ATLANTA, United States—EMS Wireless said its Brazilian subsidiary achieved two operational milestones. Its three product lines have received certification by Brazil’s national telecom agency, Anatel. In addition, EMS Wireless products …
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must eliminate the spectrum cap as an interim measure while government and industry representatives attempt to find harmonized spectrum for third-generation (3G) wireless services, said …
SARATOGA, Calif.—Webraska, a provider of wireless navigation services and technologies, and AirFlash, a provider of location-based technologies and services, announced they are merging. The new company will be called Webraska. …
WASHINGTON—The Customs Service arrested two men and charged another with conspiring to smuggle encryption technology into China. The technology, embodied in two devices known as KIV-7HS units, is used to …
BOSTON, United States—The Yankee Group predicted that wireless infrastructure spending will increase from US$99.4 billion in 2001 to a maximum of US$120.2 billion in 2004 before declining to US$114.6 billion …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia announced plans for a wide-ranging test of mobile commerce products and services, moves that include making secure credit card payments using a mobile phone wallet application. Nokia is …
LONDON—British Telecommunications (BT) said it will take a charge of US$728 million on investments in its half-year results. In addition, BT said it may incur costs if it closes its …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, United States—In an effort to offer businesses a seamless messaging and billing service, MobileSys is adding TSI Telecommunication Services’ short message service (SMS) manager technology to its …
NEW YORK—Lucent Technologies may be planning to sell Octel, its unit that makes equipment and software for voice messaging, according to the Wall Street Journal. The company acquired the unit …
BUCHAREST, Romania—According to the Greek newspaper Naftemporiki, OTE Telecom is in discussions with the government of Macedonia regarding the country’s second GSM license. The Macedonian Press Agency said last week …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Vodafone and the French-based media giant Vivendi have denied rumors that widespread job cuts are to take place at Vizzavi, their mobile Internet portal joint venture. The two …
MINSK, Belarus—Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) won the tender for the second GSM license in neighboring Belarus. Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, who personally followed tender developments, announced the news. Lukashenko …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Recent efforts by European mobile operators to offer financial services looks set to lead to a clash with the global banking community. Most of Europe’s large operators have …
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PRAGUE, Czech Republic—The Czech Republic will issue three Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) licenses instead of the originally planned four, and it postponed the deadline for the tender until 30 …
PARIS—Alcatel said Orange conducted the first voice, data and video communications on the OrangeFrance Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) mobile pilot infrastructure delivered and installed by Alcatel. The network, delivered …
HELSINKI, Finland—Sonera sold approximately 11.5 million shares of Deutsche Telekom (DT) for nearly US$170 million, saying it will use the proceeds to cut its net debt. Sonera originally received the …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Telia Mobile announced it is streamlining its mobile portal business by phasing out its various existing platforms and replacing them with one joint technical platform. The company said it …
PARIS—Alcatel said that MobilRom, the Romanian subsidiary of Orange, selected its local multipoint distribution services (LMDS) technology to provide mobile backhaul for its GSM network. The deployment of the 26 …
VILNIUS, Lithuania—Wireless operator Omnitel began a new telephone numbering system, with the prefix of mobile telephone services in Lithuania beginning with a digit six. Lithuania’s National Telephone Numbering Plan introduced …
