TOKYO—J-Phone, the third-largest mobile carrier in Japan, announced it will launch a new e-mail service with motion pictures. According to J-Phone, which is now a Vodafone Group company, using the …
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (BPPN) decided to sell the assets of Pacific Satellite Nusantara (PSN) and its subsidiary Asian Cellular Satellite (ACeS) to AAA Securities for US$206 million. The …
TOKYO—Three Japanese carriers and three industry associations are going to set up an organization to evaluate mobile Internet content on 28 February. The organization, called Mobile Content Evaluation System Association, …
BEIJING—Nokia expects its handset sales in China to grow by 10 percent to 15 percent this year, the China Daily reported. Motorola leads the market, but Nokia is closing in. …
SINGAPORE—VeriSign announced it will sell its WebNum wireless Web access system to Southeast Asian wireless users through its Asian affiliate TrustAsia. VeriSign’s WebNum service allows users to browse wireless Internet …
Finland—Messaging vendor Tecnomen said Austrian mobile operator Mobilkom Austria has begun live trials of its Multimedia Messaging Service Center to help the operator evaluate multimedia services over GSM/General Packet Radio …
REDWOOD CITY, California, United States—Openwave Systems and Telef
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, United States—Circuit manufacturer RF Micro Devices said it has begun production shipments to a major European handset manufacturer. The company said it expects the shipments to hit …
LONDON—A group of international antenna manufacturers has formed the Antenna Interface Standards Group (AISG) with an objective of introducing open standards for base station antennas with remotely adjustable tilt. The …
NEW YORK—NII Holdings, formerly known as Nextel International, reportedly missed its latest US$41 million interest payments scheduled for last Friday on its 12.75-percent senior serial redeemable notes due 2010, according …
SAN JOSE, California, United States—As expected, Palm released a trial version of its new operating system (OS), the Palm OS 5, which the company said will support wide area networks, …
WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada—The adage, “keep your friends close, but your enemies even closer,” seems to fit the new business relationship Research In Motion (RIM) and Glenayre Electronics announced this week. …
NEW YORK—IBM, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and a few other companies are coming together to form an alliance known as the Web Services Interoperability Organizations to form standards for business transactions …
BELLEVUE, Washington, United States—Teledesic said it signed an agreement with Italian satellite manufacturer Alenia Spazio to build satellites for Teledesic’s network. The agreement covers construction of Teledesic’s first two satellites. …
PALO ALTO, California, United States—After about a one-month review, the European Commission approved the merger between Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer. U.S. regulators will now review the merger, which faces opposition …
LONDON—Logica announced it scored a US$2.3 million sale through its reselling deal with Ericsson. Under the deal, Ericsson sold Logica’s Telepath short message service (SMS) product to a Latin American …
HAUPPAUGE, New York, United States—Audiovox Communications and Hyundai CuriTel in Korea signed an estimated US$730 million agreement for Hyundai CuriTel to manufacture CDMA handsets for Audiovox during the next 12 …
BERLIN—German vendor Weblicon Technologies said it joined the Wireless Village initiative, which focuses on integrating instant messaging and presence services into mobile services. Weblicon said it will integrate instant messaging …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—More than 41 percent of Ericsson’s last half-year losses were attributed to the possible failure to pay by various telephony operators in Argentina and other countries in the …
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile carrier in Japan, announced the average revenue per user (ARPU) of FOMA, DoCoMo’s new third-generation (3G) service, was 10,400 yen (US$78) during the three months …
