LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, United States—US Unwired signed a definitive agreement to acquire fellow Sprint PCS affiliate Georgia PCS Management for approximately US$90.4 million. Under terms of the agreement, US Unwired …
OKLAHOMA CITY, United States—Dobson Communications completed a previously announced sale of four wireless licenses and related operations in California, Georgia, Ohio and Tennessee to Verizon Wireless for approximately US$465 million. …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Illinois, United States—Ntelos awarded a US$44 million contract to Motorola to upgrade the carrier’s CDMA network to 1x capability and install new call switching capacity. The contract includes …
NEW DELHI, India—The Indian government has decided to dilute its holdings in its two telecom service providers that offer wireless services, BSNL and MTNL, following the success in privatizing the …
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TOKYO—Mobile handset shipments during 2001 decreased by 1.8 percent on the year to 50.77 million units, Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) announced. It is the first time …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—By the end of February, regulations covering mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) should be approved by the Spanish Minister of Science and Technology. The ministry, which first opened …
LONDON—Cellular handset sales in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are showing signs of recovery, prompting LG to enter the UAE’s GSM phone market with two of its mobile-phone models, the …
MOSCOW—The Sonic Duo carrier, which is the Moscow stronghold of the pan-Russian Megafon project, received a US$138 million loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the European Bank for Reconstruction …
WASHINGTON—NextWave Telecom Inc. said it has activated its wireless network in 60 markets and is engaged in customer trials of its wireless data service based on CDMA 1x in selected …
MILAN, Italy—Motorola Inc. said it has unveiled five new handsets, three existing ones with enhanced technology additions and eight companion accessories at its Motorola Center. The new handsets include the …
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission today authorized ultra-wideband technology under what it described as very conservative technical parameters. The agency said it plans to initiate a further rulemaking in the next …
SEATTLE—Terabeam Corp. introduced its new Elliptica transceiver, which transmits wavelengths of light through the air rather than through fiber-optic cables, this week at the Broadband Wireless World Forum. Elliptica, which …
LOWELL, Mass.—M/A-Com Inc. has been chosen by Oakland County, Mich., to begin negotiations as the preferred supplier of a new countywide communications system. M/A-COM will deploy its TDMA-based OpenSky network …
LONDON—Cable & Wireless announced it has signed BT Cellnet, the U.K. business of Mmo2 plc, as a commercial customer of its mobile data roaming service, Cable & Wireless GPRS Roaming …
DENVER—CH2M Hill Communications Group announced the opening of its Denver-based Technology Solutions Center, a facility for solution development, prototyping, systems design, integration, testing, certification and communications product evaluation. “Communications companies …
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. announced it has completed its offer to exchange cash, 12 percent senior subordinated notes and 5 percent senior convertible notes for its 5 percent convertible subordinated notes. …
MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced it will extend its purchase offer for all of its outstanding units, and the offer will now expire at 5 p.m. Montreal time on February …
SAN DIEGO—Ensemble Communications Inc. unveiled two new broadband wireless products, the Fiberless 4200 Base Station and the Fiberless 220 Access Multiplexer. “In the current environment, carriers are struggling with two …
ARLINGTON, Va.—William T. Esrey, Sprint chairman and chief executive officer, is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the International Engineering Consortium (IEC) Information luncheon presentation at Supercomm in Atlanta …
