DALLAS—Alcatel Alsthom said it has signed a GSM expansion contract valued at over $114 million with Jiangsu Mobile Communication Co. in China. Under the contract terms, Alcatel will provide its …
WAYNE, Pa.—USA Technologies Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of Stitch Networks, with approval from its shareholders to authorize the shares required for the transaction. USA Technologies offers solutions …
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin selling enhanced i-mode handsets this week. The movaD504I and mova F5041 phones are expected to offer packet data transmission speeds of up to …
SHEFFIELD, U.K.—Phone Candy, a service that allows users to personalize their cell phones via the Internet, has added Garfield the cat to its options. “The humor and fun of the …
LONDON—Intec Telecom Systems plc announced its interim results for the six months ended March 31, show the company exceeded market expectations and recorded a positive EBITDA. The Company reported a …
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. reiterated its outlook for the third quarter and the rest of 2002 on the assumption of improved sales for its chipset. The company said it expects its …
TOKYO—Messaging company FunMail announced it is now offering its service over NTT DoCoMo’s wildly popular i-mode service. FunMail’s service has been endorsed by the carrier, and customers will be billed …
LONDON—Red-M is partnering with Cambridge Silicon Radio to develop hand-off technology that will enable mobile users to move freely inside buildings while maintaining uninterrupted wireless connections, Red-M said.
LONDON—Wireless micropayments will likely become a major part of the wireless industry, so much so that they could spur customers to make more payments on the wired Internet, according to …
MCLEAN, Va.—Shared Towers Inc. said it received an unspecified amount of funding from Virginia Capital for its new tower acquisition and development company, Shared Tower Sites L.L.C. The new company …
WASHINGTON—Total wireless revenues increased more than 22 percent during the last half of last year to $34.1 billion compared with $27.8 billion during the last half of 2000, according to …
LAUREL, Md.—Sentori Inc. announced it will work with Siemens Netherlands to provide the Sentori 3G Billing and Customer Care software system for Belize Telecommunications Ltd.’s GSM/GPRS network. Sentori’s customer management …
BRUSSELS, Belgium—GSM Europe member operators met with the European Commission in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss mobile industry issues, the GSM Association said. The meetings came ahead of new telecommunications …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. has partnered with Telesp Celular to offer World Cup news updates through interactive, real-time messaging applications. Through Openwave’s PUSH technology and Telesp’s CDMA wireless network, …
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—InfoSpace Inc. announced that it is providing its wireless software and services for the launch of WAP, SMS and speech-enabled data services by Verizon Wireless Puerto Rico. …
NEW YORK—Enlisting the support of four heavy hitters in professional sports and in retailing, Samsung Electronics America Inc., Ridgefield Park, N.J., launched on May 16 its “Four Seasons of Hope” …
PARIS—Alcatel Alsthom has signed a $125 million contract to supply Tunisian carrier Orascom Telecom with GSM gear for voice and data services. The deal, which will last for five years, …
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens said it will supply GSM technology to Belize Telecommunications Ltd. under a $12.9 million contract. Siemens Netherlands will supply and install all the radio and switching technology for …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint PCS and the Virgin Group reported they would each have an equal interest and mutual governance roles in their Virgin Mobile USA mobile virtual network operator joint …
DENVER, United States—The Slovak government announced three companies submitted bids for the country’s three third-generation (3G) licenses. Incumbent operators Eurotel and Orange bid for the two individual 3G licenses on …
