BEIJING—According to China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII), the country had 120.6 million mobile subscribers at the end of July, surpassing the United States’ 120.16 million, but the Gartner Group …
TOKYO—KDDI Corp. and five other firms will jointly perform Japan’s largest field test for mobile commerce in November. Unlike other conventional mobile commerce services, their system will provide settlement services …
TOKYO—Japan Communications Inc. said it will launch data communications services for corporate users in November using DDI Pocket’s Personal Handyphone System (PHS) networks, the firm announced 22 August. It will …
SEATTLE, United States—Just a month after Canadian carrier Telus Mobility announced it would switch from an airtime billing system to a pay-per-use system, the carrier added Mforma Corp.’s games and …
MONROE, Louisiana, United States—Rural U.S. wireline and wireless carrier CenturyTel Inc. filed a lawsuit against Alltel Corp. claiming Alltel made false and misleading statements to promote its takeover bid of …
ARLINGTON, Virginia, United States—The U.S. Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) announced plans to split its trade association and its standards development organizations into autonomous entities.As approved at TIA’s recent board of …
WASHINGTON—A new congressional report concludes more analysis is needed before reaching a decision on whether the U.S. Department of Defense should be forced to surrender the 1700 MHz band to …
HAWTHORNE, New York, United States—NextWave Telecom reported UBS Warburg has committed to provide the company with $2.5 billion in debt financing to fund the construction of its planned nationwide third-generation …
WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court late Thursday rejected the Federal Communications Commission’s plea that it not be required to return licenses to bankrupt personal communications services carrier NextWave Telecom Inc.“The licenses …
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Under an agreement announced today, Mexican wireless carrier Telcel licensed Pumatech Inc.’s Browse-it software to give its Palm OS users the ability to surf Web content in HTML …
DETROIT—AVL Information Systems signed an agreement with Sistemas Informacion Satelital for distribution of AVL’s Chaperone personal tracking unit, which can be used on the Numerex Cellemetry wireless data network to …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—According to a recent study by Pyramid Research, the price Movicom BellSouth of Argentina might pay for a 3G license would be US$207 million. This way the government …
LONDON—Iraq has started construction work on base stations for its first mobile telephone network after receiving a United Nations go-ahead. A Chinese firm has won a $28 million contract and …
LONDON—Sweden’s Ericsson was appointed the main supplier by all three GSM operators in Nigeria.These contracts follow on from the recently granted GSM licences to EWN (Econet Wireless Nigeria), Nitel and …
WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court late Thursday rejected the Federal Communications Commission’s plea that it not be required to return licenses to bankrupt PCS carrier NextWave Telecom Inc.“The licenses are coming …
NAPA, Calif.—With its recent acquisition of the M-Business division of Brokat Technologies, eONE Global LP plans to dedicate an entire operating unit to building infrastructure for accepting worldwide mobile payments.eONE …
PLANO, Texas—L.M. Ericsson has announced plans to expose 26 students of the Plano Independent School District’s Gifted program to the workings of its mobile Internet facilities to mark the opening …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—BroadVision Inc. and Cellmania In. are joining the widespread efforts to bring mobility and efficiency to field sales and service workers.The companies plan to combine Cellmania’s new mSales …
TUCSON, Ariz.-Texas Instruments said it is rolling out a new family of 125-MSPS dual digital-to-analog converters for cellular and paging base stations, point-to-point microwave systems, wireless local loop, wireless local …
