MADRID, Spain—Radical changes at Telef

LONDON—The owners of Vizzavi Europe, a mobile portal formed in May 2000, announced a revised revenue model, along with the departure of the company’s chief executive officer (CEO) and a …

BEIJING—Vodafone Group plc plans to invest $35 million in China Mobile subsidiary Aspire Holdings to acquire a 9.9-percent stake. Vodafone already has a 2-percent share in China Mobile (Hong Kong). …

WASHINGTON—The Personal Communications Industry Association laid off five people on Wednesday, reducing its staff to 47 people after a similar reduction of nine people last October. While PCIA is “extremely …

MILAN, Italy—Dutchtone’s 1.2 million customers will now be able to download a wide range of music tracks and personalized messages through a deal among the Dutch wireless carrier, electronic music …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it will unveil a color-screen mobile phone by March to compete with Ericsson’s T68, the first color-screen cell phone in the European market. The phone will …

NEW YORK—Moody’s Investors Service down graded both SpectraSite Holdings Inc. and Pinnacle Holdings Inc. Moody’s said it took the action because Pinnacle is unable to get longer-term covenant relief from …

TORONTO—Mobile-commerce company 724 Solutions Inc. said it expects to report lower-than-expected revenues for the fourth quarter. The company’s stock dropped more than 12 percent in trading following the news to …

JACKSON, Tenn.—Rural wireless carrier Clear Talk expanded its local service offerings into Jackson and Dyersburg, Tenn., and Twin Falls, Idaho, to go along with its existing offerings in Grand Junction, …

BOCA RATON, Fla.—Esemde Wireless Messaging announced it received additional funding from ComROAD AG but did not disclose the amount. The company said it would use the funding to expand its …

WAYNESBORO, Va.—Ntelos Inc. added 19,978 net subscribers during the fourth quarter, compared with 10,719 net additions during the fourth quarter of 2000. The telecommunications provider said it ended the quarter …

TOKYO—Motorola Inc. said it plans to shut its chip plants in Texas and Japan, involving 4,000 layoffs. This will be part of the 9,400 workers the company plans to cut …

MINNEAPOLIS—NextNet Wireless said multichannel multipoint distribution services provider Evertek Inc. connected more than 125 business and residential subscribers in Iowa using NextNet’s non-line-of-sight broadband wireless access system, marking the company’s …

BIRMINGHAM, England—Mobile-phone and smart phone maker Sendo announced it will expand its business into the United States with the appointment of Greg Christian as its U.S. president and the opening …

LAS VEGAS—Palm Inc. said it will use Broadcom Corp.’s line of Bluetooth transceivers as a building block for developing Bluetooth personal area network capabilities for upcoming Palm handheld devices. “Broadcom’s …

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—HVAC service provider BlueDot announced it has partnered with Airtuit to roll out a wireless initiative that will give its field service personnel wireless contact with corporate systems. With …

MUMBAI, India—Qualcomm Inc. said it has invested $200 million to support the introduction of CDMA wireless technology for Reliance Communications Ltd. to provide basic telephone services, wireless local loop and …

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Eight hundred dislocated workers at Lucent Technologies Inc. will benefit from a $42.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor made available under the National Emergency Grant program. …

NEW YORK—The U.S.-based Wireless Advertising Association announced it will merge with the United Kingdom-based Wireless Marketing Association in order to foster the mobile marketing industry and protect the interests of …

LAS VEGAS—Infowave Software launched a new enterprise product that bypasses the corporate information-technology department and puts wireless deployment decisions in the hands of individual employees. The company’s new software, Symmetry …