JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Various African countries have begun the task of liberalizing their telecommunications markets with the various governments seeking to court offers from foreign...
HELSINKI, Finland-Scandinavia has long been the most fertile and concentrated spawning ground for technology innovation in Europe. The torchbearers for this culture have been...
NEW YORK-Vivendi Universal has worldwide ambitions, particularly in the area of wireless technology and interactive television, and equally important, it possesses a balance sheet...
TORONTO-As the handset manufacturing business gets tougher because of declining demand, more phone makers are looking at joint ventures as their economic salvation and...
HELSINKI, Finland-For a market with a well-deserved reputation as the most dynamic and innovative of Europe's telecom sectors, one could easily think that traditional...
Audiovox CommunicationsAudiovox Communications introduced the Maestro, a Pocket PC that uses Microsoft Windows Powered Pocket PC 2002 software. The product features 32 MB of...
Adoption of mobile data in Asia will require restructuring the industry's poor and declining economics.Throughout Asia, many markets are saddled with too many competitors...
GENEVA-As the second-round auction for U.K. broadband wireless licenses continues, license holders across the Continent will be praying the lackluster response to date represents...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, on 1 October launched the world's first third-generation (3G) mobile service in the Tokyo metropolitan area,...
LONDON—Marconi and Somera Communications announced a strategic partnership to deliver configuration of Marconi's power solution combined with Somera's OneSource services for rural carriers across...
LONDON—Vodafone Group said its average revenue per user (ARPU) has begun to stabilize based on its end-September financial figures.The operator said its total inactive...
LONDON—Motorola Inc. says it has revised its view of when it expects third-generation mobile services to attract mass-market acceptance in Europe to 2004 instead...
BUCHAREST, Romania—According Gulf News, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) newspaper, Thuraya's services will be available in 30 countries, including Pakistan, Sudan, Libya, Egypt, Syria,...
TORONTO—Facing tough times, Microcell Telecommunications has laid off 5 percent of its work force. The Montreal-based carrier of the Fido brand wireless service gave...
NEW YORK—Millicom International Cellular (MIC) said it will complete the final distribution of its shares to the former shareholders of Millicom Incorporated pursuant to...
WOODBURY, New York, United States—Comverse said Guangdong Mobile Communications selected it to expand its Intelligent Short Message Service Center. The new agreement increases Guangdong...
TOKYO—Fujitsu, a leading communications vender in Japan, announced it is expecting to have a 310 billion yen (US$2.5 billion) net loss for fiscal year...
TOKYO—Matsushita Communication Industrial, the leading mobile handset vender in Japan, announced that it is expecting to have a 40 billion yen (US$325 million) operational...
ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless rolled out its Wireless Internet Express General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) service in a number of markets in the Southeast and in...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish vendor Ericsson posted a loss of US$377 million in its third-quarter earnings reports just as it announced that its chairman, Lars Ramqvist,...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The grand plans by Royal Philips Electronics to become a worldwide player in the cell-phone market have all but disappeared with the...
