LONDON—Inmarsat Ltd., a mobile satellite communications provider, began offering to corporate jet passengers April 10 its new “Swift64” service, which provides data speeds of up to 64 kilobits per second …
PRAGUE, Czech Republic—The Czech government launched a second round of a tender to acquire a majority stake in state-owned Cesky Telecom after receiving bids below its minimum-set price. The government …
DENVER—Radio-paging company Peregrine Inc. announced it will acquire Gotta Go Wireless, a nationwide data messaging and cellular company. “This is a very significant acquisition for our company, since it enables …
STAMFORD, Conn.—Wireless Internet veteran I3 Mobile Inc. announced it repurchased 1.5 million shares of the company’s common stock from Keystone Ventures, which bought shares in the company before it went …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Wireless e-mail provider Seven gained a new chief executive officer, Mark Biestman, who previously ran worldwide field operations for Commerce One. Seven’s previous CEO, Bill Nguyen, will continue …
TOKYO—Toshiba Corp said it is planning to open a large-scale manufacturing base in China, although it is yet to unveil the schedule, products or the specific site. Several Japanese, European …
NEW YORK—AT&T Wireless sold $3 billion worth of global bonds on Thursday, according to co-lead manager Lehman Brothers Inc. Due to nervous investors the carrier postponed the offer from earlier …
WASHINGTON—Access Spectrum LLC, the band manager for private-wireless users, said on Thursday that it is acquiring the 220 MHz band licenses of Aerwav Inc. “This has been our mission to …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint PCS and handset manufacturer LG InfoComm unveiled the Sprint PCS Phone 4NE1 by LG, a dual-band handset that features changeable side panels and built-in screen savers. The …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Sun Microsystems Inc. said it is partnering with Vuico L.L.C. to develop a software for creating, assembling and deploying wireless Web services. “This leverage will allow Vuico to …
LONDON—Mobile operator MmO2 said it has signed a 10-year deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars to outsource IBM Corp.’s customer care software. According to the agreement, IBM will redesign, …
RALEIGH, N.C.—Summus Inc. announced its BlueFuel-powered Exego application has been ported to the Microsoft PocketPC platform to allow wireless subscribers to exchange e-mail, digital images and instant messages via BREW-enabled …
TORONTO, Ontario—Research In Motion Ltd.’s new GPRS BlackBerry wireless e-mail/mobile phone device is now available throughout Canada through the company’s deal with Rogers AT&T Wireless. “This advanced wireless communications tool …
EDISON, N.J.—LSSi Corp. launched its Jolt self-service mobile directory that allows Web-enabled wireless device users to look up telephone listings. Jolt users simply enter search information into their device through …
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has rejected a request from the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) to delay the 700 MHz auction, currently set to begin on 19 June …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—South Africa’s integrated telecommunications and media company Johnnic Holdings, together with parastatal Transnet Limited, announced the conclusion of a voting pool agreement in respect to their interests in …
WATERLOO, Ontario—Shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. stumbled after the company warned its revenues next year would be lower than what Wall Street expected. RIM management said the …
HOUSTON—Crown Castle International Corp. said its subsidiary, Crown Castle UK Ltd., reached an agreement with British Telecommunications plc to defer paying until March 2003 approximately $71.9 million of a $143.7 …
TORONTO—Nortel Networks said it has agreed with 27 banks to amend and extend its revolving credit facility of $1.75 billion for an additional 364 days. “The amended agreement is the …
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. unveiled details of its Mobile Station Modem solution, the MSM6100, it hopes to ship in the second half of 2002, saying that the third-generation chipset and system …
