OXFORD, United Kingdom—Cell phone subscribers who make calls close to the borders of Spain or Italy could well find these calls being charged at international tariffs. Spanish or Italian cell …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Broadband Mobile, a third-generation (3G) joint venture between Finland’s Sonera and Norway-based Enitel, has been closed down before it even started operations. The company, which paid more than …
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it has solved a technical problem disrupting operation of its Digital mova P503I Hyper mobile phone. The technical problems affected voice and e-mail reception of the …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. said its bank group has given it the go-ahead to renegotiate its $4 billion loan by recording the business restructuring and other charges.The green light …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Palm Inc. made its biggest move yet to bolster its operating system business, this time doling out $11 million for Internet software company Be Inc.Palm is buying the …
BEIJING-China’s telecommunications regulators reported the country had 120.6 million wireless subscribers at the end of July, surpassing figures provided by the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association showing the United States …
Advertisers, like everyone else, want the biggest bang for their buck. They want to reach as many people as possible without a lot of expense, and they want to get …
WASHINGTON-In another blow to the struggling trade association, Rob Hoggarth, senior vice president of government relations for the Personal Communications Industry Association, is leaving PCIA in the near future to …
LONDON-The huge popularity of mobile phones in Europe has had an adverse effect on the once-necessary prepaid disposable (PD) calling cards, which are used instead of coins in public payphones …
According to new reports from two major analyst firms, wireless data will be a huge business in the future, but not before software vendors, systems integrators and-especially-wireless carriers get in …
A handful of wireless affiliates and regional cellular operators reported mixed results last week, showing the economic slowdown has not entirely missed wireless operators. Heading the list of mixed results, …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Personal digital assistant giant Palm Inc. last week took a stab at operating system rival Microsoft Corp. in an announcement that Palm users will be able to create, …
Just like the beginnings of the wired Internet, content on the wireless Internet is growing by leaps and bounds. Wireless Internet users now can schedule a flight out of Denver, …
WASHINGTON-For every three new wireless subscribers there is one less wireline subscriber, said Stephen Pociask, president of TeleNomic Research L.L.C. “These phones do the same thing as your wired phone …
NEW YORK-Handspring’s handling of its initial public offering, which sold in June 2000, is under challenge in a class action lawsuit the New York law firm of Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, …
NEW YORK-KPMG L.L.P. will conduct a survey to measure smart card use in North America, according to an Aug. 6 announcement of The Smart Card Alliance, formed earlier this year …
NEW YORK-Iospan Wireless Inc. and Powerwave Technologies Inc. have joined forces to develop AirBurst-compatible broadband power amplifiers to enhance delivery of non-line-of-site fixed-wireless communications. Powerwave will supply its radio-frequency power …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. has agreed with Twentieth Century Fox International to offer its mobile-phone users in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom screensavers and logos of the movie Planet of …
TORONTO-Bell Canada and Nortel Networks have signed a deal valued at $117 million to expand Bell Mobility’s PCS networks to Alberta and British Columbia, using the CDMA 2000 1xRTT technology. …
HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. and IBM Corp. today announced they are teaming to offer wireless data solutions to GE Power Systems, which supplies power generation technology. Under the deal, IBM Global …
