SAN DIEGO—Verizon Wireless and Lucent Technologies demonstrated an over-the-air data call using CDMA 1xEV-DO technology at the CDMA Americas Congress. The companies noted they...
ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania, United States—Agere Systems announced its wireless platform and semiconductor will be used in Beijing-based PTIC Capitel's new small C76088 and C6288 models,...
MANILA, Philippines—Smart Communications has chosen SchlumbergerSema's Java subscriber identity module (SIM) smart cards as its platform for data services, SchlumbergerSema said.Smart handles about 45...
BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States—Verizon Wireless signed definitive agreements to acquire certain Dobson Communications wireless operations in California, Georgia, Ohio and Tennessee for approximately...
HELSINKI, Finland—Springtoys said SingTel Mobile and Globe Telecom of the Philippines adopted its games, which will reach a potential customer base of more than...
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens partnered with Beyond Solutions Europe (BSE) to provide games for mobile networks. Based on BSE's gaming platform and a catalog of games,...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic—All three incumbent mobile operators in the Czech Republic have refused to pay the minimum US$180 million price set for the country's...
OSLO, Norway—Norway's Telenor Mobile signed a final agreement to acquire 100 percent of Hungarian mobile-phone operator Pannon GSM for about US$905 million. Finland's Sonera...
BEIJING—Siemens and the China Academy of Telecommunications Technology (CATT) signed an agreement during German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's visit to Beijing this week. It is...
LUXEMBOURG—Millicom International Cellular (MIC) confirmed it is in talks with Tele2 regarding the possible sale of MIC's Russian cellular assets to Tele2."It is no...
BUCHAREST, Romania—According to the Swedish financial newspaper Finanstidningen, Skanska is exercising its option to sell its 10-percent shareholding in Orange Sweden, which won a...
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, United States—ACE*COMM announced that Mexico's Grupo Iusacell has selected its Convergent Mediation platform to collect and process use records to produce billable...
SAN DIEGO—The Mobile Wireless Internet Forum (MWIF) announced its strategic intentions for the coming year, which include plans to focus on standardizing core network...
LONDON—British Airways passengers in New York's JFK Airport can connect to online services through a deal with Compaq.The service is available from 22 October...
TOKYO—Matsushita Communication Industrial, the largest mobile handset manufacturer in Japan, announced it will cease production of handsets at its U.K. factories in March 2002....
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.—Cambridge Positioning Systems (CPS) announced it has begun a trial of Antenova's steerable directional antenna to test its capability of improving the accuracy,...
Bucharest, ROMANIA—HE Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Ministry of Transport under-secretary and Batelco board director, signed a nearly 9.8 million dinar (US$26 million)...
TOKYO—Mitsubishi Electric and Samsung Electronics announced they have standardized specifications for random access memory modules (RAMs) for use in mobile devices to provide higher...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Orange, one of the leading innovators of cell-phone services, has confirmed that it will delay the introduction of General Packet Radio Service...
