BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States—Verizon Wireless filed a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, asking the court to …
TORONTO—Sierra Wireless has begun shipments of its high-speed communications card to Verizon Wireless. The new AirCard 555 modem will provide higher connectivity speeds for mobile workers who want to send …
WASHINGTON—President Bush’s 2003 budget eliminates a major telecom infrastructure grant program, while including legislative proposals to reschedule broadcast spectrum auctions and to charge television licensees US$500 million a year starting …
DENVER, United States—WebLink Wireless found its white knight. The paging and messaging carrier said last week it scored a deal with Sun Capital Acquisition, which buys cash-strapped companies and then …
EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands—Royal Philips Electronics said it has successfully concluded a trial of its solution for delivering multimedia content and applications over wireless networks using Verizon Wireless’ Express Network data …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—An increased volume in calls being made by KenCell and Safaricom’s mobile subscribers over the fixed-line network of Telkom Kenya has caused the company’s revenues to increase by …
LONDON—The Omani government approved plans for the privatization of Oman Telecommunications to move forward to offer a 40-percent stake in the company. Privatization plans, which were revived in January after …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Mobile operator MTN Nigeria has reported that it will assist the city of Lagos, Nigeria, recover from an explosion at an arms dump, which led to the death …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—For the first time, cellular telephony users have surpassed fixed telephony clients in Latin America. In early 2002, 17-percent mobile penetration was achieved, with 82 million clients, against …
MINSK, Belarus—The Saudi Oger carrier is considering the purchase of a 50-percent stake in the Belarussian Belcel carrier, with a deal likely to shape out by the end of February. …
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Two companies released wireless authoring programs in hopes of selling to the corporate market. Yambay Technologies Pty. Ltd., in conjunction with wireless data carrier Motient Corp., launched its …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. announced its full messaging suite of products, which includes its wireless e-mail and short message services, will run on IBM Corp.’s AIX operating system and …
SAN DIEGO—Wavecom Inc. released a new line of integrated, ready-to-use digital wireless modules for customers looking to integrate wireless capabilities into their devices. Wavecom said its WISMO Quik line of …
IRVINE, Calif.—FieldCentrix Inc. announced it has implemented its FieldCentrix Enterprise wireless mobile and dispatch software for HVAC service contractor Process Cooling and Heating in Santa Ana, Calif. The FieldCentrix software …
LOS ANGELES—Wireless gaming company Jamdat Mobile Inc. announced it teamed with the interactive software company Electronic Arts Inc. to jointly publish EA’s PGA Tour and FIFA World Cup 2002 for …
ADDISON, Texas—Messaging provider CMG Wireless Data Solutions won a major contract to provide virtually all of Hutchison 3G’s messaging products, from short message services to unified communications to multimedia messaging. …
CINCINNATI—BCGI announced it has partnered with Cincinnati Bell Wireless to commercially launch the first implementation of the BCGI Wireless Wallet mobile-commerce payment processing solution. Cincinnati Bell is targeting the teen …
HAYWARD, Calif.—Certicom Inc. and Funk Software have teamed to set standards for wireless local area network security with the EAP-TTLS 802.1x security protocol. “We are committed to developing and introducing …
AUSTIN, Texas—Advanced Micro Devices said it plans to acquire chipmaker Alchemy Semiconductor by the end of the first quarter of this year. The companies have disclosed the financial terms of …
