Vodafone

Verizon Wireless is moving forward with a plan to install a proprietary Verizon-branded user interface across all of its new feature phones-a maneuver that has sparked widespread discontent among the …

The Government of Finland granted a wireless operating license in the 450 MHz spectrum band to Digita Oy, which plans to deploy a wireless data network using Flarion Technologies Inc.’s …

An alliance of wireless carriers in Asia, which first formed last year, launched services at the Com- municAsia show this week in Singapore. Bridge Mobile Alliance launched a suite of …

Following are wireless company and industry ratings changes made by financial services and investment banking firms this week. In a telecom services report, Merrill Lynch said it expects Verizon Wireless …

LONDON-British Telecom plc launched its BT Fusion fixed-mobile convergence service offering, which uses Bluetooth technology to switch seamlessly between the company’s wide-area wireless network and its in-home BT Broadband service. …

SINGAPORE-An alliance of wireless carriers in Asia, which first formed last year, launched services at the CommunicAsia show this week in Singapore. Bridge Mobile Alliance launched a suite of regional …

Red Bend Software Udi Dagan joined Red Bend Software as chief financial officer. Dagan joined the company from IBM where he was business consulting services country manager in Israel. Before …

In the backdrop of everything innovative and exciting going on at the BREW conference in San Diego last week, there was one overriding idea that kept popping up in the …

WASHINGTON-The Japanese Embassy today confirmed the government plans to add three competitors to the mobile-phone market, a move that comes after months of prodding by the U.S. trade representative and …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Vodafone International Holdings B.V. has completed the acquisition of two mobile holdings from Telesystem International Wireless first announced earlier this year. …

CANADA Canada’s Minister of Industry, David Emerson, announced a full review of Industry Canada’s spectrum policy framework. The initiative aims to bring Canadian policy and regulatory regimes overseeing telecom and …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it completed a trial of High-Speed Downlink Packet Access technology with Israeli wireless carrier Partner Communications Company Ltd. over its live cellular network in …

LONDON-Following what it termed extensive customer research and feedback, Vodafone Group plc launched its Vodafone Simply service, which the carrier said provides customers with basic voice and text messaging services …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc’s stock price took a beating Tuesday on the London Stock Exchange after the global wireless carrier offered a cautious outlook. Vodafone’s stock price slid about 4.3 percent …

Telesystem International Wireless Inc. said its shareholders approved the sale of its indirect interest in ClearWave N.V. to Vodafone International Holdings B.V. for $3.5 billion and the assumption of about …

Following what it termed extensive customer research and feedback, Vodafone Group plc launched its Vodafone Simply service, which the carrier said provides customers with basic voice and text messaging services …

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. said its shareholders approved the sale of its indirect interest in ClearWave N.V. to Vodafone International Holdings B.V. for $3.5 billion and the assumption of about …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc enhanced its mobile roaming rates, offering its customers “simplicity and better value for roaming services.” Vodafone and other European operators have been criticized by consumers and regulators …

Following is a roundup of wireless companies that received ratings changes from financial services companies this week. JP Morgan lowered its rating on SpectraLink from neutral to underweight. The firm …

TOKYO-Vodafone K.K., the Japanese subsidiary of Vodafone Group plc, lost nearly 40,000 subscribers during April, according to data released by Japan’s Telecommunications Carriers Association. The loss is the carrier’s fourth …

The GSM Association again blasted proposed rates for licensing anti-piracy technology, calling the revised rates “unreasonable and unworkable.” The trade association of more than 600 wireless operators rejected the latest …

ESPOO, Finland-Vodafone Hungary has selected Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG to supply its W-CDMA network. Nokia said it will supply a complete W-CDMA core network, providing its 3GPP Release 4 …

The GSM Association once again blasted proposed rates for licensing anti-piracy technology, calling recently revised rates “unreasonable and unworkable.” The trade association of more than 600 wireless operators rejected the …

In a record year for financial restatements, the wireless industry managed to stay relatively unsoiled. While other telecommunications, financial and manufacturing companies in 2004 faced various bookkeeping snafus, few wireless …

TOKYO-Japan’s mobile-phone carriers said interim findings from research they sponsored found radio-frequency radiation from base stations does not affect human cells, according to an NTT DoCoMo Inc. press release. The …