BEIJING-Siemens has won a US$22 million contract to expand China Mobile’s GSM network in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Implementation will be performed by Siemens Shanghai Mobile Communications (SSMC). This …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia mobile-phone sales rose in the second quarter, but infrastructure sales lagged considerably behind totals recorded for second-quarter 2001. Nokia also lowered its handset sales figures once again. The …
SCHAUMBURG, Illinois, United States-Shares of Motorola rose slightly after the company reported promising second-quarter results. Discounting charges of nearly US$3.5 billion taken during the second quarter, Motorola said it had …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator Vodacom announced it will assist students in schools throughout South Africa and the region to become computer literate following the opening of the E-Learning Resource …
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration’s top telecom adviser today refused to say how much longer a much anticipated report on frequency options for third-generation wireless systems and related legislation will be delayed. …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Currently known as VoiceStream, T-Mobile today broke into the U.S. market, launching voice and data services in California and Nevada. T-Mobile’s Get More services, promoted by spokeswoman Catherine Zeta-Jones, …
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-Mobile computing provider Vytek Wireless Inc. announced two acquisitions, moves the company said would help it expand into the fleet management and public safety industries. First, Vytek announced …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Treo maker Handspring Inc. announced relatively solid earnings for its fourth quarter, including evidence that its line of advanced personal digital assistant/mobile phone devices are continuing to gain …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Although Sprint PCS experienced increased revenues and narrower losses for the second quarter ended June 29, the wireless service provider added drastically fewer subscribers than it did during …
SAN DIEGO-Zyray Wireless announced it is establishing a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) that will consist of several university and industry experts with extensive wireless communications experience. Initial board members include: …
GAITHERSBURG, Md.-ACE*COMM Corp. said it will provide TRW Inc. with engineering services, technical support and maintenance for the call event processing component of the Airwave wireless network, operated by mmO2 …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Vodafone U.K. and Sierra Wireless have teamed to make Sierra Wireless’s AirCard 750 wireless PC card modem available on Vodafone’s GPRS data network in the U.K. Through the …
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Wireless enterprise company Zeosoft announced it will combine its ZeoSphere Server, an enterprise-class, Java-based application server the resides on mobile devices, with IBM Corp.’s DB2 Everyplace relational database. Zeosoft …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Wireless equipment vendor LM Ericsson signed two multimedia messaging service infrastructure contracts, one with Turkish carrier Turkcell and the other with Spanish operator Amena. The technology enables such applications …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-RCC Holdings Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Rural Cellular Corp., has been designated an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in the state of Washington by the Washington Utilities and Transportation …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. has inked a strategic initiative with several wireless companies, including Agere Systems, Hewlett Packard, Sierra Wireless, iPASS and ipUnplugged, to provide enterprise customers with secure …
WOBURN, Mass.-Positive earnings, a new contract and a new business line were among Boston Communications Group Inc.’s announcements this week. The company said its net income for the second quarter …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Shares of Motorola Inc. were up about 3 percent in early afternoon trading after the company reported promising second quarter results. Discounting pre-tax charges of nearly $3.4 billion taken …
DALLAS-Texas Instruments said it has delivered 130-nanometer process technology on 300-millimeter wafers, which can contain millions of highly integrated processors built in the company’s DMOS 6 facility. The company said …
Portugal-Portuguese company Sonae.com has approached EDP regarding an acquisition of its telecom subsidiary Oni Group, which owns a third-generation license in Portugal. Sonae owns 45 percent of Portuguese mobile operator …
