BERNE, Switzerland—Swisscom Mobile said it will begin offering multimedia messaging services on June 3, following MMS launches from Telecom Italia Mobile and Vodafone Telecel in Portugal last week. Swisscom Mobile …
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Siemens IC Mobile UK chose Pixo’s Mobile Download System as the recommended solution to operators for over the air downloading of wireless Java applications to Siemens mobile devices. …
LONDON—Teltier Technologies Inc. announced Siemens partner, Siemens Informatics and Italdata, will resell Teltier’s iConnect solution and will establish iConnect Competency Centers for Europe. iConnect includes Vistante, a management platform that …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Telia AB said its proposed merger with Finland’s Sonera Corp. is moving forward as planned, with the European Commission’s phase one review expected to be completed by mid-July. The …
BOSTON—Netonomy announced a software supply and implementation agreement with Orange UK that will allow Orange to use the MyNetonomy Channel Activator to create a self-service portal for Orange retail staff …
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. released the line-up of sponsors, speakers and exhibitors for its upcoming BREW Developers Conference in San Diego. Qualcomm said its own Paul Jacobs, group president of the …
PARIS—The French telecom regulator has confirmed that only Bouygues Telecom applied for one of the two third-generation licenses on offer in France. Therefore, the three current mobile incumbent operators—Orange, SFR …
HOUSTON—Crown Castle International Corp. named J. Landis Martin non-executive chairman of the board, succeeding the company’s co-founder, Ted Miller, who will remain on the board as a director. Martin was …
LONDON—Semiconductor start-up Innovics Wireless announced it is offering a solution to increase capacity and data rates and improve coverage in 2.5 and 3G cells without requiring modifications to the base …
SUSSEX, U.K.—The Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) said a recently conducted poll of its new Ventures Program members called for more positive thinking in the wireless industry. Major points brought …
SAN DIEGO—Kyocera Wireless Corp. said it would be an associate sponsor of the two-car Treadway-Hubbard Racing team for the upcoming Indianapolis 500. The company’s logo will be displayed on the …
DENVER—Short message service application provider Cellus announced it is launching its U.S. operations as part of its worldwide expansion strategy. The company, which operates in countries throughout Europe, is expanding …
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will lead a consortium of 35 companies conducting field trials using a newly developed FOMA mobile communications platform enabling multiple people to participate in mobile …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Paging and messaging carrier Metrocall Inc. announced it reached a pre-negotiated plan of reorganization in Chapter 11 bankruptcy with its creditors, and will file the plan with the bankruptcy …
BEIJING—The world’s largest mobile market could become decidedly less attractive for cell-phone manufacturers if new proposed rules on cell-phone radiation emissions come into play. A proposed change would restrict the …
CHICAGO—U.S. Cellular Corp. selected PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. to replace Arthur Andersen L.L.P. as the carrier’s independent public accountant for this year. Nextel Partners Inc. and UbiquiTel Inc. announced earlier this week …
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association used the final day of Wireless Safety Week to remind drivers that a top priority this Memorial Day weekend should be to reach …
TAMPA, Fla.—ForeSite Towers L.L.C. received $5.1 million in equity financing to develop wireless communication towers and acquired a portfolio of 100 towers in the Southeast, said Communications Equity Associates, which …
NEW DELHI, India—Leading Thai operator AIS has decided to unlock its network access code to allow customers to procure handsets of their choice from any source—legal as well as smuggled …
