WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. launched CDMA-based digital wireless service in Jamaica, noting it expects to offer customers next-generation services beginning next year. Centennial currently provides digital service to more than …
NEW YORK—Winstar Communications Inc. auctioned off its assets Dec. 5 at the offices of Winstar counsel Shearman & Sterling in New York. As previously reported, Winstar announced Nov. 21 it …
ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless launched inter-carrier roaming for GPRS services to customers in Las Vegas and Spokane and Seattle, Wash., allowing customers to roam across any other Cingular property as well as …
SAN FRANCISCO—Oracle Corp. introduced the wireless and voice features for its Oracle application server release 2, which include enhanced support for voice access to Internet applications, wireless messaging, wireless security, …
MEXICO CITY—America Movil, the mobile subsidiary of Mexico’s TelMex, announced several transactions that will give it control of several Latin American companies currently held by Telecom Americas and centralize Telecom …
RICHARDSON, Texas—Ericsson AB issued a circular Tuesday in the company notifying the staff that about 400 workers in the research and development division will be laid off in January. Spokeswoman …
NEW YORK—Cingular Wireless plans to raise $2 billion this week from a private sale of senior secured notes of varying maturity. Proceeds from the sale are expected to be used …
HELSINKI, Finland—German mobile operator Viag Interkom said it has launched its prepaid service for GPRS, using a Nokia solution for processing charging data for second- and third-generation services. The contract …
BOCA RATON, Fla.—Siemens AG said it rolled out a program called the “We Surpass Partner Program” to help carriers and other service providers deploy next-generation applications in next-generation, packet-based networks. …
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo said it discovered a software glitch in about 1,500 FOMA N2002 third-generation (3G) handsets causing the phones to malfunction when accessing some Web sites using certain site construction …
BEIJING—China’s Hisense Group launched its CDMA handset production line on 22 November at its plant in Qingdao. It is China’s largest with an annual production capacity of 1 million handsets. …
HAMAMATSU City, Shizuoka, Japan—Yamaha said it will distribute a range of single-tone ringing melodies for subscribers of KG Telecommunications igogo service in Taiwan beginning 3 December. Yamaha is a leading …
SINGAPORE—SchlumbergerSema announced that its Hong Kong smart card manufacturing facility has been certified by the GSM Association’s Security Accreditation Scheme (SAS). SchlumbergerSema is the first smart card supplier in Asia …
DENVER, United States—Spurred by recent announcements across the globe and a bold move by AT&T Wireless Services, network operators in the United States are scampering to open up their short …
PHILADELPHIA, United States—XO Communications announced it is fighting bankruptcy by accepting an US$800 million investment that will put Mexican telecommunications company Telefonos de Mexico and buyout firm Forstmann Little at …
SANTA CLARA, California, United States—Personal digital assistant maker Palm said it would report second-quarter revenues of between US$250 and US$280 million—meeting the upper end of its prior guidance and significantly …
TOKYO—Fujitsu signed a licensing agreement with Symbian that will see all Fujitsu third-generation (3G) phones based on the Symbian operating system (OS), adding to Symbian’s long list of licensees. Other …
SANTA CLARA, California, United States—Palm announced it will no longer offer the MyPalm Web portal, which it acquired for about US$80 million in May of last year. According to a …
MUNICH, Germany—Indonesia PT Satelindo selected Siemens to provide its GPRS network. Siemens is currently upgrading Satelindo’s GSM 900 MHz network in the regions of Medan and Batam with GPRS. In …
HACKENSACK, N.J.—Wireless data provider GoAmerica Inc. said it is establishing a team to assist new subscribers who migrate to GoAmerica from other wireless data and Internet services providers. A spokeswoman …
