TOKYO—NEC has joined the Mobile Electronic Transactions (MeT) Initiative, which seeks to develop open and common industry framework for secure mobile transactions. “The MeT Initiative is very pleased to welcome …
MADRID, Spain—Xfera, one of four companies in Spain with a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) license, unveiled plans to lay off 25 percent of its work force due to further …
BEIJING—Officials at the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) indicated they may issue up to three new mobile-phone licenses to offer increased competition to the current two operators, China Mobile and …
HONK KONG—Motorola Inc. says it has signed a three-year, $44 million contract to supply GSM 1800 infrastructure for Malaysia’s carrier Telecom Cellular, whose service name is TM Touch, in two …
VIENNA, Va.—Teligent Inc. said its auction to sell its remaining assets has been rescheduled for Oct. 11. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan is overseeing the proceedings.
DALLAS—In its ongoing effort to pull itself out of bankruptcy, WebLink Wireless Inc. announced several reconstruction-and-reduction moves it plans to make. The company will shut down its San Antonio, Texas, …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Sweden’s state-owned Vattenfall has called for the launch of third-generation (3G) services to be delayed until consumer demand can be more accurately measured. The company is also concerned …
KIEV, Ukraine—A working group uniting officials from various Ukrainian ministries recommended to sell a 25-percent stake in major Ukrainian Mobile Communications (UMC), in which the state-run Ukrtelecom currently holds 51 …
PARIS—The standoff between the French government and mobile-phone operator SFR, which is backed by Vivendi Universal, was at least delayed this week, with SFR paying the initial US$566 million payment …
BUCHAREST, Romania—Hungary’s Westel began commercial General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) to its clients throughout country. Westel’s GSM network is based on Ericsson system elements in about 70 percent of the …
LONDON—Mobile virtual network operator Virgin Mobile launched a new range of short message service and Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)-based wireless Internet applications built on InfoSpace’s wireless platform, the companies announced. …
SWINDON, United Kingdom—Lucent said it completed a live high-speed data call using a variety of mobile Internet services on commercial Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service (UMTS) equipment. The call delivered a …
EMERYVILLE, California, United States—iAnywhere Solutions and Swedish banking company Swedbank announced they are conducting a trial of their new m-Banking solution. The service, Banken via Mobilt Internet, will allow Swedbank’s …
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BEIJING—A plan, first floated by China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII), to eventually merge China Unicom and China Railcom has been put on hold and may not materialize for several …
NEW DELHI, India—The government-owned fixed-line operator, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), awarded Ericsson and Motorola contracts to build out its GSM network. BSNL is slated to launch a nationwide GSM …
TOKYO—Uniqlo, a popular casual clothing store chain in Japan, opened a mobile-commerce site on i-mode. Now i-mode users can purchase among 170 items of Uniqlo’s casual wear shown on the …
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, achieved rapid business expansion by gaining a 59.6-percent market share of new customers in September. J-Phone, now owned by the world’s largest …
SINGAPORE—Singapore’s telecom regulator Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) appointed Ericsson Cyberlab Singapore as the first assessment center to promote the development of the wireless industry through its Pilots and Trial Hotspots …
BEIJING—Motorola said it has signed a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) end-to-end contract to expand China Mobile networks for an undisclosed amount in seven major Chinese provinces and municipalities. The …
