DALLAS—Ntelos Inc. launched Preferred Voice Inc.'s Voice Activated Dialing service on its wireless network serving portions of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—The County Administrative Court in Sweden rejected an appeal from Telia regarding interconnection charges.In January, the Swedish National Post and Telecom Agency ordered...
DENVER, United States—The Slovak government announced three companies submitted bids for the country's three third-generation (3G) licenses. Incumbent operators Eurotel and Orange bid for...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint PCS and the Virgin Group reported they would each have an equal interest and mutual governance roles in their Virgin Mobile...
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens said it will supply GSM technology to Belize Telecommunications Ltd. under a $12.9 million contract.Siemens Netherlands will supply and install all the...
PARIS—Alcatel Alsthom has signed a $125 million contract to supply Tunisian carrier Orascom Telecom with GSM gear for voice and data services.The deal, which...
NEW YORK—Enlisting the support of four heavy hitters in professional sports and in retailing, Samsung Electronics America Inc., Ridgefield Park, N.J., launched on May...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—InfoSpace Inc. announced that it is providing its wireless software and services for the launch of WAP, SMS and speech-enabled data...
TOKYO—Japanese mobile-phone shipments in March dropped by 49.7 percent to 3.12 million units compared with sales in February, the Japanese Electronics and Information Technology...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Finnish company First Hop claimed that a number of European cell-phone operators are conducting trials of its compression and caching technologies, which...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having failed in its ambitions to become one of the top five suppliers of mobile terminals, Alcatel is expected to announce a...
CARY, N.C.—SpectraSite Holdings Inc. is terminating its build-to-suit contract with Cingular Wireless and transferring its sublease agreements in 545 SBC Communications Inc. towers to...
MINNEAPOLIS—The wireless industry's smaller players continued their push to consolidate under tight economic conditions, with three mergers and acquisitions announced over the past few...
DALLAS—U.S. Cellular Corp. selected Nortel Networks as the primary supplier for the planned upgrade of its network to cdma2000 1x technology.The multi-year agreement calls...
BEIJING—China Telecom has split into two companies in order to allow each one to streamline its efforts toward profitability.China Telecom will cover the south...
TOKYO—NTT Corporation, the largest telecommunications carrier in Japan, announced that the carrier's loss after tax for fiscal 2001, ending March 2002, was 812.1 billion...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Millicom's cellular operator in Bolivia introduced Telecel Free, a post-pay service with no subscription or invoice that charges airtime costs to the...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—M-Cell, the holding company for South African mobile network operator MTN, announced that Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Paul Edwards has stepped down...
HELSINKI, Finland—The Lithuanian state is examining a proposal presented by the National Property Fund (NPF) to divest a 5-percent equity stake in Lietuvos Telekomas,...
BEIJING—China Mobile became China's biggest telecom operator on 16 May, although not through actions of its own. The long delayed split of fixed-line operator...
MOSCOW—The U.S.-based MCT Corporation sold a considerable part of its Russian Indigo project, and market experts believe that may signal an end to the...
NEW DELHI, India—The rising graph of cellular phone subscribers in India took a dip, with fewer additions during April. All the operators together added...
JAKARTA,Indonesia—The increasing growth in Indonesia's cellular communications has attracted a new government tax scheme for imported material used in cellular infrastructure as additional income...
MANILA, The Philippines—Globe Telecom is aiming for not less than 10,000 of its 4.5 million prepaid subscribers to subscribe to its international roaming service,...
DUBLIN, Ireland—In a further indication of the necessity of closer cooperation between previously fierce rivals, Nokia and Siemens have announced plans to collaborate on...
