Mobile Phones

The Finnish government moved swiftly to award four third-generation mobile phone licenses. All four companies plan to use the European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s chosen 3G standard, the Universal Mobile Telecommunications …

To create some excitement before his swing through New Hampshire last week, Al Gore declared he invented the Internet. It worked. A dumbfounded James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), chairman of the House …

PARIS-Groupe Sagem, a French mobile phone manufacturer, introduced a dual-band Global System for Mobile communications handset using Unwired Planet Inc.’s UP.Browser. The company demonstrated the phone at CeBIT in Germany. …

HELSINKI-Nokia Corp.’s board of directors elected Nokia’s Chief Executive Officer Jorma Ollila chairman, and Iiro Viinanen vice chairman. Ollila joined Nokia in 1985, became president and CEO in 1992, and …

The Federal Communications Commission could rule today on whether Leap Wireless International Inc. is qualified to own C-and F-block personal communications services licenses and bid in tomorrow’s reauction of C-block …

As Telecom Italia Spa shareholders prepare to vote April 16 on the company’s proposed new corporate plan, Olivetti Spa outlined its own plans for the company should its hostile takeover …

HANNOVER, Germany-From the CeBIT ’99 show in Germany, L.M. Ericsson made several announcements. Ericsson unveiled the R380 dual-band mobile phone with built-in personal digital assistant functionality including address book, calendar, …

HANNOVER, Germany-Motorola Inc. introduced a portfolio of digital wireless devices at the CeBIT exhibition and promised to offer Internet-browsing capability on its entire line of digital mobile phones by 2000. …

A new pricing study released by Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. indicates U.S. mobile phone carriers battled it out for high-end wireless customers in 1998. Prices did not fall as …

DENVER-Telecom Italia Spa has received permission from its board of directors to merge with its mobile phone operator subsidiary, Telecom Italia Mobile, as a defensive measure against a hostile takeover …

Qualcomm Inc. seems to be waging an uphill battle with the Federal Communications Commission over its quest for a pioneer’s preference mobile phone license it believes it deserves for cdmaOne …

Global wireless gatekeepers have been on high alert in recent weeks, preparing for next month’s publication of a U.K. study linking mobile phones to short-term memory loss and prepping for …

NEW YORK-The promises of wireless voice communications as a landline replacement and of mobile data as a significant wireless revenue generator are moving closer to fulfillment but remain a few …

Reuters and other national news agencies reported Sony Corp. is undergoing a restructuring process that will consolidate various business segments and lay off 10 percent of the company’s work force. …

WASHINGTON-Just when it appeared the United States and China were on the verge of a major trade agreement promising huge wireless export opportunities and Chinese membership in the World Trade …

NEW YORK-Vodafone Group plc, based in Berkshire, England, announced it signed up its 10 millionth proportionate customer March 1. Vodafone, which is acquiring AirTouch Communications Inc., said the subscriber count …

WASHINGTON-The fallout over alleged technology transfers, increasingly testing the mettle of fledgling mobile satellite firms, has prompted new bills to aid the U.S. space launch industry and to ban satellite …

Italy’s stock market regulatory agency Consob has ruled Olivetti Spa’s revised hostile takeover bid of Telecom Italia can take place, severely hampering the latter company’s efforts to block the endeavor. …

Customers want their questions answered the way they want and in the most convenient manner possible, say mobile phone carriers and analysts. As carriers try to understand how their customers …

WASHINGTON-Sen. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), chairman of the Judiciary antitrust subcommittee, has introduced legislation to speed up Federal Communications Commission review of telecom mergers. Two deals before the FCC-the proposed $53 …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week adopted proposed rules that should make it easier for users of global mobile phones and pagers to cross international borders. The rules implement a …

The Wireless Application Protocol effort gained momentum last week at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, with several Global System for Mobile communications carriers and handset manufacturers announcing WAP-compatible …

COLUMBIA, Md.-Tecore said it plans to deploy its AirCore platform prepaid solution in Nigeria for cellular operator Bourdex Telecommunications. The Tecore system will connect to Nitel, the public switched telephone …

WASHINGTON-The House last week overwhelmingly passed wireless E911 and privacy bills, leaving it now to the Senate to move on the two measures that will curb eavesdropping on the 68 …

WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research Chairman George Carlo has informed federal regulators that five cell-culture studies under his purview raise questions about possible bioeffects from radio-frequency radiation emitted from mobile phones. Carlo, …