MOSCOW—The second-biggest Russian carrier Vimpelcom (BeeLine) is reportedly negotiating a US$250 million credit with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to finance regional expansion. The carrier initially said …
MANILA, Phillipines—Short message service (SMS) technology remains a dominant force in the growth of data services in Asia, despite the availability of more advanced technologies, such as the Wireless Application …
HELSINKI—Nokia Corp. reported decreased profits for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, but increased sales for the year, helped along by an increase in worldwide mobile-phone market share, which now …
NEW YORK—Millicom International Cellular S.A. has been awarded a nationwide GSM license in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos). MIC will work with the Committee for Investment and Co-operation, the …
SEATTLE—Canada’s Bell Mobility announced it will offer a service through ViAir Inc. that will allow mobile professionals to wirelessly access their personal and corporate e-mail, calendar and contact information. The …
HERNDON, Va.—Teligent Inc.’s lenders have agreed to resurrect and fund the company under a new name and business plan. In November it seemed the bankrupt local multipoint distribution services carrier …
NEW DELHI, India—Bharti Telecom will launch its cellular services in Mumbai in May, Bharti Group Chairman Sunil Mittal announced on Wednesday in Mumbai. Bharti Group’s mobile telephonynetwork covers 56 percent …
BEIJING—The China Mobile Group forecasts revenues of 48.8 billion yuan (US$17.98 billion) this year, 10.5 percent up from last year. Revenue growth has slowed from 30.9 percent in 2000 and …
LONDON—The Malaysian government is set to issue tender documents for third-generation (3G) license applicants. The three licenses that are due to be awarded will be based on wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) technology. …
BEIJING—China’s two mobile-phone operators, China Mobile and China Unicom, have reached an agreement to let users of one network send short messages to users of the other network. The operators …
NEW DELHI, India—The regional mobile satellite operator Thuraya Satellite Communications Company has signed a license agreement in Pakistan to provide its dual-mode GSM/satellite telephony services. Pak Telecom, Thuraya’s service provider …
BEIJING—Ericsson has set up Dalian Ericsson Short-Range Wireless Connection Technology in China’s northeastern province of Liaoning to provide products and services based on Bluetooth technology, the short-range wireless protocol for …
TOKYO—NEC, a leading telecom vender in Japan, started a sample shipment of a 64-Megabit Random Access Memory (RAM) device for cellular phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs). NEC has been …
BEIJING—Most mobile-phone users in China, the world’s biggest cellular market, use prepaid phone cards. Three million end up in landfills each month. Professor Gu Mingyuan of the Material Science & …
SAN DIEGO, United States—Qualcomm said it has signed CDMA subscriber unit and infrastructure agreements with 11 more Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturers. The number of such licenses adds up to 17, …
DENVER, United States—Telstra announced it deployed Logica’s Foreign Subscriber Gateway, which will allow the carrier’s customers to send short message service (SMS) messages across all the networks in Australia, including …
TOKYO—LightSurf Technologies announced it teamed with Yahoo! Japan to allow Japanese wireless users to download and view pictures of items up for auction on Yahoo’s Mobile Auctions site. LightSurf’s service …
BEIJING—InterDigital Communications said it has been elected as a member at large and council member of the TD-SCDMA Forum, the forum representing China’s proprietary third-generation (3G) wireless air interface technology. …
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens bucked industry trends by reporting a first quarter net profit of US$478.8 million against a loss of US$971 million in the previous quarter. “The level of net income …
MURRAY HILL, New Jersey, United States—Telecom Equipment maker Lucent Technologies posted a first-quarter operating loss of US$757 million in contrast with US$1.4 billion in the year-earlier period. The results beat …
