VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Wireless enterprise software provider Infowave Software announced dismal fourth-quarter results, showing a 30 percent drop in revenues from the same quarter last year and a net loss of …
MANCHESTER, N.H.—OEM solution provider FCI is presenting its new BATOOL 14.4 V line for the utility and telecommunications markets at CTIA Wireless 2002. The enhanced version of BATOOL is designed …
SAN DIEGO—One Voice Technologies Inc. will demonstrate its MobileVoice Messaging solutions in the Sony-Ericsson Mobile Communications booth at CTIA Wireless 2002 in Orlando. One Voice will be showing its MobileVoice …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—BellSouth lodged a complaint with the Fiscal
WASHINGTON—The government of Honduras plans to assign two new mobile telephony licenses. The licenses are planned for two of five frequency bands—in 800 MHz or 900 MHz or the three …
ATLANTA, United States—Cingular Wireless signed a $500 million supply agreement with Nortel Networks for GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) infrastructure upgrades in the United States, including Puerto Rico. The agreement …
BOSTON, United States—Market research firm Yankee Group said although Mexican mobile subscriber numbers surpassed fixed-line subscribers in 2000, revenues from mobile services will not overtake switched access revenues until 2006. …
CALGARY—Cell-Loc, a developer of network-based wireless location technology, contracted Brazilian manufacturer PST Industria Eletronica de Amazonia to manufacture Cellocate beacon devices. Under the agreement, PST is obligated to manufacture and …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—French and British cell-phone operators would appear to be adopting opposite third-generation (3G) investment strategies. Bouygues, the French telecom company, said it is now interested in obtaining a …
OXFORD, United Kingdom, and TOKYO—Hidden within the first cell-phone announcements from Sony Ericsson was the fact that the joint venture’s P800 smart phone device will use the operating system (OS) …
TOKYO—The number of mobile Internet users in Japan exceeded 50 million riding on the country’s i-mode boom. The Telecommunications Carriers Association, an industry association, on 7 March announced the number …
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MELBOURNE, Australia—For the first time, there are more mobile phones in Australia than there are fixed telephone lines, the Australian Communications Authority announced in its recently released annual report. According …
MANILA, The Philippines—Short message service (SMS) technology, more popularly known as text messaging among Filipino mobile users, proved to be a substantial source of revenue for Smart Communications, the wireless …
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Heru Prasetyo, Indonesia’s Accenture country manager, suggested cellular operators should increase their average revenue per user (ARPU) from its current less than US$20 to at least US$25 for financing …
NEW DELHI, India—Pak Telecom Mobile Limited, a fully owned subsidiary of Pakistan Telecommunications Corporation offering GSM 900 MHz services under the Ufone brand in Pakistan, announced an expansion plan, including …
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, listed on both the New York Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange simultaneously on 1 March. NTT DoCoMo said the listings …
HONG KONG—Indian company Lifetree Convergence said it supplied its billing and operations system for Shell, which launched a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service in Hong Kong in February. The …
HONG KONG—Hong Kong telecom regulator Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) said it plans to give unused spectrum to mobile operators. The unused spectrum, totaling 2.5 megahertz x 2 in …
