MCALLEN, Texas—Nextel Partners Inc. launched digital service in Edinburg, McAllen, Harlingen, Brownsville and South Padre Island, Texas, expanding coverage in the Rio Grande Valley along the Interstate-35 corridor between Dallas/Fort …
BONN, Germany—Deutsche Telekom became a majority shareholder in Croatia’s Hrvatski Telekom. Deutsche Telekom raised its holding in the company from 35 percent to 51 percent by acquiring a further 16-percent …
LISBON, Portugal—The Portugal government has delayed the date by which operators must launch commercial third-generation mobile services in Portugal until Dec. 31, 2002. In addition, operators are exempt from taxes …
LONDON—Vodafone Group plc has said its average revenue per user has begun to stabilize based on its end-September financial figures. The operator said its total inactive customer base in its …
LOS GATOS, Calif.—Streaming21 Inc. announced David Silver has been appointed president and chief executive officer. “Streaming21 is a company with incredible potential,” said Silver. “The management team has rapidly and …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint PCS launched an enterprise distribution channel for its wireless data product, Sprint PCS Business Solutions Program, which will include distributors, system integrators, value-added resellers and original equipment …
ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless rolled out its Wireless Internet Express GPRS service in a number of markets in the Southeast and in Las Vegas, following the initial introduction in Seattle this summer. …
SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Cricket wireless service in the Reno, Sparks and Carson City, Nev., and in Toledo and Sandusky, Ohio. With the launches, Leap now offers …
BEIJING—Qualcomm Inc. said it signed an agreement to allow KT Freetel to launch its Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless to end users in South Korea on cdma2000 Ix networks. Both …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Motorola Inc. has licensed it iTAP intelligent keypad text entry technology to Acer Communications and Multimedia Inc. Acer said it will use iTAP technology, which it licensed for three …
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Taiwan Cellular Corp. selected Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., to provide its Intelligent Short Messaging Service Center to Taiwan Cellular’s 6.4 million subscribers. “Our agreement with TCC …
ATLANTA—Wireless platform provider Air2Web announced version 4.0 of its Air2Web Mobile Internet Platform will be supported by VeriSign Inc.’s wireless digital certificate technology and payment services. “The ability to strongly …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish vendor NCC Telecom signed a contract to provide third-generation base stations to 3G Infrastructure Services in Sweden. The value of the contract was not disclosed. Under the agreement, …
LONDON-Hutchison 3G, which holds a third-generation license in the United Kingdom, said it is considering offering pornography services over its Universal Mobile Telecommunications System network. An executive within the company …
LONDON—Ananova, the virtual personal news assistant owned by Orange plc, and PacketVideo announced a partnership to deliver Ananova’s real-time news service to personal digital assistant users. Ananova is trialing PacketVideo’s …
DULLES, Va.—Wireless consumers can now purchase wireless products and services through America Online Inc. A new online resource is available for AOL members at AOL Keyword: Wireless and at www.aol.com/wireless. …
ORANGEBURG, N.Y.—Verizon Wireless has reminded its customers in New York that beginning Nov. 1, customers must use hands-free technology when talking and driving. “We think educating drivers about how to …
WASHINGTON—Teligent Acquisition Corp., the recently formed company trying to purchase the remaining assets of Teligent Inc., reduced its bid from $117.5 million to $77.5 million, according to the company’s latest …
GERMANTOWN, Md.—Acterna has released the Acterna Mobile Service Tester for testing cdma2000 devices and handsets. According to Acterna, the testers, which are available for manufacturing and service applications, allow wireless …
SANTA MONICA, Calif.—YourMobile/PWS announced it plans to team with InfoSpace Inc. to integrate its personalized ringtones and phone graphics into InfoSpace’s wireless platform. “Through this relationship, wireless carriers, media companies, …
