OXFORD, United Kingdom-One of Europe’s leading Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Internet service providers (ISPs), Mobile Future, has gone bankrupt, blaming lack of demand for its products and services. The company …
TOKYO-Fujitsu, a leading telecommunications vendor in Japan, is going to restructure its overseas telecommunications business. To promote the restructuring in its telecommunications business, as well as other sectors, Fujitsu will …
LONDON-Unconfirmed reports stated telecom equipment maker Marconi has sold its mobile unit to Italian state-controlled defense and engineering company Finmeccanica. Finmeccanica has approved US$594.5 million to acquire the struggling mobile …
BEIJING-Nortel Networks said it signed a US$26.8 million GSM contract to supply China Mobile with equipment for the carrier’s cellular network in the Shaanxi province. The equipment, which will include …
BELLEVUE, Washington, United States-T-Mobile USA, which is known as VoiceStream Wireless in most of the country, launched its T-Mobile-branded Windows Powered Pocket PC Phone Edition for its T-Mobile and VoiceStream …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. reported a multi-year agreement to license Spontaneous Technology’s software providing wireless customers with virtual private network support for wireless access to corporate information behind firewalls. Financial …
BOISE, Idaho-Wireless enterprise company Extended Systems Inc. reported revenues for its fourth quarter of $5.6 million and a net loss of $2.2 million, news that sent the company’s stock up …
NEW YORK-Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP has filed a lawsuit against Tellabs Inc. as well as some of its officers and directors on behalf of purchasers of Tellabs …
SARASOTA, Fla.-Pinnacle Holdings Inc. said the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York confirmed the company’ reorganization plan, which Pinnacle will attempt to complete by Aug. 20. …
LONDON-Unconfirmed reports stated telecom equipment maker Marconi plc has sold its mobile unit to Italian state-controlled defense and engineering company Finmeccanica SpA. Finmeccanica has approved $594.5 million to acquire the …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it has completed its $1.9 billion purchase of local telephone properties in Kentucky from Verizon Communications Inc. and its $1.6 billion dollar purchase of CenturyTel …
LONDON-Wireless entertainment company Cash-U Mobile Technologies said it expanded its catalogue of mobile entertainment applications by signing a partnership with Indiagames, under which the company will sell Indiagames’ Java-based Goom …
SAN DIEGO-CDMA giant Qualcomm Inc. said it is now a sponsor member of the newly formed standards group Open Mobile Alliance, and also sits on the group’s board of directors. …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. reported customers who sign up for either a one- or two-year service agreement for the carrier’s Express Network Unlimited plan between August 1 and September 30 …
HELSINKI, Finland-Sonera Corp. has sold a stake in SmarTrust AB to venture capital funds the Carlyle Group, GE Equity and Eqvitec Partners for $34.3 million. Sonera will retain a 39.3-percent …
RESTON, Va.-Wireless data carrier Motient Corp. cut its workforce by 29 percent, a total of 94 positions, in order to save money in a tight economy. About half the layoffs …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc., which has carrier deals to provide a variety of wireless content and services, announced its current chairman and chief executive officer, Naveen Jain, will be replaced. The …
OTTAWA, Canada-Atsana Semiconductor Corp. said it has licensed ARM core for multimedia applications in mobile phones, personal digital assistants and network digital cameras. “By licensing the ARM922T core, we are …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Advanced Micro Devices, Fujitsu Corp. and Saifun Semiconductors Ltd. say they plan to collaborate to cross-license patents, settle outstanding litigation and work toward developing next-generation non-volatile memory technology. “By …
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. launched a new bundled service offering combining local, long distance and data services with Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s wireless services. BellSouth said its Answers packages will start as low …
