ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland, Canada—Newfoundland is poised to become the first province in Canada to ban motorists from using handheld cell phones while driving. The proposed ban is aimed at improving …
TOKYO—East Japan Railway, the leading railroad operator in Japan, on 1 May said it would launch a new service letting mobile users use their phones as train tickets beginning in …
JAKARTA, Indonesia—General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology will not bring killer data applications, at least during this year in Indonesia, according to industry executives. Rudiantara, head of the country’s cellular …
TOKYO—Kyocera, the world’s largest maker of integrated circuit (IC) ceramic packages and a leading mobile handset vendor in Japan, has won a large-scale wireless local loop (WLL) order from a …
NEW DELHI, India—Bangladesh has reduced the import duty on mobile phones and dropped the levy on new connections. The duty on handsets has been reduced to 2,500 taka (US$44) from …
MANILA, The Philippines—Due to the solid performance of its mobile-phone subsidiary Smart Communications, Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) net earnings last year more than tripled to 3.4 billion Philippine pesos …
TOKYO—Cybird, a leading mobile content provider, announced that it tied up with China.com for content distribution services in China. Upon the contract, Moeasy, a subsidiary of China.com, will distribute fortune-telling …
CAMPBELL, California, United States—P-Com announced it has received an order for 30 of its AirPro Gold Net wireless Internet radio units from the Afghan Radio Project in Afghanistan. P-Com’s devices …
MURRAY HILL, New Jersey, United States—Lucent Technologies said it has completed what it described as the industry’s first high-speed commercial Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) data call using 1900 MHz …
CHICAGO, United States—More than half the attendees at a recent U.S. wireless conference said they intend to spend more year over year for wireless voice services, and 42 percent said …
BRISBANE, Calif.—ViaFone Inc. announced its ViaFone OneBridge solution is being used by FedEx Corp. to support FedEx applications that help customers keep track of shipments. OneBridge allows customers to track …
LOS ANGELES—Mobile media company Moviso, a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal Net USA, announced it will offer BREW-based ring tones and theme songs through a new distribution deal with Verizon Wireless. …
SEATTLE—Sony Corp. said it will buy a 1 percent stake in RealNetworks inc., and will collaborate with the streaming media company on a variety of technologies and devices. While the …
ATLANTA—AirGate PCS Inc. reported $114.9 million in second quarter revenues ending March 31, compared with $37.1 million posted for the same quarter last year. Net losses also increased from $28.4 …
CALGARY, Alberta—Wireless Matrix Corp. has signed a licensing agreement to allow Schlumberger to use components of its remote data management, telemetry services product and wide area wireless technology. “In particular, …
WASHINGTON—American University in Washington, D.C., is implementing a campus-wide wireless system to handle voice, data and messaging via cell phones, personal digital assistants and laptop computers. KPMG Consulting is implementing …
WASHINGTON—Price Communications Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Price received 200,000 stock options last year worth more than $500,000 in addition to his $600,000 annual salary, according to the …
SAN DIEGO—Gabelli Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in Leap Wireless International Inc. from 8.75 percent to 10.14 percent according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The …
SAN DIEGO—Wireless Facilities Inc. won a three-year subcontract from Bechtel Corp. in conjunction with Cingular Wireless’ GSM/GPRS network overlay project. Bechtel will have responsibility for program management including logistics, equipment …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Advanced Micro Devices said its microprocessors have been chosen by Fujitsu Corp for its LifeBook A Series commercial notebook for the North American market. “Fujitsu has included significant options …
