GPRS

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Vodafone Sweden said it will launch the Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G/GPRS PC Card for the carrier’s next-generation network next Monday, providing customers with Internet access at speeds of up …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Axerra Networks Inc. provided multiservice over packet solutions for a new mobile network serving Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology. The GSM network provides students with wireless capabilities while …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc launched its commercial UMTS service in Europe offering customers data rates of up to 384 kilobits per second across its networks in major cities in Germany, Italy, …

T-Mobile USA Inc. expanded its existing $300 million agreement with Nokia Corp. to include next-generation radio equipment, an expanded GPRS core network, implementation and optimization services and Nokia’s NetAct network …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc launched its commercial UMTS service in Europe offering customers data rates of up to 384 kilobits per second across its networks in major cities in Germany, Italy, …

IRVING, Texas-T-Mobile USA Inc. expanded its existing $300 million agreement with Nokia Corp. to include next-generation radio equipment, an expanded GPRS core network, implementation and optimization services and Nokia’s NetAct …

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Wall Street roared its approval of struggling wireless modem maker Novatel Wireless Inc. as the company reported break-even financials and a major CDMA EV-DO deal with Verizon Wireless. …

LONDON-Startup Gametrac Europe Ltd. is taking direct aim at industry giant Nokia Corp. with plans to sell a wireless video-game device very similar to Nokia’s N-Gage. And to do so …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported Wi-Fi expansion plans including a deal with Amtrak to provide high-speed data services in six of the railroad’s busiest train stations along the Northeast …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. said Vodafone New Zealand plans to deploy the company’s Metrica Performance Manager for its GSM and GPRS networks. Vodafone New Zealand will use the software to monitor …

STOCKHOLM-Columbitech announced Carlsberg Breweries will deploy the Columbitech Wireless Suite in more than 1,200 of its delivery trucks. “Columbitech Wireless Suite was the solution most suited for our truck fleet …

TEL-AVIV, Israel-Network test and quality management solutions provider Radcom Ltd. reported Dobson Communications Corp. acquired Radcom’s Cellular Performer systems to monitor its GPRS network. Radcom said the purchase included its …

LONDON-Cerillion Technologies signed an agreement to provide a customer relationship management and billing system to APUA PCS, a subsidiary of the Antigua Public Utilities Authority. APUA provides telephone service, electricity …

WOBURN, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. completed interoperability testing to verify compatibility of its Prepaid Wireless for GSM networks using CAMEL standards for intelligent networking. CAMEL compliance was tested and certified …

Alcatel Corp. said it has acquired gateway company WaterCove Networks to reinforce its core network portfolio. Watercove makes GPRS gateway support node (GGSN) products, which enhance a network’s capacity to …

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. faces a range of obstacles, both major and minor. But one challenge overshadows the rest, according to Mike Lazaridis, the company’s president and co-chief executive …

Although Bluetooth technology gradually is taking hold among the world’s mobile-phone providers, the short-range wireless technology has elicited somewhat differing reactions from U.S. wireless carriers. Most notably, Sprint PCS introduced …

DALLAS-Alcatel Corp. said it has acquired gateway company WaterCove Networks to reinforce its core network portfolio. Watercove makes GPRS gateway support node (GGSN) products, which enhances a network’s capacity to …

NEW YORK-ICT Technologies Inc. and its operating company EurophoneUSA Inc. said they will partner with Korean mobile phone design company Uroa Tech to sell a range of wireless devices across …

Nortel Networks Ltd. is in talks to divest most of its major operations, including factories and supply chains, to Flextronics Inc., a contract electronics manufacturer. If the talks materialize, it …

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands-Camera phones took a further step forward in the world stage with British news firm BBC announcing plans to arm a significant number of its journalists with video-capable …

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands-Camera phones took a further step forward in the world stage with British news firm BBC announcing plans to arm a “significant” number of its journalists with video-capable …

ICT Technologies Inc. and its operating company EurophoneUSA Inc. said they will partner with Korean mobile phone design company Uroa Tech to sell a range of wireless devices across the …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is cutting jobs in its Mobitex business, although the carrier declined to provide specifics. Cingular said it is cutting a minimal number of jobs in its Cingular …

Cingular Wireless is cutting jobs in its Mobitex business, although the carrier declined to provide specifics. Cingular said it is cutting a “minimal” number of jobs in its Cingular Interactive …