MACCLESFIELD, England—Mobile Internet infrastructure provider Geoworks Corp. said BT Cellnet launched its developer program on BT’s Expidas Web site, a move Geoworks said will allow mobile solution developers to rapidly …
BUCHAREST, Romania—Czech GSM operator Oskar announce that its customers can make all payment transactions at ATMs in the Czech Republic. The number of ATMs has increased to 316. Via ATMs …
MOSCOW—The Rostelecom Company plans to sell its 23.5-percent stake in Moscow Cellular Communications (MCC) due to the financial losses the operator has incurred, announced Rostelecom Director General Sergei Kuznetsov. However, …
MADRID, Spain—Spanish mobile giant Telef
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—In a new chapter of the judicial battle taking place in Argentina to implement calling party pays (CPP) between cellular callers, companies have decided not to begin providing …
LONDON—Moody’s Investor Services has cut the ratings of European vendor Marconi plc to Ba1 from Baa2, the second ratings agency to relegate the firm to junk status. Standard & Poor’s …
SHERMAN, Texas-Texas Instruments Inc. said it has developed the fastest family chip that can enhance the overall speed of all networking systems including broadband, data storage and video imaging applications. …
NEW YORK—Java 2 Micro Edition company LogicChain Inc. announced Crisp Partners acquired an equity stake in the company, and plans to form a new mobile content services company called Crisp …
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp., a provider of value-added logistics for wireless products, has registered to exchange half of its outstanding stock plus $20 million in cash to retire up to $150 …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Software and services provider Pumatech Inc. announced all officers and corporate vice presidents of the company will forego 10 percent of their salaries to help the company in …
NEW DELHI, India—Motorola said it has won a US$178 million contract to supply GSM mobile equipment to India’s state-owned carrier BSNL for 1.4 million subscribers. “It’s for turnkey deployment of …
PARIS—Alcatel says it has won a contract to build mobile networks for Philippines operator Digitel to support 500,000 subscribers who will be able to surf the Internet and carry out …
SEOUL, Korea—Personal digital assistant (PDA) maker Handspring scored a major deal with GrandTech Korea and LG TeleCom to distribute Handspring PDAs working on LG’s wireless network to Korean customers. Wireless …
BEIJING—Spokesman Wang Lijian of China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII) confirmed that China would not introduce one-way billing for mobile-phone charges before the end of this year. The 21st Century …
BEIJING—Chinese mobile-phone supplier Bird has sold around 1 million sets in the first six months of the year, surpassing foreign brands Philips, Alcatel and Panasonic in the domestic market. Bird …
NEW DEHLI, India—The Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT) will call for fresh bids for its CDMA mobile-phone expansion project next month, following withdrawal by SBP Holding, the sole bidder in …
BEIJING—China has imposed a one-year sales ban on Panasonic-brand phones made by Japan’s Matsushita Communication Industrial, because the phone’s software referred to Taiwan as an independent country. The government in …
TOKYO—Matsushita Communication Industrial the leading mobile handset maker in Japan, plans to increase its handset development engineers from 3,000 employees to 4,500 by March 2004 to become the top mobile …
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, announced it will launch next-generation service on 1 October, as scheduled, with lower communications fees and a variety of charging programs. DoCoMo …
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California, United States—Walt Disney Internet Group today announced two major content distribution deals—moves that come just one week after the company announced a distribution agreement with Taiwan Cellular …
