JAKARTA, Indonesia—After offering free General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) services since last November, Indonesia's IM3 finally decided to release its GPRS price plan commencing...
MANILA, The Philippines—Smart Communications, considered the Philippines' leading mobile-phone service provider, plans to go public next year and list one-third of its outstanding shares...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having conducted a public "discussion" about its relative financial obligations, France Telecom has now admitted to conducting secret negotiations with Mobilcom's four...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Vodacom Congo announced that it has built an 88-base station GSM mobile cellular network in Africa's fourth-largest country in less than three...
TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest operator in Japan, announced that in cooperation with SK Telecom in Korea it launched an image data transmission service between users...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Columbitech announced that Kongsberg Finans, the financial division of Norwegian technology and defense contractor Kongsberg Group, has bought the Columbitech Wireless Suite to...
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Harris Corp. RF Communications Division, Rochester, N.Y., has demonstrated a software-defined radio that complies with the Joint Tactical Radio System architecture, which the...
WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada—BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) announced a partnership with Australian carrier Telstra Mobile to sell wireless e-mail and voice-capable BlackBerrys to...
TORONTO—Wireless carriers Telus Mobility and Rogers Wireless Communications plan to charge new cell-phone users by the minute instead of by the second. This change...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Peter Erskine, chief executive officer (CEO) of MmO2, stated that mobile data is essential to the growth of the cell-phone industry and...
DUBLIN, Ireland—Some trends are beginning to emerge in the European multimedia messaging service (MMS) market following the launch of services by several operators. However,...
DUBLIN, Ireland—The latest shareholder criticism of the performance of its parent company Deutsche Telekom has made it more likely that T-Mobile will finally be...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The agreement to restructure NII Holdings' US$2.7 billion debt distances Nextel Communications from its Latin American subsidiaries and mainly impacts M
OXFORD, United Kingdom—While the newly formed Sony Ericsson expects to sell its first third-generation (3G) handset in Europe later this year, Jan Wareby, its...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies said it has equipped more than 25,000 base stations worldwide to support third-generation cdma2000 technology. "This significant milestone underscores our...
SILVER SPRING, Md.—International Mobile Communications Inc. (IMC), provider of WorldCell international cellular service, has purchased wireless infrastructure equipment for TELOS Technology to enable IMC...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—Although the market for wireless enterprise products and services seems to be lagging, and companies selling wireless infrastructure to businesses have been struggling,...
CLINTON, Miss.—WorldCom will reportedly exit the U.S. wireless resale business during the coming months.The San Francisco Chronicle said it obtained a letter from WorldCom's...
TOKYO and DENVER, United States—Toshiba, a leading vendor in Japan, announced that it is going to launch Toshiba-branded mobile handsets in the U.S. market...
REDWOOD CITY, California, United States—A wave of consolidation hit the wireless data industry as two major companies announced acquisitions to expand the scope of...
BUCHAREST, Romania—Jordan's second-largest mobile operator MobileCom launched commercial General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) access for its customers over its GSM network this week.MobileCom was...
CLINTON, Miss.—WorldCom Inc. will reportedly exit the wireless resale business during the coming months.The San Francisco Chronicle said it obtained a letter from WorldCom's...
IRVINE, Calif.—Wireless infrastructure services provider VelociTel Inc. announced it has acquired JM Consulting Group Inc."At a time when wireless carriers are starting to ramp...
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Applied Innovation Inc. announced Jack Petro will serve as its vice president of engineering."Jack will be a great leader for our engineering and...
