TORONTO, Canada-Mobile financial services company 724 Solutions Inc. seems to have beat the slowdown currently dragging down most of the telecommunications industry, showing strong growth and significant revenue in the …
WASHINGTON-President Bush on Friday appointed Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell to a second term that runs through June 2007. Powell’s current five-year term ends July 2, 2002. Powell, a …
SINGAPORE-Vietnam’s government-owned telecommunications monopoly Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT) has asked the country’s government to prevent a rival $230 million CDMA mobile-phone network from being built. VNPT Chairman Do Trung …
BEIJING-Although no official announcement has been made yet, an official at Unicom Horizon Mobile Communications, the subsidiary of China Unicom entrusted with building a CDMA network, said 10 vendors out …
Alcatel has signed a memorandum of understanding to outsource the European manufacturing of its GSM handsets to Flextronics amid rumors the French equipment vendor was holding talks with Lucent Technologies …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and its affiliates announced an agreement reducing the reciprocal rate exchange for customers who “travel” into each others networks from 20 cents per minute of use …
Siemens AG is eliminating 6,100 jobs from its mobile handset and network operations. The German telecom equipment and handset company, which shied away from offering its earnings picture for the …
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.J.-Scientists for IBM Corp. announced they have reached a scientific breakthrough that could lead to the mass production of computer chips that could be as much as 500 …
MobileSys Inc., a wireless infrastructure provider, acquired wireless application software company BITMO, a move MobileSys said will allow it to add voice browsing, speech-recognition and device- independent browsing to its …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Western Multiplex Corp. reported its first- quarter earnings this week with an increase in both revenues and losses. Revenues reached $37.6 million, an increase of 121 percent from the …
The weak economy has turned profit into loss, changed workers into job applicants and dropped high stocks into the tank. Now, it seems to have transformed love into poison between …
WASHINGTON-Commerce Secretary Donald Evans told industry executives last week he will continue to engage other administration officials in hopes of resolving a spectrum fight between the Pentagon and mobile-phone firms …
NEW YORK-Boston-based Atlas Venture has closed its sixth venture-capital fund, raising a total of $950 million in new private equity to invest in early-stage American and European companies involved in …
A number of players must work together to deploy a nationwide wireless network, including carriers, tower companies and equipment manufacturers, but there is a new kind of company on the …
Three industry heavyweights announced plans to create universal standards for mobile instant messaging and presence services, a move that further validates a small but growing segment of the wireless industry. …
NEW YORK-SV1, which last year introduced SafeTShield, an aftermarket earpiece cover to reduce radio-frequency emissions from wireless and cordless phones, will begin marketing the product through 7-Eleven stores in May. …
Wireless portals will be a major part of the mobile Internet of the future, according to a new study from Allied Business Intelligence, and could become the centerpiece of many …
Iridium Satellite L.L.C. appointed Gino Picasso president and chief executive officer. Picasso previously was president and chief operating officer of Ace*Comm Corp., a provider of operations support systems software. Dan …
Navigating the September trade-show scene is going to be a challenge for the wireless industry. The two major trade associations are sponsoring shows the same week targeting the same audience. …
WASHINGTON-Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.), angered by the Federal Communications Communication’s approval of the VoiceStream Wireless Corp.-Deutsche Telekom AG merger last week, said he will introduce legislation that would force the …
