BRUSSELS, Belgium—The European Commission (EC) has published new safety standards on electromagnetic fields for mobile-phone manufacturers. The limits, which "will not expose users to...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—TDC said it is seeking to take control over Polish cellular operator Polkomtel, according to international press reports. It currently holds 19.6 percent...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. has agreed with Twentieth Century Fox International to offer its mobile-phone users in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom screensavers and...
SAN JOSE, California, United States—Analyst firm Gartner Dataquest said worldwide semiconductor revenue this year will be $168.1 billion, a 26-percent drop from last year."There...
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, United States—Wireless service provider IMC WorldCell announced it now offers Iridium Satellite phones and service, expanding WorldCell coverage to hard-to-reach places...
SAN DIEGO, United States—Device makers Hanwha and Synertek have signed a memoranda of understanding to port Qualcomm's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless platform to...
SUFFERN, New York, United States—Acticon Technologies, Suffern, N.Y., developer of PC card modems and other PCMCIA form factor communications, has filed a patent infringement...
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, United States—Motorola said it has sold its Integrated Information Systems Group to defense contractor General Dynamics for US$825 million in a...
TABY, Sweden—Aspiro has agreed to deliver GlobalDining's mobile restaurant directory and reservation network to its customers throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia.According to...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Telecom Personal presented a signed agreement with Lotus to enable its cellular clients to access various mobile services based on WAP from...
NEW YORK—Celltick Technologies, an Israeli interactive mobile broadcasting solution developer founded in March 2000, received US$10 million in follow-on venture financing it will use...
LONDON—Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC) has announced it has awarded a joint contract to Swedish telecom heavyweight Ericsson and Finnish mobile giant Nokia. Under the...
LONDON—Saudi Business Machines (SBM), the general marketing and services representative for IBM WTC in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, announced it has completed the...
LOS ANGELES-Oberthur Card Systems announced that with $3.3 million, it has acquired the remaining 50 percent of Rapsodia Software from French customer relationship management...
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-Mobile-phone maker Sendo today announced it signed an agreement with Italian telecommunications operator Wind Telecomunnicazioni, which calls for Wind to sell Sendo's...
ASHBURN, Va.-Comsearch announced it has been selected for the fourth consecutive year as the official frequency coordinator for the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association...
MILAN, Italy-Control of Italy's largest telecom company, Telecom Italia, has changed hands, with Pirelli, an Italian tire and cable company, and Edizione, the holding...
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Wireless messaging is now officially history.The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History selected Motorola Inc.'s PageWriter 2000 as part of the museum's...
Even the last bastion has been hit.The heat of the economic slowdown is choking contract electronics manufacturers that help the major original equipment manufacturers...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Telus Corp. completed the sale of its directory information services business to Verizon Information Services, a Yellow pages and online directory provider.Telus...
WALTHAM, Mass.-BTC Mobility, a division of The Bermuda Telephone Co. Ltd., introduced Wildfire Communications Inc.'s voice-activated personal assistant service to its customers in Bermuda.The...
CAMPBELL, Calif.-Horizon 3, a systems integration company, announced it will partner with Luna Communications, a wireless networking solutions company, to broaden its services, product...
