BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The arrival of a third cellular telephony operator will provide the conditions for the Bolivian market to acquire more cellular than fixed telephony users during the first half …
KIEV, Ukraine-A third Ukrainian carrier received a GSM 1800 MHz license for $470,000. The Kyivstar carrier said the GSM 1800 MHz networks are to be developed in major cities, such …
MADRID, Spain-While third-generation services have grabbed most of the limelight in wireless news, in Spain a group of companies has been quietly rolling out high-speed voice and data services using …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-New proposals from the European Commission covering how telecom operators will be regulated have been met with hostility by GSM Europe, the European arm of the GSM Association. …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Complying with an agreement signed between the two major political parties, the Uruguayan Congress approved the sale of up to 40 percent of Ancel, the state cellular telephony …
MUNICH, Germany-Cellplus, a wholly owned subsidiary and mobile operator of Mauritius Telecom, has awarded Siemens Telecommunications a turnkey contract to design and implement a full WAP-enabled solution. This solution, which …
BOSTON-Econet Nigeria Ltd. has paid for its digital mobile license, thus becoming the third company after NITEL and MTN Nigeria Limited to pay for its licenses in Nigeria. Communications Investment …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telia AB said it will sell its financial interests in Brazilian mobile operator Tess to Telecom Americas for $950 million. Telia has a 62-percent stake in Tess, which has …
CINCINNATI-Integrated billing and customer-care services provider Convergys Corp. and Geneva Technology Ltd., a billing software provider based in Cambridge, England, have agreed to merge in a stock-for-stock transaction, the companies …
TOKYO-Citing a delay in hardware development, Japan Telecom Co. Ltd. said it would delay the deployment of third generation services from this December until summer 2002. The delay will place …
BOTHELL, Wash.-Infowave Software Inc., which provides software that connects enterprise applications to wireless devices, and Novatel Wireless Inc., which provides wireless data access solutions, announced an agreement to jointly market …
BOSTON-PacketVideo Corp. and Nortel Networks have agreed to co-market streaming video solutions integrating PacketVideo’s end-to-end wireless multimedia system into Nortel’s UMTS application and services framework for wireless data access. Nortel …
ARMONK, N.Y.-Melard Technologies Inc., a business-to-business mobile and wireless data systems and services provider, announced an agreement with MobilePlanet, a multichannel direct reseller of name-brand mobile computing and wireless products. …
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-Verizon Wireless signed a multi-year contract with Western Union Financial Services Inc. allowing Verizon Wireless’ prepaid customers to use the Western Union SwiftPay service to replenish minutes on their …
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC, a fiber optics, network equipment, software and integration services supplier for broadband, multiservice networks, announced Singl.eView Web, a new application for its Singl.eView platform. Singl.eView Web is an Internet-based …
It was the wild, wild West of wireless history. After the breakup of AT&T, in which the company lost its cellular business, the Federal Communications Commission began allocating cellular licenses …
Audiovox Audiovox Communications Corp. announced it would start shipping the newest version of its flagship handset, the CDMA-9100 tri-mode Web-browsing cellular phone. The company said the phone operates on the …
Infowave Thomas U. Koll was appointed Infowave Software Inc.’s new chief executive officer. He previously was vice president of Microsoft’s Network Solutions Group and was responsible for the company’s worldwide …
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. announced alliances with DST Innovis and PeopleSoft to provide Nextel Wireless Web customers with customer relationship management solutions allowing mobile sales representatives, field technicians and dispatchers …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Compuware Corp. will jointly develop and market customized e-business applications for use on Sprint PCS’ Wireless Web. Compuware’s Professional Services to be made available will …
