DUBLIN, Ireland—A joint survey conducted by the U.K. telecom regulator OFTEL and its Irish counterpart ODTR has found that consumers are still largely unaware of the potentially high cost of …
NEW DELHI, India—Mobilink, a GSM 900 MHz service provider in Pakistan, plans to invest US$60 million in network expansion and service upgrades. “We are putting together the expansion plan, which …
NEW DELHI, India—Spice Nepal, a joint venture between India’s ModiCorp and Nepali trading house Khetans, is expected to launch its GSM services in the Himalayan kingdom by August. This will …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Nigerian mobile network operator Econet Wireless has unveiled its latest product called Wireless Talk, an informational and educational column published in the local press. The column features background …
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted a temporary waiver to VoiceStream Wireless to provide wireless priority access service (PAS) on a short-term basis to local, state and federal officials here …
Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans was the keynote speaker at today’s Spectrum Summit. Following are his prepared remarks. As I stand here in our Department auditorium, I am reminded of …
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association announced seven laboratories are now authorized to test wireless products for the CTIA Certification Program. “Our seven authorized testing labs allow CTIA to …
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Several major trade associations have joined to send a letter to President George W. Bush in support of his leadership in securing more spectrum for next generation wireless services. …
BELLEVUE, Wash.—VoiceStream Wireless will cut about 260 jobs from offices in Atlanta, Memphis, Tenn. and Louisville, Ky. as part of the ongoing incorporation of Powertel Inc., which Deutsche Telekom acquired …
THE HAUGE, The Netherlands—KPN Mobile said it will begin offering mobile data services based on i-mode, the technology developed by its Japanese partner NTT DoCoMo, on 18 April. The operator …
CLINTON, Miss.—WorldCom Group announced it will cut 3,700 jobs, affecting six percent of WorldCom Group’s work force, or four percent of WorldCom Inc.’s overall work force, but not MCI Group. …
BOULDER, Colo.—SignalSoft Corp. expects to report revenue below guidance for the first quarter ended March 31, due to delayed deployments of new mobile location services by major wireless carriers. SignalSoft …
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Problems with Qualcomm Inc. CDMA chipsets and delays in carrier approvals of new handsets led to a disappointing first fiscal quarter for Audiovox Corp. The company reported net sales …
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—Sprint PCS signed an agreement with SportsLine.com Inc. to offer its Wireless Web subscribers up-to-the-minutes sports news and information. “Sprint is clearly providing the type of valuable information …
NEW YORK—LocatioNet announced two partnerships, with Geographic Data Technology and Coherent Networks, to complement its offering to wireless carriers. GDT will offer additional mapping content to LocatioNet’s existing solution with …
CAMPELL, Calif.—P-Com Inc. announced its Tel-Link point-to-multipoint microwave radios have passed testing requirements set by China’s Ministry of Information and Industry (MII) for use in China. “China represents one of …
MIAMI—World Wide Wireless Communications Inc. announced it will change its name to Universal Communications Systems Inc. and that its stock will start trading under the new UCSI symbol. “As we …
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—Airtuit and TeleCommunications Systems (TCS) announced they will integrate their technologies to create a wireless messaging solution for the enterprise. TCS’ Commercial Messaging Service, which allows text messages to …
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.—Starfish Software announced it has chosen Teleca as its first Starfish Systems Integrator Program (SIP) partner to deploy mobile data synchronization, connectivity and device management solutions in Europe. …
