HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia said Birla Tata AT&T, the fourth GSM operator in New Delhi, India, chose Nokia’s GSM infrastructure equipment and services. Nokia will supply a GSM 1800 MHz network, including …
HONK KONG—Motorola signed a three-year, US$44 million contract to supply GSM 1800 MHz infrastructure for Malaysia’s carrier Telecom Cellular, whose service name is TM Touch, in two regions in the …
CARACAS, Venezuela—The board of directors of Venezuelan telecom company CANTV rejected the US$1.4 billion takeover plan of U.S.-based power company AES. CANTV called the offer unsatisfactory. CANTV, in which U.S.-based …
WOODBURY, New York, United States—Comverse announced two Latin America contract wins on 3 October, just a day after Merrill Lynch downgraded its expectations for the company, sending Comverse’s stock to …
LUXEMBURG—Gemplus said it partnered with Mexican operator Grupo IUSACELL to successfully trial its reusable User Identity Module (UIM), which will allow end users to roam between standards. The similar subscriber …
HAWTHORNE, New York, United States—NextWave Telecom has been granted a motion to delay its disclosure statement hearing until 22 October, at which time the company will ask for approval of …
REDMOND, Washington, United States—AT&T Wireless launched GSM/GPRS service in the U.S. cities of Las Vegas, Phoenix and Portland, Oregon, following the initial launch of its service in Seattle in July. …
SCHAUMBURG, Illinois, United States—Motorola said it will upgrade Nextel Communications’ iDEN digital dispatch and cellular network technology for double voice capacity by 2003 and compressed data by 2002. “We are …
MURRAY HILL, New Jersey, United States—Lucent Technologies has inked a five-year TDMA agreement with Cingular Wireless to cover 30 U.S. markets, including Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Under …
RESTON, Virginia, United States—Struggling messaging carrier Motient announced it will cut its work force by 25 percent, will not pay US$20 million in interest payments and is terminating its proposed …
STAMFORD, Connecticut, United States—Respondents in a study conducted by Gartner said an average of 49.5 percent of their cellular phone calls are placed from a car while driving, although this …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having been formed with much fanfare in September 1999, the joint venture between Ericsson and Microsoft to co-develop mobile Internet software appears to have been less than a …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, the joint venture between Ericsson and Sony first announced earlier this year, began operations this week, aiming to more effectively compete with dominant handset vendor …
SAN FRANCISCO, United States—News of the official launch of Microsoft’s new personal digital assistant (PDA) operating system sparked dozens of major wireless, software and device company announcements of new products …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—While downplaying speculation about a merger or joint venture with Motorola, executives within Siemens’ mobile-phone division confirmed that it is looking at a number of alliance options as …
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, on 1 October launched the world’s first commercial third-generation (3G) service. More than 4,000 3G handsets sold on the first day of …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The Chilean Subsecretariat of Communications eliminated Chilesat and Protel from the wireless local loop (WLL) auction for not paying the agreed amount for the national licenses they requested. …
OWINGS MILLS, Md.—Aether Systems Inc. said it will surpass its efforts to reduce its annual expenses by $78 million and has released guidance for upcoming quarters. The company said it …
KIRKLAND, Wash.—Nextel Partners Inc. said it added 75,300 net subscribers during the third quarter, increasing its subscriber base 21 percent to 434,200 total subscribers. Customer churn for the quarter remained …
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.—Symbol Technologies Inc. said its third quarter earnings per share, to be officially released following market close Thursday, October 18, should be in line with previous analyst estimates, but …
