BEIJING—Broadband telecom network provider China Netcom is expected to be awarded a mobile license by the Chinese government soon. The company will start promotion of its wireless Internet access device …
MOSCOW—Swedish company Tele2 launched a wireless communications project in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don just weeks after the company announced the purchase of Russian assets of the Luxembourg-based Millicom …
NEW YORK—Vivendi Universal has deployed MyNetonomy , developed by U.S.-based Netonomy, as the portal through which customers can purchase, activate and personalize services on Universal Music Mobile (UMM). Launched commercially …
LONDON—French telecommunications regulator ART has said that it will cut the price of calls from fixed lines to mobile phones by nearly 40 percent during the course of the next …
BUCHAREST, Romania—EuroTel Praha, a Czech cellular operator, extended its EuroTel GSM banking service to another banking house, Raiffeisenbank. “A variety of direct communication with a bank is gradually becoming standard …
BUDAPEST, Hungary—GSM Europe has adopted several “good practice’ recommendations it believes will better address public concerns regarding base stations. “As the representative body for mobile network operators, we recognize the …
PARIS—Alcatel said Taif Telecom, a mobile operator in Russia’s Tatarstan Republic, selected it to expand its GSM 900 MHz network. The first phase of the extension should be completed by …
SAN DIEGO, United States—Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions Europe and satellite provider Eutelsat signed a five-year agreement to implement fleet management solutions in the European marketplace. The companies plan to bring …
WOODBURY, New York, United States—Comverse said it deployed its Intelligent Network (IN)-based prepaid solution to Vimpelcom, one of Russia’s main wireless carriers. Comverse said the prepaid solution will allow Vimpelcom …
TORONTO—Research in Motion (RIM) of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, has acquired Plazmic, a closely held Toronto company that makes software for wireless devices. Financial terms were not disclosed. Founded in 1996, …
REDWOOD CITY, California, United States—The board of directors for privately held wireless Web site enabler 2Roam voted to shut down the company and sell off its assets. “We are working …
REDMOND, Washington, United States—AT&T Wireless customers can now send text messages to virtually any wireless phone, regardless of carrier, using only the recipient’s phone number. The inter-carrier text messaging capability, …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—As speculation continues about what Siemens will do with its mobile-phone business, the research firm Gartner said that its latest study into cell-phone manufacturer rankings has seen Siemens …
BELLEVUE, Washington, United States—The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium (UWCC) said TDMA subscribers have increased 53 percent during the past 12 months, reaching 82.1 million subscribers by 1 October, 2001. “The …
NEW YORK—Tellabs is planning to cut 1,000 jobs and shut down two facilities in an effort to cut costs, the company announced 16 November. The company is planning to cut …
LONDON—BT Group said it received court approval for the reduction of its share capital, allowing each issued BT Group ordinary share to be reduced from US$1.63 to US$0.07. BT said …
NEW YORK—Winstar Communications Inc. intends to file with the Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware a motion to establish procedures for an auction of the company’s assets in early …
ARLINGTON, Va.—SiteSafe Inc. announced it completed the acquisition of Communications Engineering Technology Inc., a provider of database and engineering services to the private land mobile community. Financial terms of the …
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc.’s Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions Europe and satellite provider Eutelsat have signed a five-year agreement to implement fleet management solutions in the European marketplace. The companies plan to …
NEW YORK—Mobilocity Inc. announced its has launched its Mobile First Step promotion, in conjunction with Research In Motion’s Blackberry Enterprise Edition, allowing executives to trial Blackberry e-mail service and to …
