Carriers

LONDON-Chinese supplier ZTE Corp. said Indonesian mobile carrier PT Telkom has launched its CDMA2000 1x network supplied by ZTE. The network covers a 500,000-line first phase for Jakarta and other …

HONG KONG-Third-generation operator Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. said its 3G subscriber base now totals more than 3.2 million users worldwide, although the carrier reported a high loss from its 3G operation …

Nortel Networks Ltd. unveiled some of the mysteries regarding its financial performance since the year began, coupling the figures with a restructuring plan that will slash 3,500 jobs, or 10 …

WASHINGTON-East Buchanan Telephone Cooperative located in Northeast Iowa said that as of last Monday it was no longer going to allow wireless calls to connect to its network because it …

WASHINGTON-A group of wireline companies, two of which have wireless affiliates, are proposing to radically change the way carriers compensate each other to carry traffic on each other’s networks, and …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has rolled out a new portfolio for Internet Protocol radio access networks products, including a base station controller, a CDMA packet base station solutions …

MIAMI-NCL Corp. said it will begin offering wireless service using AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Maritime Telecommunications Network’s Wireless Maritime Service to its North American cruise ship passengers. The service …

BISMARCK, N.D.-Verizon Wireless said it has activated 12 new digital cell sites in North Dakota this year, as well as completed the deployment of its CDMA2000 1x-based NationalAccess data network …

MobiTV creator Idetic Inc. will provide content and operations for one of the new channels available through Sprint PCS Vision Multimedia Services, which the carrier launched late last Friday. Sprint …

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-724 Solutions named Tamara L. Steffens senior vice president of worldwide sales. Steffens joins 724 from Boingo Wireless, where she was vice president of worldwide carrier sales. Before …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intellisync Corp.’s synchronization technology is now available through Triton PCS-operating under the SunCom brand name in the southeastern United States-Cable & Wireless in the Caribbean, Germany’s E-Plus and …

HAMBURG, Germany-Content management software company CoreMedia AG said the Mobile Information and News Data Services for 3G (MINDS) project is beginning a new phase. The project was launched eight months …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it has begun profiling on the carrier’s Web site its real-life test men and women who inspired its “Can you hear me now? Good.” advertising campaign. …

LONDON-The global wireless industry is expected grow mobile data revenue from $61 billion this year to more than $189 billion by 2009 with person-to-person messaging representing 48 percent of the …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-TruePosition Inc. announced an agreement to provide its Finder system to Iowa wireless carrier I Wireless. The Finder system will allow the carrier to meet Phase II …

I’m not-so-officially declaring 2004 the year of wireless data. Anyone who has been in the industry for a while knows that “next year” has been the year of wireless data …

Tier-two wireless carriers reported diverse second-quarter financials. Dobson Communications Corp., the nation’s ninth largest carrier, saw its stock plunge on full-year guidance, while No. 10 Leap improved its metrics as …

In an industry where size is often viewed as a result of success, especially when it comes to the bottom line and customers, U.S. Cellular Corp. has managed to operate …

As North American wireless service providers increasingly tout value-added services in an attempt to differentiate themselves from the competition, widespread 32-kilobit subscriber identity module cards are being replaced with more …

UTStarcom Inc.’s $165.1 million purchase of U.S.-based Audiovox Communications Corp.’s wireless handset business establishes the company as a player in the global CDMA market, fulfilling its founders’ original vision. The …

WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice, SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. have agreed to change certain aspects of an antitrust consent decree to allow Cingular Wireless L.L.C. to purchase AT&T Wireless …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark-TDC, a Danish telecom carrier, said it will launch a mobile virtual network operator service in the United Kingdom in cooperation with U.K. company EasyGroup. The U.K. service will …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-A former Verizon Wireless customer service representative was indicted on 10 fraud and money laundering charges that he stole more than $20 million of prepaid card activation numbers and …

MetroPCS withdraws IPO Following a previously announced delay in its planned initial public offering due to accounting issues, regional wireless operator MetroPCS Communications Inc. has asked the Securities and Exchange …

Concerns about security and infrastructure reliability led officials to kill plans that would have used wireless networks to help manage the Summer Olympics, but there will be no shortage of …