LONDON—Equipment vendor Marconi posted a US$7.4 billion pre-tax loss in its first-half report, attributing the results to a flagging market and the uncertainties created...
LONDON—The Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC) announced it is planning a domestic initial public offering (IPO) early next year. Indications are that it will involve...
LAS VEGAS, United States—Nokia and Sony announced they are developing an open and common middleware platform with the intent of achieving interoperability between mobile...
TORONTO—Microcell Telecommunications plans to raise C$250 million (US$150 million) of its C$350 million (US$220 million) in financing needs through an equity offering. But Deutsche...
ATHENS, Greece—Greek company Ote Telecoms won a license to operate a second mobile network in Macedonia. The 22-year license price was US$25 million.Local company...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Agilent Technologies says it will cut another 4,000 jobs, making the total job reductions 8,000 since August, representing 19 percent of its...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Coinciding with its Telecom Africa 2001 event this week in Johannesburg, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) released a report detailing the state...
BELLEVUE, Washington, United States—VoiceStream Wireless officially unveiled its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-enabled iStream wireless data network nationwide.VoiceStream said the service, which has been...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Cell C, the third cellular license operator in South Africa, plans to officially go live on Saturday, 17 November. The operator announced...
TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, announced it will launch location services using the global positioning system (GPS) satellite system and motion picture...
LONDON—The London-based Investors International consortium has been named the preferred bidder for a 51-percent stake in Nigeria's state-run Nitel. The consortium is backed by...
BELLEVUE, Washington, United States—VoiceStream Wireless said it will acquire the majority of bankrupt MobileStar Network's equipment and contracts for an undisclosed sum.The deal was...
MIAMI, United States—Brightstar announced its third-quarter revenues show it remains the market share leader in Latin American wireless outsourcing.The company's US$161.5 million in revenues...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Comverse has been chosen to provide its unified messaging solution to Portugal's Vodafone, a mobile operator that has 2.6 million cellular customers and...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Mirapoint announced China Telecom purchased the company's messaging products and will offer the services to customers in the Guangxi province.The announcement comes just...
ATLANTA—EMS Technologies Inc. is providing Atlanta's Henry Medical Center with Mobile Clinical Workstations, patient care carts that allow hospitals to use wireless applications at...
FRANKFURT, Germany—Siemens AG reported a fourth-quarter loss of $968 million, although it exceeded analysts' estimates.However, the company which attributes its loss to the down...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless unveiled www.vtext.com, a short text messaging Web site designed to help customers send text messages to individuals and groups and set...
ATLANTA-AirGate PCS Inc. reported $62.2 million in total revenue for its fourth fiscal quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with $16.6 million last year. While...
ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless announced its Be Sensible partnership with theater exhibition company Loews Cineplex Entertainment encouraging wireless courtesy in movie theaters.As part of the deal,...
SAN DIEGO-Microsoft Corp. selected Silicon Wave Inc. to provide Bluetooth solutions for its Windows CE .NET operating system.Silicon Wave said its solution will allow...
LONDON—British Telecommunications plc received final court approval for its demerger of the mmO2 business. The demerger will create two new holding companies—one for the...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported it will launch a video-clip distribution service over its FOMA third-generation network November 19.The carrier said the I-motion service will...
SAN FRANCISCO—Long-distance, credit card and online services company Working Assets has chosen Sentori Inc. to provide its new wireless billing solution, Sentori 3G, which...
SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. won the "Most Innovative Wireless Service" award from Andrew Seybold's Outlook 4Mobility during the organization's 11th Annual Wireless Dinner...
