WATERLOO, Ontario—Research In Motion Ltd. says it plans to offer a BlackBerry reference design program that will allow manufacturers to use a hardware and software platform to build advanced wireless …
MOSCOW—Russian company Accord-Tel announced plans to create the fifth pan-Russian wireless network with the use of cdma2000 technology based on the International Mobile Telecommunications-Multi Carrier (IMT-MC) standard. Four pan-Russian GSM …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—With Bluetooth chipset manufacturers forecasting shipments of more than 90 million devices this year, the technology looks, eventually, like it is coming of age. The announcement last week …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Five Italian cell-phone operators have agreed, somewhat reluctantly, to a ruling from the country’s telecom regulator to a revised number portability fee. From 30 November, the maximum fee …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Latvia and the Czech Republic have both indicated their readiness to deploy third-generation (3G) networks, albeit within different timescales. Operators in Latvia will be able to bid for …
DUBLIN, Ireland—Germany’s finance minister has won an important victory in the country’s courts with the ruling that the government is not obliged to divide the proceeds of Germany’s third-generation (3G) …
NEW YORK—At its annual meeting, scheduled for 6 May, the board of directors of Motorola has asked shareholders to vote against a proposal that would bar the company from hiring …
BOGOTA, Colombia—3G Americas, the recently announced trade organization that will advocate TDMA, GSM, GPRS, EDGE and UMTS technologies, launched Spanish and Portuguese Web sites at www.3gamericas.org Founding members of the …
CHICAGO—Test solutions provider Anite Telecoms has entered an alliance with 7 Layers to provide operators with a one-stop-shop for service and support on their GPRS and third-generation networks. “We provide …
PARIS—Alcatel signed a contract with KenCell for a new GSM network expansion. The deal, the carrier’s fourth expansion by Alcatel, will provide the Kenyan mobile operator additional capacity, beginning in …
AUSTIN, Texas—Wi-Fi service provider Wayport Inc. said it is teaming with GRIC Communications to offer high-speed Internet service in U.S. airports and hotels, otherwise known as hotspots. “Wayport joins the …
NIEUWEGEIN, The Netherlands—CMG Wireless Data Solutions announced it sold its multimedia messaging service product to Telecomunicacoes Moveis Nacionais, the mobile wing of Portugal Telecom. CMG has worked with TMN since …
WASHINGTON—The Bush administration said various foreign governments continue to sanction trade barriers to U.S wireless exports, a claim likely to further fuel trade friction in the aftermath of recent White …
WASHINGTON—Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association President Thomas Wheeler today urged Commerce Secretary Donald Evans to free up spectrum held by the Pentagon and other federal agencies for third-generation wireless systems. …
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission today granted a temporary waiver to VoiceStream Wireless Corp. to provide wireless priority access service on a short-term basis to local, state and federal officials here …
NEW YORK—CellPoint Inc. said it reached a settlement in its malpractice lawsuit against the company’s former legal counsel, receiving approximately $1.3 million, including a cash component and compromise on prior …
BELLEVUE, Wash.—The South American subsidiary of Nextel Communications Inc. will offer carrier-level access to corporate information through a new deal with wireless software provider InfoSpace Inc. NII Holdings Inc., the …
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Network infrastructure company Tahoe Networks Inc. has announced partnerships with two companies to provide mobile data services for wireless operators. The two companies are Kabira Technologies Inc. and …
LONDON—Wireless platform licensing company Parthus Technologies plc announced it sold its NavStream GPS location-based services platform to the semiconductor division of Samsung Electronics.
ITHACA, N.Y.—Sprint PCS launched wireless service in Ithaca, N.Y., completing the major portions of a $31.4 million network expansion project connecting the cities and thoroughfares of New York’s Southern Tier. …
