MINNEAPOLIS—The wireless industry’s smaller players continued their push to consolidate under tight economic conditions, with three mergers and acquisitions announced over the past few days. Iquniverse Inc. announced it will …
CARY, N.C.—SpectraSite Holdings Inc. is terminating its build-to-suit contract with Cingular Wireless and transferring its sublease agreements in 545 SBC Communications Inc. towers to Cingular, as well as modifying its …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having failed in its ambitions to become one of the top five suppliers of mobile terminals, Alcatel is expected to announce a partnership with another cell-phone developer to …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Finnish company First Hop claimed that a number of European cell-phone operators are conducting trials of its compression and caching technologies, which could significantly speed up the data …
TOKYO—Japanese mobile-phone shipments in March dropped by 49.7 percent to 3.12 million units compared with sales in February, the Japanese Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) reported. It was …
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OXFORD, United Kingdom—While sending e-mails via cell phones is up to 10 times cheaper than short message service (SMS), mobile operators must still charge users to receive e-mails so their …
TORONTO—Rogers AT&T Wireless has inked a deal to provide wireless data services for Purolator Courier, Canada’s largest courier company. Under the deal, Purolator will use Rogers AT&T Wireless technology and …
TOKYO—Fujitsu announced this week PCs with Bluetooth technology and television tuners. With the new PCs, users can store and replay music or watch television programs. Users of the PC, called …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Vodacom South Africa has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority to withdraw a pamphlet concerning special offers and monthly subscription fee specials. The authority said the advertisement …
LONDON—Vodafone Group plc said it increased it ownership of China Mobile Hong Kong to 3.27 percent from 2.18 percent by subscribing US$750 million for new ordinary shares in the Chinese …
PARIS—Alcatel will supply a nationwide GSM 900/1800 MHz network in Tunisia for Orascom Telecom under a US$125 million contract. The five-year contract will enable Orascom to offer mobile voice and …
AUSTIN, Texas—SchlumbergerSema announced it will provide the security platform for Hutchison 3G’s third-generation services. According to the agreement, SchlumbergerSema will offer consulting, systems integration and project management expertise to support …
DENVER—The Wireless Multimedia Forum ceased operations early this year, and its more than 60 members have moved on to work with other standards bodies, including the Third Generation Partnership Project …
HELSINKI, Finland, and BERLIN—Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG have agreed to collaborate in creating and driving open standards-based mobile software, part of which will allow Siemens to license Nokia’s software …
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. plans to introduce a billing system enabling i-mode subscribers to make monthly payments at convenience stores using a two-dimensional bar code on the screens of their mobile …
REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless introduced a pair of nationwide calling plans designed to take advantage of the carrier’s GSM/GPRS and TDMA network technology. The plans include the Multi-Band One Rate plan, …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Wireless giant Ericsson continued to lead the multimedia messaging service infrastructure industry through its new deal with T-Mobile. T-Mobile will use Ericsson’s MMS center to launch services in its …
SAN MATEO, Calif.—Beatnik Inc. founder Thomas Dolby Robertson will leave the company in order to focus on other efforts, including his music career, a company spokeswoman confirmed. Robertson, who founded …
SAN DIEGO—Wingcast L.L.C. and Hewlett-Packard Co. are teaming to provide solutions that will enable original equipment manufacturers to remotely monitor and respond to vehicle conditions, the companies said. The Wingcast …
