EDISON, N.J.—North American telecom companies are pushing new customer relationship management (CRM) initiatives to benefit business in several ways, according to a recent study...
DALLAS—Widcomm Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. unveiled a Bluetooth USB dongle reference design allowing wireless connectivity between a personal computer and peripherals without the...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Rogers AT&T Wireless customers will now be able to access any Internet content using the carrier's GSM/GPRS network through a new deal...
VALLADOLID, Spain—A group of Spanish carriers, banks and payment companies commercially launched an ambitious mobile commerce service that will allow subscribers to use their...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Good Technology Inc. filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Research In Motion Ltd., alleging RIM's single mailbox patent infringes on its newly released...
LONDON—M-Wise said it closed a $1 million license of its MOMA Gateway to Comtrend, a telecom manufacturer in Taiwan. Comtrend's system integrator original equipment...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Ericsson said it has rolled out a mobile network in the remote northwestern area of Tanzania to link three major refugee camps...
TAMPA, Fla.—ForeSite Towers L.L.C. received $5.1 million in equity financing to develop wireless communication towers and acquired a portfolio of 100 towers in the...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association used the final day of Wireless Safety Week to remind drivers that a top priority this Memorial...
CHICAGO—U.S. Cellular Corp. selected PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. to replace Arthur Andersen L.L.P. as the carrier's independent public accountant for this year.Nextel Partners Inc. and UbiquiTel...
BEIJING—The world's largest mobile market could become decidedly less attractive for cell-phone manufacturers if new proposed rules on cell-phone radiation emissions come into play.A...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Paging and messaging carrier Metrocall Inc. announced it reached a pre-negotiated plan of reorganization in Chapter 11 bankruptcy with its creditors, and will...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will lead a consortium of 35 companies conducting field trials using a newly developed FOMA mobile communications platform enabling...
DENVER—Short message service application provider Cellus announced it is launching its U.S. operations as part of its worldwide expansion strategy.The company, which operates in...
SAN DIEGO—Kyocera Wireless Corp. said it would be an associate sponsor of the two-car Treadway-Hubbard Racing team for the upcoming Indianapolis 500. The company's...
SUSSEX, U.K.—The Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) said a recently conducted poll of its new Ventures Program members called for more positive thinking in...
LONDON—Semiconductor start-up Innovics Wireless announced it is offering a solution to increase capacity and data rates and improve coverage in 2.5 and 3G cells...
HOUSTON—Crown Castle International Corp. named J. Landis Martin non-executive chairman of the board, succeeding the company's co-founder, Ted Miller, who will remain on the...
PARIS—The French telecom regulator has confirmed that only Bouygues Telecom applied for one of the two third-generation licenses on offer in France. Therefore, the...
TOKYO—NEC Corp. said it received an order from Taiwan's KG Telecommunications for mobile handsets for KG Telecom's i-mode service. NEC said the delivery will...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—South African mobile network operator Vodacom is currently in the process of launching its cellular network in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
MELBOURNE, Australia—As part of its expanding mobile data strategy, Telstra announced this week a three-month trial in which customers can pay for parking using...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The continued downturn in mobile communications has caused Benefon and Openmobile, both based in Finland, to close their operations or dramatically restructure...
