to expand its two-way satellite Internet service to residents in a further eight extended call zones, a move welcomed this week by the federal Minister for Communications, …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-In spite of the economic crisis that has ravaged the region, BellSouth’s net profits in Latin America reached US$18 million in the first six months of this year …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-After a year of operations in Nigeria, Econet announced it intends to have an additional 800,000 subscribers by December. The network operator currently has a subscriber base of …
WASHINGTON, D.C.-IBM announced it has been chosen to work with several public safety and transportation agencies in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. to build a public safety data communications network …
