FRANKFURT, Germany—Deutsche Telekom’s chief executive, Ron Sommer, told investors at the company’s annual meeting that the telecommunications giant plans to cut 22,000 jobs, or about 9 percent of its work …
TORONTO—Canadian operator Rogers AT&T Wireless reported an agreement with InfoSpace Inc. to launch an English and French-language SMS service dubbed EasyInfo on the carrier’s TDMA and GSM/GPRS network. The service …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint Corp. said it has entered an agreement with Nortel Networks for Sprint North Supply to be an authorized “Stocking Business Partner” for Nortel allowing it to sell …
WASHINGTON—The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined an Oklahoma construction firm $14,100 in connection with the deaths of three men who fell from an Alltel Corp. cell phone tower …
SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. said it will not participate in the Federal Communications Commission’s proposed auction of spectrum in the 700 MHz band. The company noted its decision was …
LONDON—Red-M announced it was the supplier for the public wireless network on The World of ResidenSea, the residential cruise ship currently sailing the world. The network is based on Bluetooth …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Ericsson said it has rolled out a mobile network in the remote northwestern area of Tanzania to link three major refugee camps to the outside world. The network, …
LONDON—M-Wise said it closed a $1 million license of its MOMA Gateway to Comtrend, a telecom manufacturer in Taiwan. Comtrend’s system integrator original equipment manufacturer business, which sells value-added mobile …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Good Technology Inc. filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Research In Motion Ltd., alleging RIM’s single mailbox patent infringes on its newly released wireless e-mail product. The suit, first …
VALLADOLID, Spain—A group of Spanish carriers, banks and payment companies commercially launched an ambitious mobile commerce service that will allow subscribers to use their mobile phones to purchase virtually any …
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Rogers AT&T Wireless customers will now be able to access any Internet content using the carrier’s GSM/GPRS network through a new deal between Rogers AT&T and software provider …
DALLAS—Widcomm Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. unveiled a Bluetooth USB dongle reference design allowing wireless connectivity between a personal computer and peripherals without the need for software installation and configuration. …
EDISON, N.J.—North American telecom companies are pushing new customer relationship management (CRM) initiatives to benefit business in several ways, according to a recent study by Fujitsu Consulting. “Three forces have …
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—Jazz Semiconductor announced a joint manufacturing and marketing agreement with MEMSCAP, a provider of micro-electro-mechanical systems solutions. The agreement will allow Jazz Semiconductor to provide its customers with …
SAN FRANCISCO—European giant T-Mobile will use nGame’s Java QuickStart Program to launch Java gaming applications throughout its coverage area, nGame announced. NGame’s QuickStart product allows carriers to roll out Java-capable …
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it is launching on June 1 its i-shot service, which allows users to transmit still images taken with mova SH251i mobile phones with built-in digital cameras. …
RESTON, Va.—NII Holdings Inc., Nextel Communications Inc.’s international operations, said it has reached an agreement in principle with its main creditors Motorola Credit Corp., Nextel and a consortium of bondholders …
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—NowSpeed Inc. released Mobile Office 2.5, which enhanced the Exchange gateway by allowing it to be a gateway for other intranet and IT applications. “Customers want to use NowSpeed …
OWINGS MILLS, Md.—Part of the U.S. Air Force’s research and evaluation division will use a wireless data tracking product from Aether Systems Inc., the company announced. The Materiel Systems Group …
ATLANTA—U.S. Cellular Corp. deployed Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s IP-based Versera Large Solution platform in Milwaukee. Under the agreement, Glenayre’s platform will help U.S. Cellular customers manage their voice, fax and e-mail …
