PARIS-Motorola Inc. and Bouygues Telecom, a French mobile operator, announced a contract to deliver Push to talk over Cellular (PoC) services using Motorola V400p handsets. Bouygues Telecom will make its voice messaging services commercially available to enterprise and professional customers this month, Motorola said....
TOKYO-Japanese mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced it has agreed to acquire 100 percent of inter-touch (BVI) Ltd. for $70 million.Inter-touch is a Singapore-based holding company of Internet providers that supply high-speed broadband connections and applications for business travelers at hotels across Asia-Pacific and...
Wireless carrier Mobile One announced trials of three different U.S.-developed technologies for wireless high-speed data access for its subscribers. M1, which has more than 1.1 million subscribers, 500,000 of which are GPRS users, has started technical trials of wireless broadband technologies that allow access...
SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. Thursday said it has completed the sale of its remaining 20.6 million shares in Danish telecommunications provider TDC A/S for approximately $740 million. SBC Wednesday announced its intention to dispose of the TDC stake and said the sale would be...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will be the prime supplier to upgrade and expand DiGi Telecommunications' nationwide GSM/GPRS network with EDGE. The upgrade will allow the Malaysian carrier to offer high-speed data services, Ericsson said.Ericsson was previously selected to upgrade DiGi's EDGE network in...
BEIJING-Lucent Technologies Inc. said Shandong Unicom will deploy an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem-based solution from Lucent, allowing the Chinese wireless carrier to offer Voice over IP residential and business services.The converged next-generation network will allow Shandong Unicom customers to make calls among computers, traditional...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. introduced the ASTRO 25 LE solution, which it said brings the benefits of Project 25 to smaller towns, cities and counties, and federal government agencies, utilities and other groups with wireless radio needs.Motorola said the ASTRO 25 LE is designed for...
TORONTO-Canadian wireless operator Rogers Wireless Inc. said it received clearance from the Canadian Competition Bureau for its pending $1.3 billion acquisition of rival Microcell Telecommunications Inc. With the approval Rogers noted it has satisfied all regulatory conditions tied to the purchase.Microcell's board of directors...
DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc. said it received and accepted consents from a majority of holders of its $150 million aggregate principal amount of outstanding 10.75-percent senior notes due 2011 to a limited waiver of up to 180 days of any default or event of default arising...
BRUSSELS, Belgium-Orange S.A. announced two new third-generation contracts for its wireless subsidiaries in Belgium and Switzerland.Belgium wireless carrier Mobistar selected Nortel Networks Ltd. as the sole provider for its 3G equipment for its national network. Under the agreement, Nortel will deploy UMTS, EDGE, GSM...
LONDON-South African wireless carrier Vodacom intends to be the first African carrier to offer third-generation services through a deal announced Wednesday with Vodafone Group plc, which is an owner of Vodacom. The South African company will market Vodafone's 3G services, particularly the 3G Vodafone...
CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell Wireless said it lost 15,000 subscribers during the third quarter as higher-than-expected postpaid customer churn of 3.68 percent offset a 16-percent year-over-year increase in gross customer additions. The carrier blamed the increased churn, which nearly doubled from the 1.87 percent the carrier...
SINGAPORE-Following their European counterparts, seven Asia-Pacific mobile operators signed an agreement to form a regional mobile alliance, called Bridge Mobile Alliance, which will operate through a Singapore-incorporated company, Bridge Mobile Pte Ltd. The joint venture company aims to drive economies of scale for equipment...
Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. reported 11,508 net customer additions during the third quarter of this year, which was a significant improvement compared with the 2,656 subscribers the carrier added during the third quarter of 2003. US Unwired said it ended the third...
LONDON-U.K.-based Racal Instruments Wireless Solutions (RIWS) has announced that it is delivering upgraded third-generation base station test systems with integrated Trillium software from Continuous Computing. Based on the Third Generation Partnership Project-compliant and R4/R5-compatible Trillium platform, the RIWS base station test systems are designed...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The GSM technology community must include location-based services in its strategic plans by next year or it will be in a disadvantaged position, according to Alan Varghese, principal analyst of semiconductor research at ABI Research.Varghese said GSM operators should mandate global positioning...
BERWYN, Pa.-Former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Triton PCS Inc. reported that it intends to enter into a $250 million senior secured term loan facility that will replace its existing $100 million senior secured revolving credit facility. The carrier said it plans to use...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it was delaying the release of its third-quarter financial results until Nov. 8 after determining that the accounting for certain direct labor costs associated with network construction at its international operations should have been capitalized. The carrier was originally...
It didn't take long for Qualcomm Inc.'s planned mobile television network to attract attention. Sprint PCS Chief Operating Officer and President Len Lauer said Tuesday his firm is negotiating with the wireless chip and technology vendor to deliver live broadcasts to Sprint users. Verizon...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will expand its CDMA2000 1x contract with India's Tata Teleservices in 12 new circles. The Swedish vendor currently provides 1x infrastructure in six Tata circles. Under the new contract, Ericsson will deploy its AXE-based MSCs, which are used to...
Wireless and wired neutral host broadband service provider Wayport Inc. said it has reached a preliminary agreement with Hertz Corp. to provide high-speed Internet access to Hertz customers at more than 50 airport locations across the country beginning early next year. Hertz and Wayport...
Nokia Corp. said deals with Visto Corp. and Good Technology Inc. to expand the messaging options on its handsets. Nokia has a similar agreement with Visto and Good rival Research In Motion Ltd.Nokia signed a deal to extend Visto's e-mail push solution into two...
Nokia used its Nokia Mobility Conference in Monaco as a platform to showcase several new products, including its new smart-phone offerings: the Nokia 7710 widescreen multimedia smart phone, the Nokia 3230 megapixel smart phone and the mid-range Nokia 6020 camera phone. "Smart phones are...
Just as the hype over W-CDMA is subsiding, the industry is shifting gears to another protocol. Known as High Speed Downlink Packet Access, the technology is the focus of major operators in the search to differentiate themselves in new Internet Protocol-backed applications and services.It's...
