AMAGASAKI, Japan-Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said it has developed a browser that will enable mobile phones, car navigation systems and other mobile terminals to handle a multi-markup language known as xHTML …
ARLINGTON, Va.—TeleCorp PCS Inc. shareholders approved the company’s proposed merger with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which is expected to be completed on Feb. 15. “Over 94 percent of the votes …
IRVINE, Calif.—Electronic company D-Link said it has developed what it calls the first wireless Internet camera known as the D-Link Air DCS-1000W, which does remote security monitoring as well as …
ATLANTA—Wireless hardware and software provider Discrete Wireless announced it has completed $1.3 million equity capital round of private investments, bringing the total investments the company has raised to more than …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Colligo Networks Inc., formerly SynchroPoint Wireless, announced $3.5 million in venture capital financing and a deal with PricewaterhouseCoopers. The company, which provides collaborating software for mobile workers, sold …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Java giant Sun Microsystems Inc. announced Chinese carrier CSL will be the first in greater China to launch Java-based wireless services. The carrier will deploy the services through …
NEW YORK—Under the terms of a service bureau agreement announced Feb. 7, Convergys’ Geneva Active Revenue Management software is providing billing and customer care support for Compaq Computer Corp. iPAQ …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it has successfully made its first third-generation wideband CDMA packet-data calls between its commercial network infrastructure and terminals in its laboratories. “This milestone, which we have …
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan awarded five third-generation (3G) licenses following a 19-day auction that saw bid totals much higher than analysts had expected. Total bids in Asia’s first 3G auction reached T$48.9 …
BEIJING—China Mobile is not satisfied with the slow adoption of its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) services. At the end of 2001, only 1.5 million of its 145 million mobile-phone …
TOKYO—FileMaker Mobile, which allows instant database publishing on i-mode smart phones, was introduced in Japan. FileMaker includes a Mobile Groupware solution, which includes a scheduler, meeting room reservation planner, bulletin …
MOSCOW—German vendor Siemens overtook Finland’s Nokia, the worldwide mobile-phone sales leader, in handset sales in Russia in 2001, according to a report by International Data Corporation (IDC), a global provider …
LONDON—MmO2, the mobile phone unit spun off from British Telecommunications last year, said it plans to cut 1,900 jobs in the United Kingdom and Germany as part of its restructuring …
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Canada—Canadian vendor Redknee said it partnered with Germany’s mobile operator Viag Interkom to deploy real-time short message rating services. Redknee said Viag has enhanced its prepaid service through …
LONDON—General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-based mobile Internet services are being rolled out across the Middle East, with Jordan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) leading the way. Jordan’s largest mobile-phone …
BEIJING—Based on responses from 243,260 people across China, the China Telecommunications Association and Englewings Public Relations Corporation said Motorola was voted China’s most favored mobile-phone company. Nearly 84 percent of …
ATLANTA—Numerex Corp. announced its new expanded long-term wireless strategy, which involves introducing products for machine-to-machine communications working over a variety of technologies. Numerex said its customers will soon be able …
NEW YORK—Motorola Inc. enjoyed a ratings upgrade from Morgan Stanley to “outperform” from “neutral.” “We believe handset introductions, semi industry recovery and government sales strength could add positive cash flow …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless signed an agreement with Qualcomm Inc. to commercially launch applications based on Qualcomm’s Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless platform. The BREW platform will allow Verizon Wireless customers …
NEW DELHI, India—BPL Mobile, India’s leading GSM service provider, hopes to increase substantially its revenues from non-voice services with its recently launched General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) service in Mumbai. …
