TOKYO—Vodafone Group, world’s largest mobile operator, on Friday said it successfully purchased 693,368 shares, which represents 21.7 percent, of Japan Telecom. Due to the purchase, Vodafone’s stake in Japan Telecom, …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—According to research firm Credit Suisse First Boston and other published reports, personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc. on Monday will unveil its highly anticipated integrated wireless device. …
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Cellular is making waves in the healthcare industry with a new device capable of monitoring heart patients’ conditions. The FDA has approved the Biotronik Home Monitoring System, a pacemaker …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The Personal Communications Industry Association, proving it is not immune to current economic troubles, cut its work force by 9 positions Wednesday, leaving the industry association with about 50 …
BEIJING, China—Ericsson AB says it has signed a deal to deliver Mobitex system to Chinese operator Sky Networks Communication Group Co. Ltd. here and north of the country. “This will …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Using PipeBeach’s VoiceXML platform, Europolitan Vodafone’s customers are now able to download and listen to ring tones simply by using their voice. Europolitan Vodafone launched its Voice Portal in …
SAN JOSE, Calif.—There is a potential market of 20 million users and annual revenues of $350 million for data mobility services, according to a new study from research firm Ovum. …
TOKYO—NEC said it will supply a mobile Internet platform to Taiwan’s KG Telecom, which will begin its i-mode-like mobile Internet service in mid-2002. The contract value is $8.2 million. NEC …
BOULDER, Colo.—SignalSoft Corp. announced VoiceStream Wireless Corp. licensed SignalSoft’s Location Centre product, as well as its W911 product for GSM networks, to comply with the Federal Communications Commission E911 Phase …
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. says it has begun production shipment of its MSM5100 third-generation cdma2000 1x chipset and system software. “The MSM5100 chipset and system software is pin-compatible with the proven …
OSLO, Norway—Tandberg, a video conferencing solution provider, introduced the Tandberg 1000, a video conferencing system capable of running on a wireless local area network. The Tandberg 1000 requires a PCMCIA …
SAN FRANCISCO—Communication and messaging company Critical Path Inc. said its restructuring plan, initially announced in April, has been substantially completed and is successful. “The progress we have made allows us …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. rolled out a new category of handset with a music player, FM radio, messaging machine and games platform in the phone. The Nokia 5510 handset, which has …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Electronics manufacturing service provider Solectron Corp. has set plans to offer Sierra Wireless design support, prototype, pilot and volume manufacturing services for wireless data product development. “Establishing a …
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. says it has developed the first Bluetooth version 1.1-compliant cdma2000 1x commercial chipset with baseband Link Manager Protocol, Logic Link Control and Adaptation Protocol, Serial Port Profile, …
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.—Two new studies show a huge market potential around the world for messaging services, and, according to Probe Research, U.S. wireless carriers are missing out. “U.S. carriers could …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. says it has begun supplying its GPRS solution as part of a nationwide project for China Mobile Communications Co.’s network. The network will begin operation in the …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. has announced a multiservice switch to enable service providers to deliver converged voice, data and video applications to businesses at reduced costs. “The PacketStar (PSAX) …
ATLANTA—BellSouth announced it is offering its wireless e-mail service for the Motorola Talkabout T900, a two-way messaging device capable of communicating with any other e-mail equipped device. According to BellSouth, …
SAN JOSE, Calif.—LGC Wireless announced it has been awarded $19.3 million in venture capital funding. The investment was led by Allegis Capital, who will now take a seat on LGC’s …
