HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. says it has agreed to supply KPN with its Nokia Gateway products for the operator’s wireless LAN networks. “With the Nokia WLAN ADSL Home Gateway we can …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Wireless marketing company SkyGo Inc. announced five additional content providers have joined the SkyGo Mobile Advertising Network, including CBS MarketWatch.com, ESPN.com, Hoover’s Online, nGame and Funcaster.com.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—TeleComputing has released its new Mobile Services Powered by TECOS, a hosted application solution that enables service providers to deploy services that offer PDA users secure access to …
LAS VEGAS—Nokia Corp. and Sony Corp. announced they are developing an open and common middleware platform with the intent of achieving interoperability between mobile handsets and consumer devices, and between …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA) announced six annual awards given to individuals and companies for outstanding contributions to their communities through the use of mobile technology. The Albert …
ATLANTA—The University of South Florida plans to use Air2Web’s wireless platform to extend wireless services to students, faculty and staff beginning in January 2002. The University’s IT department is developing …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—Japanese mobile operator KDDI announced the 10 millionth mobile subscriber on its cdmaOne network has registered. The network, Japan’s first CDMA digital cellular network, and the infrastructure were …
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia—Ericsson announced a contract of an unspecified amount to supply wireless broadband equipment to Russian operator Combellga. “The contract includes base station hubs covering the major parts of …
LONDON—The WAP Forum and the GSM Association announced they will formalize and strengthen their cooperative alliance, collaborating on projects such as the GSM Association’s M-Services initiative, which is based on …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia signed a US$20 million agreement with Jiangxi Mobile Communications to extend the supply of radio-access equipment to rural areas in China. The contract will cover GSM, General Packet …
BEIJING—New York’s CI Wave and Beijing’s Taiji Computer are jointly planning, developing and building a nationwide 3.5 GHz broadband fixed wireless access (BFWA) data network. CI Wave is also offering …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless Inc. filed an updated registration statement relating to its potential initial public offering of common stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The statement notes that upon …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Mobile network operators MTN, Vodacom and Cell C recently signed a new interconnect agreement with fixed-line operator Telkom. Perceived as creating a “win win” situation for all operators …
DENVER, United States—Venezuela’s leading operator, Telecommunicaciones Movilnet, signed a US$150 million contract that will allow Lucent Technologies to build a nationwide third-generation (3G) cdma2000 wireless network to complement its existing …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Lucent Technologies has invested US$5 million in Argentina for new offices, which include a laboratory where Lucent can monitor the functioning of all infrastructure provided by the company …
NEW YORK—U.S. power company AES has withdrawn its US$1.4 billion hostile takeover bid for Venezuela’s CANTV. CANTV’s shareholders approved a 15-percent share buyback last month to fend off the takeover. …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Swedish cell-phone operator Telia plans to offer consumers a free three-month trial of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) in an attempt to reverse the ongoing negative image that …
LONDON—Cable & Wireless said Denmark’s Sonofon has purchased its mobile data roaming service, Cable & Wireless GRX. The service will allow Sonofon to further extend its General Packet Roaming Service …
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California, United States—Disney content is moving onto European mobile phones for the first time through a deal between T-Mobile International’s mobile online services provider T-Motion and Walt Disney …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia said it has reduced to 130 the number of workers it intends to cut at its Salo, Finland, plant because some of the workers agreed to retire or …
