MUNICH, Germany—Malaysian operator Celcom selected Siemens to supply its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology. The value of the contract was not disclosed. TTI to supply performance software to MobilCom …
NEW YORK—Standard & Poor’s downgraded its long-term and short-term corporate credit ratings on telecommunications provider Qwest Communications International Inc. due to an increasing risk profile of the company over the …
LONDON—Moody’s investor services changed its outlook for German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom and its guaranteed subsidiary DT Finance B.V., as well as its American subsidiaries VoiceStream Wireless Corp. and Cook …
HORSHAM, Pa.—Two new reports researching the future market for wireless products and services draw directly opposite conclusions as to who wireless companies should target. According to Taylor Nelson Sofres’ “Wireless …
TEL AVIV—Commil announced it will demonstrate voice SCO handover at the upcoming Bluetooth Congress in Amsterdam June 11-14. The voice SCO handover demonstration allows users to move about while talking …
WASHINGTON—InPhonic Inc., which provides communication software and services to businesses, today announced Scott Yancey, former chief financial officer at Cable & Wireless USA and Network Access Solutions Corp., joined InPhonic …
ATLANTA—Numerex Corp. said its negotiations with BT Group plc to acquire the company’s RedCARE business have reached an impasse because of commercial and regulatory issues. Numerex said it is still …
CHICAGO—U.S. Cellular Corp. said it entered into contracts with multiple parties relating to its ownership of more than 10 million shares of Vodafone AirTouch plc American Depository Receipts. The carrier …
SAN JOSE, Calif.—BEA Systems Inc. and PwC Consulting business of PricewaterhouseCoopers announced they will join to develop field service maintenance solutions for communications service providers using BEA’s WebLogic Enterprise Platform …
CARACAS, Venezuela—Telcel BellSouth has signed a contract to allow Lucent Technologies Inc. to build its wireless network based on cdma2000 technology. Lucent will upgrade the carrier’s CDMA base stations with …
TOKYO—Sumisho Oil, in cooperation with @Venture, has launched Japan’s first wireless local area network (WLAN) service at gas stations. Drivers can receive 8 Megabits per second (Mbps) wireless LAN service …
MANILA, The Philippines—Wireless communications will emerge as an integral part of the Filipino workplace as enterprises adopt mobile networks in their operations, according to Roger Wong, vice president for enterprise …
NEW DELHI, India—Indian cellular operators have demanded immediate removal of cellular-phone ownership as a criterion for mandatory filing of income-tax returns, saying it is discriminatory. The move led to a …
TOKYO—According to a survey conducted by the Cabinet Office, 94.9 percent of Japanese under 30 years old have their own mobile phones. The government conducted the annual survey of 1,300 …
DENVER, United States—A potentially important deal between Motorola and Multitone Electronics has fallen through, Motorola confirmed, which leaves the paging and messaging landscape still more uncertain. Last year, Motorola announced …
TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest operator in Japan, announced that it succeeded in offering what it called the world’s first experiment for a third-generation (3G) and wireless local area network (WLAN) dual …
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Pakistani operator Mobilink said it reached a subscriber base of 500,000 customers, and predicts it will have 1 million subscribers by year-end. The operator, owned 90 percent by Orascom …
TOKYO—NEC, the leading handset maker in Japan, announced that it shipped 2.5-generation (2.5G) handsets for China Mobile. China Mobile is the largest mobile carrier in China with 115 million subscribers. …
SAN JOSE, California, United States—Worldwide mobile-phone unit sales reached 93.8 million units in the first quarter of 2002, a 3.8-percent decline from first-quarter 2001, according to Dataquest, a unit of …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Networks said it signed an agreement to buy a 10-percent stake for US$35.8 billion in Redback Networks Inc., with an option to increase its shares in the future. …
