NEW YORK—Hewlett-Packard Co. said federal prosecutors have asked for documents on the voting by two of its big shareholders, Deutsche Bank and Northern Trust, on the merger plan with Compaq …
LONDON—The Mobile Entertainment Forum announced a new board of directors and created two regional branches in Asia and the Americas to further growth in the regions. The new board includes …
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil—Cellular operator Telefonica Celular announced the commercial launch of its cdma2000 1x data and voice network in Brazil. The network, with equipment supplied by Lucent Technologies Inc., …
SAN JOSE, Calif.—A subsidiary of wireless enterprise company Semotus Solutions filed a $20 million lawsuit against Internet service provider EarthLink Networks Inc., alleging EarthLink failed to pay for a Web …
RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communications Inc. and Motorola Inc. reported the successful testing of voice coder software designed to nearly double Nextel’s wireless voice capacity, and they said Motorola will deliver a …
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Digital integrated circuit technology company QuickSilver Technology Inc. cut 40 percent of its work force in response to its changing business situation and in an effort to stay …
CHICAGO—U.S. Cellular Corp. posted $478.4 million in operating revenue for the first quarter of 2002, a 9-percent increase compared with the $439.7 million reported last year. Net income increased more …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. said it plans to perform a testing program to confirm if its MMS Client, MMS server and its WAP Gateway interoperates with Nokia’s MMS-enabled handsets …
NEW YORK—Compaq Computer Corp. and Schlumberger say they have agreed to develop joint IT solutions for such markets as oil and gas, finance, telecommunications, transport, energy and utilities and the …
RALEIGH, N.C.—Summus Inc., Raleigh, N.C., has entered a partnership that will enable users of wireless devices embedded with its Exego software to select, view and send electronic greeting cards developed …
LONDON—French vendor Alcatel told the market its first-quarter sales would fall while net loss will improve, and Ericsson AB warned that it would report a first-quarter loss and drop in …
REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless launched its consumer-oriented mMode service offering designed to provide customers with access to a number of communication, information and entertainment services using the carrier’s GSM/GPRS network. AT&T …
LONDON—European carrier MmO2 signed separate contracts with Nokia Corp. and Nortel Networks to equip its 2.5- and third-generation networks in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Germany and Ireland. Each …
WASHINGTON—A leading public-safety advocate on Tuesday refrained from giving carriers a grade on wireless enhanced 911 deployment but said the goal has not been met. “Until we have 911 service …
WASHINGTON—The Personal Communications Industry Association has decided to drop its annual trade show, global m-commerce user initiative and LifePage donor program and cut its skeletal staff by 20 percent as …
RESTON, Va.—In light of the expiration of its credit facility yesterday, XO Communications Inc. said it is still in negotiations with both Forstmann Little & Co., Telefonos de Mexico S.A. …
SARASOTA, Fla.—Pinnacle Holdings Inc. said the previously announced expiration of the forbearance agreement that it and its subsidiaries, including Pinnacle Towers Inc., entered into Nov. 16, 2001, has been renewed …
TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest operator in Japan, on 11 April launched an m-commerce mall on its EZ Web sites. EZ Web is KDDI’s version of NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode wireless Internet access …
MOSCOW—Russia is planning to issue a maximum of four third-generation (3G) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) licenses, but that will not happen earlier than 2003. “From the point of view …
TOKYO—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, a joint venture of Sony and Ericsson, is going to set up a subsidiary in China for producing third-generation (3G) handsets, Nikkei Shimbun reported on 8 …
