CUPERTINO, Calif.—Vodafone's Sweden business announced it will replace its old billing system with Portal Software Inc.'s Infranet Wireless convergent billing software, for use with...
RICHMOND-UPON-THAMES, United Kingdom—Norwood Systems has announced the commercial availability of EnterpriseMobility, a software platform that offers employees wireless connectivity within the workplace.The new platform...
CHANTILLY, Va.—InTouch USA, which provides wireless handset rentals to business travelers, said it is now offering a phone that can be used in China,...
HONG KONG—Sprint PCS and China Unicom have formed a strategic alliance for cdma2000 services, Sprint PCS' Bill Blessing told attendees Wednesday at the 3G...
HONG KONG—Verizon Wireless Inc. is the first customer for Lightbridge Inc.'s Mobile Data Manager, a new service that enables carriers to allow users to...
CALGARY, Alberta—Wireless Matrix Corp. said it has received an order from Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) for 2,400 mobile base station units to be...
WASHINGTON—Telecommunications research and analyst firm The Strategis Group ceased operations today.The firm was founded in 1964 by Martin Malarkey and Archer Taylor. It was...
ALISO VIEJO, California, United States—SMS Media Group said it signed a deal with European mobile entertainment company Jippii Group that enables SMS Media to...
HELSINKI, Finland—Tecnomen said it was awarded a contract valued at 700,000 euros (US$662,900) by Kuwait's Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) for paging system expansions in...
MUNICH, Germany—Swedish vendor Ericsson announced the sale of its microelectronic unit to Infineon Technologies for US$379 million in stock, ending industry speculation."This transaction makes...
PARIS—Alcatel said it will provide maintenance and service to Austria's Tele.ring under a three-year US$37.8 million contract. Alcatel supplied parts of the network, and...
VIENNA, Austria—Mobilkom Austria said it acquired a 5-percent stake in Croatia's VIPnet from Ingra, increasing its stake to 71 percent from 66 percent. The...
ARLINGTON, Va.—IoWave Inc. acquired the assets of multichannel multipoint distribution services equipment provider Hybrid Networks Inc., which ceased operations at the end of April,...
MELBOURNE, Australia—Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. signed a deal with Iridium Satellite L.L.C. to become a service provider, Iridium said.SingTel will focus on delivering Iridium mobile...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Telecom gear maker Ericsson AB has confirmed that it is in talks with German chipmaker Infineon over a possible sale of or partnership...
LONDON—Austrian carrier Mobilkom Austria will use Logica's multimedia messaging product, along with its Prepaid Service Agent, which will ensure pre-delivery charging. Mobilkom launched multimedia...
ATLANTA—Consolidation moves across the wireless data industry continue to hit in waves, this time with three companies announcing sales or mergers.O2wireless Solutions Inc., which...
GREENSBORO, N.C.—RF Micro Devices Inc. released revised guidance for the current quarter ended June 30, 2002.The company now expects revenues to range from $98...
LEDBURY, United Kingdom—Cellular operators must do more to promote their gaming services or risk stunting the growth of the mobile entertainment market, according to...
NEW YORK—Following AirGate PCS's release of a revised quarterly outlook, which quickly resulted in a tumbling of its stock value which reverberated throughout the...
WASHINGTON—Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell Thursday announced the creation of a Spectrum Policy Task Force to help the agency deal with increased demands...
