BELLEVUE, Wash.—Wireless and Internet software and application services provider InfoSpace Inc. said the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California approved its bid to purchase certain Excite.com media …
WASHINGTON—Opportunities for wireless carriers to more quickly depreciate the amount of wireless equipment installed between Sept. 11, 2001, and Sept. 11, 2002, excluding towers stalled as the House and Senate …
HELSINKI, Finland—PTS, Sweden’s telecom regulatory organization, has warned telecom companies that secured third-generation (3G) network licenses that they risk losing these licenses in the event that they stall development plans …
BEIJING—China’s Minister of Information Industry Wu Jichuan confirmed plans to split fixed-line carrier China Telecom into northern and southern parts, but denied that new mobile licenses would be issued related …
NEW DELHI, India—Thailand’s ACT Mobile, the GSM 1900 MHz company floated by government telecom agencies TOT and CAT, has decided to appoint a marketing partner to market its soon-to-be-launched services …
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Malaysia Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), the country’s telecom regulator, announced a program to educate Malaysian consumers on their rights. The objective is to create a more informed society …
BEIJING—China Unicom, which will launch commercial operations of its CDMA network early next year, hopes average revenue per user (ARPU) will be more than the 92 yuan (US$11.11) generated on …
BEIJING—The number of mobile-phone subscribers in China increased to 136 million in the first 10 months of the year. The country also has 175 million fixed-line subscribers. China Mobile’s fixed-asset …
HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s six mobile operators announced interoperator short message service (SMS) will become available beginning 3 December. Hong Kong’s telecom regulator, the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA), hailed …
BEIJING—NEC is having talks with Matsushita Communications Industrial to explore details of establishing an advanced cellular phone handset joint venture focusing on the Chinese market. “Consideration is under way to …
BEIJING—Philips Semiconductor and China’s Huawei Technologies have agreed to jointly develop application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for 3G products. Philips Semiconductor will mainly provide technical support and manufacturing services. The …
BEIJING—Nokia has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Zhejiang Provincial Government of China to establish a new research and development (R&D) center to focus on software development and platform …
REDWOOD CITY, California, United States—SkyGo has been chosen to provide Japan Mobile Communications (J-Mobile) with the wireless marketing technology to deliver advertisements across J-Sky, J-Phone’s mobile Internet service. J-Mobile, a …
TORONTO—Com Dev International announced it is divesting its wireless division. The Cambridge, Ontario-based developer of wireless infrastructure and satellite hardware subsystems said it took a non-cash C$57.8 million (US$36.5 million) …
WASHINGTON—The Department of Justice and Black Crow Wireless both signed the NextWave settlement papers on 27 November. Congress is expected to shortly take up implementing legislation. A bankruptcy court must …
MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless (TIW) announced its investors have agreed to a recapitalization plan, including the restructuring of its subordinated debentures and an increase in its economic ownership in ClearWave. The …
BURNABY, British Columbia, Canada—Telus announced it is currently conducting a trial of a voice portal service that delivers location-based information on businesses, restaurants, events, movies and directions, as well as …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Despite the sluggish European phone market, Toshiba announced it plans to market Taiwanese-made handsets in Europe to boost sales beyond Japan and the United States. The company, which …
BUCHAREST, Romania—Romania’s NMT operator, Telemobil, plans to commercially launch Zapp Mobile services on 7 December using cdma2000 technology. The new digital service, estimated at a cost of US$350 million, will …
MOSCOW—The Russian military are to abandon the 900 MHz band in the coming two years, and the government said the process will be financed by mobile carriers, which will get …
