WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld urged the Senate leadership that any decision to transfer the military’s 1700 MHz band to the mobile-phone industry for third-generation wireless services not be made until …
ATLANTA—Sprint Network Partners AirGate PCS Inc. and iPCS Inc. have agreed to merge their operations in a deal valued at nearly $900 million.The deal calls for AirGate to issue 13.5 …
FRAMINGTON, Mass.—IDC said phone sales have dropped three percent this year, a reflection of what it described as the ongoing IT recession in the United States and worsening conditions in …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. has lost some of its market share in the handset business, while L.M. Ericsson has climbed up to the No. 3 spot, according to the latest survey …
BUCHAREST, Romania—Vodafone Albania launched its GSM mobile telephone service less than six months after it secured the license. Vodafone Albania, 49-percent owned by Panafon-Vodafone, Greece’s leading mobile telecommunications operator, and …
ISTANBUL, Turkey—Turkish mobile carrier Turkcell today said it will launch its new mobile Internet service, SurfCell for WAP and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) users.Users will be able to access …
BUCHAREST, Romania—GSM Kazakhstan announced that it has the largest mobile communications subscriber base in Kazakhstan with 330.000 subscribers. The company, operating under the brand name K’cell, is one of the …
MOSCOW—Major Russian Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) carrier said it had completed a deal to buy an 81-percent stake in the Telecom 900 Company, which has a controlling interest in three regional …
NEIUWEGEIN, the Netherlands—TDC Mobile International and CMG Wireless Data Solutions announced their plans to create a pan-European revenue-sharing WAP gateway, which the companies said will give content providers a simple, …
NEW YORK—Tele2 AB, formerly NetCom AB, today said it will be the first mobile virtual network operator in the Netherlands under an agreement with Telfort, a GSM operator in the …
LONDON—Just days after the initial launch of MIGway, the new joint venture between TDC Mobile International and CMG Wireless Data Solutions, the companies announced they will offer wireless access to …
PHOENIX—Under a strategic partnership, Yaahteh Communications L.L.C., a majority Navajo-owned company, and North/South Communications Corp. will work to provide a telecommunications network to the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, New …
SINGAPORE—Flextronics International Ltd. said it plans to acquire Telecom Global Solutions Inc., which provides wireless networks and radio-frequency consulting services for the wireless telecommunications industry.The company expects to close the …
LONDON—Vodafone Group plc reported it is selling its 11.68-percent equity stake in Korean telecommunications company Shinsegi Telecomm Inc. for an undisclosed amount to SK Telecom Co. Ltd.
PLANO, Texas, United States—Switching Solutions provider Santera Systems said it has secured US$110 million in its third round of funding, raising its total amount to US$200 million to date.“Santera will …
DURHAM, North Carolina, United States—Pinpoint Networks released the newest version of its mobile applications platform, Fuel, which the company said will allow carriers to bill for content on a per-use …
ATLANTA, United States—A new personal communications services (PCS) antenna was introduced to the wireless world by EMS Wireless, a division of EMS Technologies Inc.The 48-inch-long antenna, an addition to the …
STOCKHOLM—Ericsson said it intends to claim 20 percent of the CDMA market by 2004, even as it identified five carriers as its major customer focus. The carriers include Vodafone Group …
PALO ALTO, California, United States—Agilent Technologies said it would slash about 4,000 workers just as it posted a third-quarter pro forma loss of $109 million compared with a profit of …
SANTA CRUZ, California, United States—Software developers plan to expand investments in wireless application development, despite uncertainties in today’s economy and future technologies, according to a recent Evans Data study.“Even though …
