WASHINGTON—Lawyers for Christopher Newman in an US$800 million brain-cancer lawsuit against the mobile-phone industry have notified the U.S. federal judge overseeing the case that an unpublished study attacked by defendants …
MELBOURNE, Australia—Former directors of failed mobile-phone operator One.Tel this week launched a new telecommunications reseller with a strikingly similar company name, TeleOne. The announcement was met with disbelief and skepticism, …
WASHINGTON—A class-action antitrust lawsuit filed against the mobile-phone industry in early January and promptly withdrawn two weeks later is expected to be refiled today in Manhattan federal court, according to …
FAIRFAX, Va.—IBM Corp. entered an alliance with Trust Digital LLC. to provide secure data on mobile devices. Using password protection, data encryption and a variety of administration control measures, Trust …
TORONTO—Moody’s Investor Services has lowered Nortel Networks Corp.’s credit rating to junk status. The rating on its senior long-term debt dropped to Ba3 from Baa3, while the rating on its …
DENVER—Qwest Communications International Inc. said the SEC has informed the company that it will be subject to a formal investigation regarding its accounting practices. The investigation follows an informal inquiry …
SYDNEY, Australia—Telstra has won a tender from the Australian government to provide mobile coverage for towns in Australia with populations of 500 or more. The tender is part of a …
NEW YORK—Tele2 said it increased its ownership in Finnish 3G Ltd. from 20 percent to 27.44 percent. Finnish 3G holds one of four third-generation licenses in Finland. Finnet Group is …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Wireless enterprise software company Infowave Software Inc. announced preliminary results for the first quarter, showing decreasing revenues and a drop in its net losses. “Despite disappointing financial results, …
BOCA RATON, Fla.—SBA Communications Corp. reaffirmed its first-quarter revenue guidance of $60 million to $66 million, and EBITDA of $18.5 million to $21 million. SBA plans to announce first-quarter earnings …
DUBLIN, Ireland—Technology firm DSP Group announced it will merge its digital signal processing subsidiary, Ceva Inc., with wireless platform licensing company Parthus Technologies plc. The new combined company will be …
WASHINGTON—Lawyers for Christopher Newman in an $800 million brain-cancer lawsuit against the mobile-phone industry have notified the federal judge overseeing the case that an unpublished study attacked by defendants has …
DUBLIN, Ireland—The debate about the possible health risks from mobile antennae in Ireland could be about to take a fresh twist with rumors that two government departments, the operators and …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The telecommunications crisis worsened during the past week in Argentina, with the second- and fourth-largest operators now in default. Telecom Argentina and CTI M
TOKYO—Yozan, a Tokyo-based software developer, on 2 April announced that the firm is going to launch Internet Protocol (IP)-based wireless service in the fourth quarter of 2002 by fully using …
HELSINKI, Finland—TDC, the Danish telecom company that is currently the subject of attention from acquisitive Nordic neighbor Telia, is being linked as a “probable” contender to take over Cesky Telecom, …
MANILA, The Philippines—Globe Telecom, one of the Philippines’ leading mobile-phone operators, has launched a wireless broadband service that offers a wireless Internet connection. Jesus Romero, Globe assistant vice president for …
JAKARTA, Indonesia—SingTel Mobile confirmed that it purchased an additional 12.7-percent stake in Indonesia’s Telkomsel for US$429 million from PT Telkom, giving it a 35-percent stake in the mobile operator. Telkom’s …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—South African mobile network operator Vodacom confirmed that the company has as yet not accepted the offer of a mobile license in Zambia. The operator was offered a …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The Chilean auction of three 10-megahertz bandwidths in the 1900 MHz spectrum was newly postponed. The Court of Appeals saw fit to exclude Smartcom PCS from the competition, …
