ATLANTA, United States—Cingular Wireless reported it has begun field testing GAIT technology, which would allow customers to roam seamlessly between its TDMA and GSM networks as part of its network …
BOSTON, United States—Bankrupt paging company Arch Wireless has filed a reorganization plan highlighting the efforts it will take to pull itself out of its US$2 billion debt. Arch said it …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The auction of eight sets of frequencies for 2.5-generation (2.5G) and third-generation (3G) licenses in Uruguary, planned for 28 January, was postponed until May due to a request …
ATLANTA, United States—BellSouth agreed to pay US$150,000 in fines after a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) complaint alleged that managers at Telcel, BellSouth’s Venezuelan wireless subsidiary, paid nearly US$11 …
WASHINGTON—Telecom regulator Conatel has postponed by 60 days the pre-qualification process for the concession of cellular and personal communications services (PCS) licenses in Honduras. The new deadline is expected to …
TOKYO—DDI Pocket, Japan’s largest PHS operator, is going to launch a 128 kilobits per second (kbps) data transmission service on 26 March, the carrier announced on 17 January. DDI Pocket, …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having originally planned to launch third-generation (3G) services in Spain in the later part of this year, Vodafone has now placed any deployment plans on hold for at …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Cellular operator Smartcom PCS has launched its 2.5-generation (2.5G) service in the city of Santiago de Chile using 1XRTT technology. Thus, Smartcom PCS follows the path initiated by …
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Less than two months since the rollout of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) services last November, Optus made Australia’s first live third-generation (3G) call, the carrier said. Keir Preedy, …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The five holders of Italian third-generation (3G) licenses have each expressed an interest in launching bids for Blu, the Italian mobile operator that failed to gain a 3G …
HELSINKI, Finland—Orange Europe, the France T
WASHINGTON—A leading public-safety organization today told the Federal Communications Commission it has serious concerns about potential interference from ultra-wideband transmissions to radio systems used by police, firefighters and emergency medical …
TOKYO—Showa Denko K.K., a leading electronics device maker, in cooperation with NHK, a Japanese public broadcasting company, jointly developed new materials for organic electroluminescent (EL) devices, Showa Denko announced. The …
LONDON—Vodafone Group signed a global agreement with Ericsson to supply multimedia messaging software, which Vodafone plans to use to introduce its Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) later this year. Vodafone said …
NEW YORK—A trio of wireless carriers tapped the deep well of the debt markets last week, collectively raising nearly US$2 billion. Korea Telecom was first out of the starting gate, …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish vendor Ericsson said it will slash up to 1,000 jobs in its mobile , as well as its research and development operations, worldwide by the end of the …
DULLES, Virginia, United States—America Online (AOL) unveiled a new notification service that will allow its customers to receive news, stock, weather and sports information through a variety of services and …
SCARBOROUGH, Maine, United States—Gabriel Electronics is acquiring Endwave’s antenna business, the company said. “This agreement meets our stated objective to divest this business segment in order to sharpen our focus …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia said it plans to create a new subsidiary called Vertu, which will launch a new raft of luxury mobile phones for the high-end market. The new company, which …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it has signed an agreement to license its mobile technology to Samsung in return for a royalty payment and reciprocal license to Ericsson. The deal covers Ericsson’s …
