ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. reported it is implementing a Cisco wireless local area network at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., enabling health care providers to access real-time and historical clinical data …
TAMPA, Fla.-TSI Telecommunications Services Inc. will provide its INLink SS7-based intelligent network solution for Rural Cellular Corp.’s network. TSI said the solution provides a network backbone for advanced intelligent network …
ISTANBUL, Turkey-Turkish wireless carrier Turkcell reported adding approximately 1.1 million net subscribers during the second quarter, doubling the 511,000 net customer additions reported for the first quarter of this year. …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a letter of intent to supply Sonera with its Nokia D500 multiservice access platform to begin Sonera’s next-generation broadband access rollout in the …
DALLAS-Nortel Networks Corp. shipped its first commercial EDGE radio and base-station equipment to Cingular Wireless L.L.C., which plans to deploy the solution in several of its GSM/GPRS markets including North …
HELSINKI, Finland-Matsushita Communications has selected Nokia Corp.’s Series 60 software platform to be integrated into Matsushita’s Symbian OS-based multimedia phones. “Panasonic multimedia phones combined with Series 60 Platform will enable …
DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. said it was informed by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Denver that it had begun a criminal investigation of the telecommunications provider, though the subject matter …
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Wingcast L.L.C.’s recent and sudden withdrawal from the telematics market has left many doubting the viability of the overall personal telematics industry, according to a new report from …
LONDON-Credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service cut French vendor Alcatel to “junk” status, driving down the price of the company’s bonds. Moody’s decision was due to the continued weak demand …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin marketing a next-generation FOMA-compatible two-part terminal made up of a personal digital assistant base unit with a Bluetooth wireless handset. The base unit …
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp., a wireless logistics and distribution services provider, reported July 9 a net loss of $5.91 million, or 49 cents per share, on revenues of $573.26 million for …
OSLO, Norway-Telenor acquired an additional 16.5 percent of Kyivstar GSM from Sputnik Funds for $66.46 million, the Norwegian operator said. The acquisition, made under a pre-existing option arrangement, gives Telenor …
HELSINKI, Finland-Telia, the Stockholm-based Swedish state-controlled telecom company, confirmed 3 July that the company had joined in a bidding contest with Dutch company KPN to acquire troubled KPNQwest’s French network. …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-The U.K. Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling that prohibited local authorities from considering health concerns when reviewing applications for cell-phone masts. This decision, which has been …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an attempt to set the global standard for secure mobile payments, Visa said it will launch a fraud prevention service next year that it previously developed for …
BEIJING-While foreign handset makers Motorola, Nokia, Siemens and Sony Ericsson still dominate the Chinese market, some 30 domestic suppliers are gaining market share and are expected to grab 20 percent …
DUBLIN, Ireland-While other European countries wrestle with the dilemma of how to accommodate the new base stations and masts required for third-generation (3G) networks when objections to such developments have …
TORONTO-The chief of Rogers AT&T Wireless has dismissed recent industry speculation that his company wants to acquire smaller rival Microcell Telecommunications. “We have a network that’s up and running. So …
ROSH HA’AYIN, Israel-Israeli cellular operator Partner Communications announced the Ministry of Communications amended and extended its license, originally awarded in 1998, for an additional 14 years until 2022. This announcement …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-PipeBeach and system integrator Marand said they deployed a VoiceXML platform for Slovenian mobile operator Mobitel. The applications include news, traffic information, horoscopes, weather, cinema listings and travel information, …
