TAMPERE, Finland—Tahoe Networks said it is helping European operators create mobile data service business models that will reverse the decline in average revenue per user (ARPU) through a six-month educational …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it plans to lay off about 300 workers in Norway as part of the company’s overall cost-cutting strategy. Most of the job cuts will affect the company’s …
LONDON—The Wireless Village standards group released its version 1.0 specifications for wireless instant messaging, prompting a range of new product and service announcements from Wireless Village members. The standards group …
LONDON—Cable & Wireless announced it has signed BT Cellnet, the U.K. business of mmO2, as a commercial customer of its mobile data roaming service, Cable & Wireless GPRS Roaming Exchange …
DUBLIN, Ireland—Vodafone Fiji is using short message service (SMS) software from Ireland’s Xiam. The announcement follows a trial of the software during the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament. The …
LUXEMBOURG—SK Telecom has selected Mach for the provision of its roaming and clearing services. Mach said it will support SK Telecom in the implementation and development of its inter-standard roaming …
PHOENIX, United States—ArrayComm announced a licensing partnership with Kyocera to commercialize, manufacture and sell its i-Burst system worldwide. I-Burst is built on ArrayComm’s IntelliCell spatial processing smart antenna technology, which …
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo said it has issued 10-year domestic straight corporate bonds with an aggregate value of US$525.5 million and redemption period of 20 December, 2011.
SAN DIEGO, United States—KTF in South Korea launched the Geleye service plan and associated handset, powered by Qualcomm’s gpsOne global positioning system (GPS) chipset and location software. KTF’s Geleye handset …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The sales projection for mobile terminals in Latin America for 2002 is 54 million units, with an increase of 13 percent compared with last year, according to a …
NEW DELHI, India—Lanka Bell, a fixed wireless local loop (WLL) telecommunications service provider in Sri Lanka, decided to install a new broadband wireless access system, ClearBurst MB, from U.S.-based Harris …
TOKYO—Sogo Keibi Hosho, a leading security business in Japan, launched a new home security service using mobile phones. Users of the service, called Rusu Mate, can be alerted about an …
NEW DELHI, India—The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said it is seriously reviewing the calling party pays (CPP) regime for fixed-to-mobile calls to provide relief to the general public. PTA Chairman …
MANILA, The Philippines—Filipinos prefer to use text messages on their mobile phones more frequently than e-mail to stay in touch with each other, according to a recent study conducted by …
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Telstra, Australian’s leading mobile operator, will commence action to ban stolen mobile phones from its network as part of a broader campaign to curb incidences of mobile-phone theft. In …
MONTREAL—Bell Canada International (BCI) said its reorganization focusing on the Brazilian mobile-phone market will help it see revenues grow from C$374 million (US$235.1 million) in 2001 to up to C$550 …
MEXICO CITY—Nokia launched its 8270 model phone, a CDMA 1900 MHz “fashion” phone, at Expo Comm Mexico 2002. Shipments of the phone, which is Nokia’s first CDMA fashion phone for …
TOKYO—NEC, the leading handset manufacturer in Japan, is going to re-enter the U.S. mobile handset market by the end of March 2003. NEC in 2000 sold its mobile handset factories …
WASHINGTON—NextWave Telecom, the controversial company in a battle with the government and other operators for control of U.S. wireless spectrum, said it has activated its wireless network in 60 markets …
