TOKYO—J-Phone, a Vodafone Group mobile carrier in Japan, became the country’s second-largest mobile service, exceeding au, a mobile service provided by KDDI, according to statistics released by Telecommunications Carriers Association …
PARIS—Three semiconductor companies announced they would forge a US$1.4 billion alliance to develop new chips with a view to cutting costs and defining standards for the industry. The companies, Motorola …
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Korea will see mobile penetration reach 80 percent by 2006, according to Pyramid Research. The country already has a 62-percent mobile penetration rate, making it the fourth-densest mobile market …
SEOUL, South Korea—CDMA operators LG Telecom of South Korea and Japan’s KDDI Corp. said they have set up a “worldwide CDMA belt” through a technology and marketing cooperation.Under the plan, …
SHANGHAI, China—French vendor Alcatel is venturing into the Chinese market by providing $9 million in seed money for startups to bring about new technologies through research and development efforts.Alcatel, which …
WASHINGTON—The Grayson Wireless Geometrix Location System for GSM systems meets the enhanced 911 Phase II mandate, confirmed the National Emergency Number Association.Grayson, a division of Allen Telecom Inc., made the …
NEW YORK—Moody’s Investor Services placed its ratings of Nextel Communications Inc. and Nextel Finance Co. on review for possible downgrade citing concerns about Nextel’s ability to grow enough cash flow …
NEW YORK—Lucent Technologies Inc. plans to cut about 5,000 more jobs, contrary to what the company had envisioned, according to the Wall Street Journal.The U.S.-based telecom gear maker, which has …
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WASHINGTON—Verizon Wireless appealed a decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last month to return 85 percent of the deposits for the winning bids for licenses held by NextWave Telecom …
HELSINKI, Finland—Norwegian telecom operator Telenor’s competitors in Scandinavia are puzzled by the Oslo-based operator’s decision to price at the high end for multimedia messaging services (MMS). Telenor intends to charge …
BEIJING—Following a three-month trial period, China Unicom launched commercial services on its CDMA network on 8 April. The trial period went less smoothly than the company had hoped, as it …
MELBOURNE, Australia—Optus is likely to delay the rollout of its $A900 million (US$478 million) third-generation (3G) mobile network beyond its proposed date of November 2002, according to Lee Hsien Yang, …
DUBLIN, Ireland—Mobile satellite communications operator Inmarsat has launched an e-mail, video streaming and file transfer service for corporate jet users. The London-based company said it can provide Internet-based services at …
NEW DELHI, India—Tata Teleservices, a basic services provider, will launch its “limited mobility” service using wireless local loop (WLL) technology in five circles, or service areas, in the second half …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The Colombian government passed a decree authorizing the auction of three regional licenses for personal communications services (PCS) on the C band of 1900 MHz, during which it …
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Econet Nigeria has announced that it reduced the fee of its monthly contract package called Business Parta from US$35 to US$21. Bolaji Balogum, chief marketing officer for the …
BEIJING—China’s dominant mobile-phone carrier, China Mobile, signed an agreement with U.S. wholesale telecom carrier ITXC to exchange international phone traffic over ITXC.net, ITXC’s global Internet-based telecommunications network. ITXC.net has points …
