VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Sierra Wireless Inc. posted better than expected third-quarter numbers, noting the introduction of new products during the fourth quarter should help it...
BOISE, Idaho—Extended Systems signed an agreement with Compaq Global Services allowing Compaq to resell Extended's XTNDConnect Server software as part of its mobile solutions...
HAYWARD, Calif.—Certicom Inc. says it is shipping its virtual private network solution called movian VPN 2.0 for wireless devices using 802.11b, or WiFi, networks."movian...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—A broad spectrum of technology companies, including Cisco Systems Inc., Comverse Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp., Philips Speech Processing and SpeechWorks International...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson AG says it has signed a cooperation agreement with Vytel Asia to build out next-generation networks in the Asia Pacific region."The two...
WASHINGTON—All of the principles in the negotiations for bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.'s PCS C- and F-block license have signed off on a concept agreement...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. says it has reached an agreement with Nokia to increase funding of the Wideband CDMA technology development program,...
SINGAPORE—Singapore's telecom regular Infocomm Development Authority has selected four consortia to trial mobile payment solutions through a $11 million initiative.The trials will run from...
NEW YORK—The Bluetooth Special Interest Group Inc.'s Car Working Group released a definition for how Bluetooth wireless technology will enable hands-free use of mobile...
KIEV, Ukraine—The Supreme Ukrainian Arbitration Court backed the South Korean Daewoo Corporation in its conflict with the Ukrainian RadioSystems (Wellcom) carrier, in which Daewoo...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Cell-phone operator BT Viag, the German subsidiary of BT's MmO2 mobile division, said it plans to launch Microsoft's combined Pocket PC and...
FRANKFURT, Germany—Nortel Networks said it has a contract with T-Mobil to supply it with its high-performance frame relay core network consisting of Passport 7480...
BEIJING—Sixteen foreign mobile-phone suppliers spent 196.47 million yuan (US$23.77 million) on advertisements in China during the first half of the year, accounting for 89...
LONDON—Although European awareness of application service providers (ASPs) is growing, enterprises still seem cautious to implement the services, according to a recent Frost &...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The Personal Communications Industry Association, proving it is not immune to current economic troubles, cut its work force by 9 positions Wednesday, leaving...
OSLO, Norway—Telenor Mobile launched an accelerator that it said will make surfing the Internet faster when using a portable PC, personal digital assistant (PDA)...
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, United Kingdom—Chronos Technology began offering Globalstar's packet data satellite service in Europe, with the main applications being remote measurement and telemetry in remote...
TOKYO—NEC said it will supply a mobile Internet platform to Taiwan's KG Telecom, which will begin its i-mode-like mobile Internet service in mid-2002. The...
LONDON—Diederik Karsten, chief executive of KPN's mobile-phone division, intends to leave the company next month, according to a report by The Financial Times.Board director...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia said it will expand its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) solution as part of a nationwide project for China Mobile Communications' network.The...
TOKYO—NTT East and NTT Corporation announced that they will launch a high-speed wireless local area network (LAN) service with a data transmission speed of...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Five companies have applied to participate in the privatization of the Paraguayan National Telecommunications Administration (Administraci
SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR—Wireless carrier Digicel signed an agreement with Velocitel to develop its GSM network in El Salvador.The "build-to-suit" lease arrangement will allow...
