This sad story could have involved any wireless carrier and anybody, but the phone Lazaro Leiva allegedly talked on while driving a Ford Explorer last March happened to be connected …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Tele2 announced a mobile virtual network operator agreement in Germany with Viag Interkom. Tele2 will use Viag’s mobile network to provide the air interface for Tele2’s fixed-line customers. The …
MADRID, Spain-Vodafone Group plc completed live international roaming calls using the UMTS 3GPP wireless standard between Vodafone’s operations in Madrid, Spain, and J-Phone in Tokyo. The calls were made with …
WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. added 11,300 wireless customers in its U.S. operations during its second quarter ended Nov. 30, compared with a loss of 12,100 customers during the same quarter …
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Taiwan will hold Asia’s first third-generation license auction after seven companies showed interest in five licenses. Seven consortia will begin the bidding process in January, with licenses expected to …
While wireless handset sales worldwide are expected to continue to climb during the next several years, those sales are expected to be driven more by replacement handsets purchased by current …
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.-Semiconductor provider Conexant Systems Inc. made a series of major announcements, including a merger with Alpha Industries Inc., the separation of its business into three companies and improved …
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands-KPN Mobile began tests of i-mode-like services with a small group of users on Dec. 20. The carrier said it will commercially launch the service in the …
WAYNESBORO, Va.-Continuing its sale of what it calls excess spectrum, Ntelos Inc. signed two separate definitive agreements to sell certain personal communications services licenses. The first agreement calls for Ntelos …
SAN DIEGO, United States—Qualcomm announced it signed memoranda of understanding to provide its Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW) technology to several wireless operators in Latin America. BellSouth in Guatemala, …
HELSINKI, Finland—Finnish vendor Tecnomen said it will supply a messaging solution to Brazilian operator Algar Telecom Leste (ATL). The deal, worth around US$1.6 million, comprises a combination of voice mail, …
TORONTO—Telus Mobility, a unit of Telus Corporation, is targeting revenue of between C$2.1 billion (US$1.3 billion) and C$2.15 billion (US$1.4 billion) in 2002, up from an estimated C$1.9 billion (US$1.2 …
BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States—Verizon Wireless agreed to purchase Price Communications Wireless for US$1.7 billion, including US$550 million in net debt to be assumed or redeemed. The deal, originally announced …
DALLAS, United States—Nokia continued its massive push for its open mobile architecture initiative by signing some of the world’s largest information and technology infrastructure and application server vendors, including BEA …
PALO ALTO, California, United States—In an effort to debunk criticism of the move and rally stakeholders, Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer released a detailed, 50-page document outlining the benefits of the …
OTTAWA—Industry Canada signed a memorandum of understand with the Russian Minister of Communication and Information Leonid Reiman for cooperation in communication and information technologies. The countries will share information and …
LONDON—Vodafone Group announced changes to its regional structure effective 1 January. The changes include placing the wireless operator’s interests in Japan, China and India under its Asia region, headquartered in …
TOKYO—Mitsubishi Electric may scale back its French cell-phone subsidiary to offset losses and slowing demand, a company official said. In addition, Japan’s daily business newspaper, The Nihon Keizai, said Mitsubishi …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia announced it has upgraded its third-generation (3G) wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) network to meet 3GPP’s Release 99, June 2001 version standards. “The milestone of switching to the June 2001 version, …
