STOCKHOLM, Sweden—The County Administrative Court in Sweden rejected an appeal from Telia regarding interconnection charges. In January, the Swedish National Post and Telecom Agency ordered Telia to reduce its interconnection …
DALLAS—Ntelos Inc. launched Preferred Voice Inc.’s Voice Activated Dialing service on its wireless network serving portions of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina. Preferred Voice said it is …
LONDON—Motorola Inc. continued to improve its wireless gaming portfolio through a partnership with iFone. Under the deal, Motorola will distribute Java-based Atari games, including Pong, Centipede, Breakout and Asteroids. In …
BEIJING—Chinese mobile phone maker TCL Mobile announced it will license Microsoft Corp.’s Pocket PC and Smartphone 2002 operating systems for use in future wireless devices. The number of Microsoft OS …
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Commerce Secretary Don Evans named Nuala O’Connor Kelly chief counsel for technology for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Technology Administration. “The Department of Commerce’s Technology Administration is at the …
NEW YORK—Concerns about “ongoing operating losses and poor trading conditions” caused Standard & Poor’s Corp. May 16 to lower L.M. Ericsson’s investment-grade credit rating a notch to BBB/A-3 from BBB-plus/A-3. …
CHICAGO—Verizon Wireless launched Phase II E-911 network capabilities in Cook County, Ill., enabling emergency dispatchers to receive detailed information on the location and wireless phone number of someone making a …
BEIJING—China Mobile is to formally launch its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) nationwide on 17 May under the brand name Monternet. The service, offering high-speed Internet and e-mail, could be …
DUBLIN, Ireland—In a further indication of the necessity of closer cooperation between previously fierce rivals, Nokia and Siemens have announced plans to collaborate on mobile terminal software. Open standards is …
MANILA, The Philippines—Globe Telecom is aiming for not less than 10,000 of its 4.5 million prepaid subscribers to subscribe to its international roaming service, a US$2 million investment by the …
JAKARTA,Indonesia—The increasing growth in Indonesia’s cellular communications has attracted a new government tax scheme for imported material used in cellular infrastructure as additional income for the Indonesian government. Under this …
NEW DELHI, India—The rising graph of cellular phone subscribers in India took a dip, with fewer additions during April. All the operators together added 280,000 subscribers during the month, a …
MOSCOW—The U.S.-based MCT Corporation sold a considerable part of its Russian Indigo project, and market experts believe that may signal an end to the ambitious plan of creating a fourth …
BEIJING—China Mobile became China’s biggest telecom operator on 16 May, although not through actions of its own. The long delayed split of fixed-line operator China Telecom finally became a reality …
HELSINKI, Finland—The Lithuanian state is examining a proposal presented by the National Property Fund (NPF) to divest a 5-percent equity stake in Lietuvos Telekomas, Lithuania’s mobile and fixed telecom monopoly. …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—M-Cell, the holding company for South African mobile network operator MTN, announced that Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Paul Edwards has stepped down in favor of Phuthuma Nhleko, non-executive …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Millicom’s cellular operator in Bolivia introduced Telecel Free, a post-pay service with no subscription or invoice that charges airtime costs to the client’s credit or debit card. According …
TOKYO—NTT Corporation, the largest telecommunications carrier in Japan, announced that the carrier’s loss after tax for fiscal 2001, ending March 2002, was 812.1 billion yen (US$6.3 billion). It became Japan’s …
BEIJING—China Telecom has split into two companies in order to allow each one to streamline its efforts toward profitability. China Telecom will cover the south and western networks, while the …
DALLAS—U.S. Cellular Corp. selected Nortel Networks as the primary supplier for the planned upgrade of its network to cdma2000 1x technology. The multi-year agreement calls for Nortel to deploy 1x …
