RALEIGH, N.C.-Summus Inc. reported an agreement with Alltel Corp. to launch its Exego application in three Alltel markets this month. The service will allow customers to access, store, send and …
RICHARDSON, Texas-Minorplanet Systems USA Inc., a fleet management solution provider, said it entered a wireless agent agreement with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. “Until now, Minorplanet has been exclusively reselling cellular airtime …
BOSTON-American Tower Corp.’s stock hit a 52-week low after the company reported earnings for the second quarter ended June 30. Although American Tower narrowed its losses, its stock dropped to …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Vodafone has joined the fast-growing group of European operators to announce delays of third-generation (3G) network deployments. The company said technical problems now mean it is likely to …
TOKYO-Hitachi, a leading telecom vendor in Japan, is going to provide cdma2000 1x EV-DO base stations to KDDI, Hitachi announced on Thursday. KDDI is planning to launch experimental 1x EV-DO …
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NEW DELHI, India-Leading Indian GSM service providers have virtually launched a tariff war, forcing industry leaders to consider a regime where all incoming calls will be free irrespective of networks. …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Fears that customers will not be attracted to third-generation (3G) networks would seem to be the motivation that has prompted the U.K. government to seriously consider launching a …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-As operators in Scandinavia call for a relaxation of 3G license conditions or opt to share the cost of network deployment, the concept of the mobile virtual network …
MELBOURNE, Australia-Lachlan Murdoch, News Corporation’s deputy chief operating officer (COO), appeared in the Australian Federal Court in Sydney on Wednesday to give evidence in the recommenced liquidators’ inquiry into the …
MOSCOW-The biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) is working to receive a third GSM license in the tiny former Soviet republic of Moldova through a multi-step deal, which is likely …
BEIJING-Chinese Internet portal Netease reported a quarterly net profit of US$4,600 on 5 August, becoming the country’s first portal to earn a tiny profit. Netease, as well as its competitors …
NEW DELHI, India-Two consortia led by United Communications Industry (Ucom) and Lucent Technologies have been short listed at the end of the first round of bidding for the 15 billion …
BEIJING-Eastern Communications (Eastcom) became the first Chinese state-owned enterprise to acquire a Nasdaq-listed company, Interwave Communications. Taking a 10.3-percent stake, Eastcom became the largest shareholder of Interwave. Set up in …
TOKYO-NTT Communications, an international and long-distance business unit of NTT Group, and Pia, a ticket sales company, announced they would set up a joint venture to provide electronic ticket services. …
BEIJING-China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII) expects China to produce 95 million mobile handsets this year, of which 20 percent would be made by 12 domestic producers, up from 80 …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-One year after being allocated four regional licenses for wireless local loop (WLL) services, Telef
PRAGUE, Czech Republic-A consortium led by Deutsche Bank will purchase a 51-percent stake for US$1.7 billion in Cesky Telecom, which owns 51 percent of mobile operator EuroTel Praha. The sale …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Econet Wireless Nigeria has blamed the interconnection problems experienced by local GSM operators on the fixed network operator Nitel. Zachary Wazara, Econet chief executive officer, said Nitel is …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-MTN is reported to be urging its subscribers to ignore a scam involving short message service (SMS) messages currently circulating among GSM subscribers in Nigeria. The message alleges …
