STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Swedish telecommunications operator Telia reported it acquired more than 51 percent of Norwegian mobile operator Netcom ASA for $2.5 billion. Telia said the acquisition will strengthen its competitiveness in …
NEW YORK-A senior executive of Moody’s Investors Service Inc. has issued a stern warning to securities analysts that a widely used measure of financial health is misleading and inadequate, particularly …
DENVER-Mobile location services will be an essential element of the mobile Internet revolution, but the industry’s success teeters on its ability to ensure privacy to the end user. Application service …
DALLAS-WebLink Wireless Inc. announced it has begun shipping the Talkabout T900 two-way pager from Motorola Inc. this week. The company plans to ship more than 60,000 units to more than …
Dear Editor, I have been following with great concern the exchange of letters in your publication between Motorola Inc. and one of its two-way radio dealers. It appears that the …
Dear Editor, I think you really said it with the quote “Is it possible to specialize in things that haven’t happened yet?” (Viewpoint in the June 12 issue of RCR.) …
KUWAIT-Motorola Inc. and Kuwait Global System for Mobile communications operator Mobile Telecommunications Co. signed an expansion contract valued at $14 million to implement countrywide capacity enhancements at 1800 MHz on …
NEW YORK-Martin Fridson, managing director of Merrill Lynch & Co., called this year one of “difficult times” for high-yield bonds, a period characterized by “declining liquidity in the secondary (trading) …
ROSH HA’AIN, Israel-CT Motion Ltd., a location-based mobile Internet service developer, said it is developing its MobileMate personal portal for m-commerce services. The company said the portal analyzes usage habits …
WASHINGTON-A Federal Communications Commission decision last week that is largely favorable to the paging industry has led one local telephone company to threaten to sue. “Requiring local service providers to …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. plan to develop and market the delivery of promotions and discounts to AT&T Digital PocketNet wireless Internet service customers. InfoSpace said it …
NEW YORK-Good news arrived last week for Handspring Inc., a Palm Inc. competitor that went public with a 10-million-share offering, which priced at $20 June 20 and began trading June …
ARLINGTON, Va.-First-quarter U.S. factory sales of telecommunications equipment topped $24.6 million, which represents an increase of 26 percent from the same period last year, according to statistics released by The …
After months of inconsistent and negative reports that it was slipping further into financial trouble, Globalstar L.P. released a statement clarifying its future funding requirements. Globalstar previously stated that, without …
WASHINGTON-A coalition of dispatch radio operators urged the Federal Communications Commission to restrict Neoworld Inc. from readily reselling to Nextel Communications Inc. licenses purchased from Geotek Communications Inc.’s creditors in …
Europe is embarking on a third-generation license auction frenzy the rest of this year, and operators are not happy about it. Since the United Kingdom raked in a whopping $35 …
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France-The European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s Technical Committee Special Mobile Group, which has been responsible for setting Global System for Mobile communications standards, announced it will close. ETSI said …
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry, breaking with the public-safety community, last week urged the Federal Communications Commission to scrap efforts to improve technical capabilities of 911-only mobile phones donated to charitable organizations …
One thing Cricket Communications Inc. did not plan on when it decided to offer a wireless service that competes with landline telephony was the fact that handsets break faster. In …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Cellmania.com introduced wireless e-commerce solutions Mfinder and Mstore, created for businesses pursuing mobile customers. Mfinder is a directory of Web sites written in Wireless Application Protocol. It reviews …
