VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Brian Tobin, Canada’s Minister of Industry officially announced a $9.9 million repayable investment in Sierra Wireless by Technology Partnerships Canada. The TPC investment is to be used for …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Palm Inc. agreed to acquire Extended Systems Inc., a mobile solutions vendor, allowing Palm to provide both handheld computers and enterprise-class mobile infrastructure software and support for multiple …
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc customers on seven of the company’s networks in Europe now can use their normal “short code” dialing numbers to access services such as voicemail, directory assistance and …
With a commercial launch in full gear in South Korea, Samsung Inc. may be the John the Baptist of 3G as the first manufacturer to streak out of the uncertain …
As wireless carriers focus more and more of their resources on reducing churn, signing up new subscribers and acquiring spectrum for third-generation services, tower siting and construction is continually falling …
When Verizon Wireless introduced the Kyocera 6035 smart phone last week, many were surprised by how quickly the country’s largest wireless operator brought the new phone to market. “Time to …
WASHINGTON-With the Federal Communications Commission having reaffirmed last month that state courts are not prohibited under the telecom act from awarding monetary damages in lawsuits against wireless carriers, the mobile-phone …
BEIJING-Mobile-phone subscribers in East China’s Zhejiang Province have complained about unwanted or false ads received through China Mobile’s and China Unicom’s short message service (SMS). Operators have no control over …
BEIJING-Guangzhou Mobile, the subsidiary of China Mobile in the southern city of Guangzhou, has started a new service whereby customers listen to commercials in exchange for the advertisers paying part …
NEW DELHI, India-The state-owned fixed-line provider MTNL has launched its GSM cellular phone service in Mumbai, India’s commercial capital, leading to a tariff war. The two incumbent private providers-BPL Mobile …
BEIJING-China Mobile (HK), the Hong Kong listed subsidiary of the China Mobile, based in Beijing, has received approval from the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) for its new tariff scheme. …
MELBOURNE, Australia-Telstra has paid $3.7 million for the remaining spectrum licenses in the 800 MHz band after AAPT withdrew from the Australian auction of new spectrum currently under way. The …
SAN DIEGO, United States-Samsung Electronics selected Qualcomm’s MSM5200 Mobile Station Modem integrated circuit and system software solution for use in its new handsets. The handsets will meet the IMT-2000 wideband-CDMA …
CEDEX, France-France Telecom Mobiles added MichelinTravel.com to its Itineris WAP portal. With the new service, users will be able to access the complete database of addresses tested and classified by …
MILAN, Italy-Andala, the Italian consortium headed by Hutchison Whampoa that won a third-generation license last year changed its name to H3G and announced it will invest $3.7 million in the …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-BT Cellnet and its wireless services arm Genie are to launch a data service to allow mobile users and field workers wireless access to corporate networks. The two …
ST. LOUIS-Amdocs, provider of customer care, billing and order management solutions to the communications industry, announced its e-care and prepaid solutions will be implemented for Esat Digifone, an Irish mobile …
BUCHAREST, Romania-At the end of February, ONE began offering GPRS service throughout Austria. Billing is based on the data volume transferred. The handsets for the network are the GPRS-enabled Motorola …
BUCHAREST, Romania-Schlumberger Test & Transactions announced this week Slovakia’s leading mobile operator EuroTel Bratislava has chosen Schlumberger as its partner in delivering a new, highly secure mobile banking service to …
MOSCOW-Russian Communications Minister Leonid Reiman said a third GSM license can be issued in major Russian cities and territories only after penetration exceeds 10 percent of the population there. He …
