NEW YORK—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is expected to raise $3 billion this week by selling five-year and 10-year global bonds, according to Reuters. Cingular Wireless raised $2 billion in a …
VILNIUS, Lithuania—Lithuanian operator Omnitel has begun a short message service parking payment service, allowing postpaid subscribers to pay for parking with mobile phones. Users send specific messages to a short …
DENVER—Digital Reliance Inc., provider of applications for managing business wireless and optimizing cellular rates, announced it has finalized agreements with three new customers: Agilera Inc., DaVita Inc. and Fountain View …
SANTA ANA, Calif.—Troy Wireless unveiled its Wireless WindConnect Bluetooth print adapter software for use with select Palm handheld computers. The printer software allows Palm handhelds with a Bluetooth Card to …
FREMONT, Calif.—Nextel Communications Inc. reported the availability of @Road’s iLM2710 Internet Location Manager with Nextel’s iO1000 embedded wireless data modem. The companies said the offering will provide businesses with critical …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Telia Mobile signed a national roaming agreement in Finland with Suomen 2G Oy, allowing Telia Mobile Finland’s customers to use Suomen’s national GSM network. “This is an important step …
TORONTO—Nortel Networks Corp. warned that reduced customer spending will pare down its first-quarter revenue below market forecasts and force it to draw on a $1.75 billion loan. The telecom gear …
ROCKVILLE, Md.—Mobilepro Corp. announced its NeoReach Inc. subsidiary, which develops modem solutions to support third-generation wireless services, has filed five patent applications and has been notified by the U.S. Patent …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia is laying off 55 to 75 people from its production plant in Espoo, Finland, the company said. “The needs at the factory have decreased as the production process …
PARIS—France Telecom’s international mobile and fixed networks signed a purchasing agreement with Alcatel for its local multipoint distribution service technology to provide mobile backhaul transmission within its GSM, GPRS and …
NEW YORK—Dismissing a contrary argument by Hewlett Packard Co., Delaware Chancery Court judge allowed dissident board member Walter Hewlett to present his court case against the company’s merger with Compaq. …
BELLEVUE, Wash.—Merchants now have a variety of new options to choose from in order to conduct business when they are away from their cash register. Wireless Internet application and service …
LONDON—Wireless enterprise software provider AvantGo Inc. released its new Mobile Inspection product, which the company said is a prepackaged application that allows users to more efficiently inspect and track assets …
OTTAWA, Ontario—Security solution provider Cloakware Corp. announced digital media developer DataPlay Inc. will use Cloakware’s patent-pending code to secure its ContentKey content promotion and activation software applications. Cloakware’s code transformation …
MUNICH, Germany—The mobile division of technology giant Siemens continues to reinforce its wireless Internet offering, adding instant messaging features and a proxy server. First, the company teamed with wireless messaging …
NEW YORK—Standard & Poor’s Corp. lowered the speculative-grade ratings of American Cellular Corp. to CCC-plus from B because the company’s annual report indicated it is likely to exceed the debt …
ORLANDO, Florida, United States—Following on a meeting of operators and vendors with an interest in Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) technology at the 3GSM World Congress in France …
NEW DELHI, India—Handset manufacturers worried about the disturbing trend of low sales in European and U.S. markets can take comfort from emerging trends in the Asia-Pacific region. All research findings …
MobileSpring Inc. and InphoMatch Inc., rival vendors for short message service interoperability solutions, have been working together during the past few months to ensure their cross-carrier messaging systems are themselves …
Nearly six months after United Kingdom-based Virgin Group and Sprint PCS announced they formed Virgin Mobile USA, the U.S. wireless industry continues to wait for the launch of the highly …
