AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Royal Philips Electronics and Sony will jointly develop a new near-field radio-frequency technology called Near Field Communication, which will enable short-range communication...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Following market research, the Belgian GSM operator Mobistar has revamped its call charges. The company said it has launched a new tariff...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Ecuadorian National Telecommunications Council (Conatel) has decided to delay the auction of a national personal communications services (PCS) license, which was...
TOKYO-SpeedNet, a telecom venture company in Japan, on Wednesday announced it launched an experiment for its wireless local area network (WLAN) services using the...
LONDON-Messaging company Logica reported a 25-percent drop in profits, about US$181 million, for the current fiscal year compared with the previous year, and it...
LONDON-Rumors abound regarding the possible sale of Vivendi Universal's stake in French mobile operator SFR to Vodafone Group. Vodafone has said it is interested...
TOKYO-Keiji Tachikawa, president of Japanese giant NTT DoCoMo, on Thursday said the firm might be forced to revise its target customer figure for FOMA.NTT...
MANILA, The Philippines-The Philippine National Telecommunications Commission (NT) said Express Telecommunications (Extelcom) will have to make do with its existing digital frequency initially before...
BEIJING-China's number-two mobile operator, China Unicom, reported a profit increase of 2.7 percent in the first half of the year to 2.25 billion yuan...
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario-Certicom Corp.'s fourth quarter and year-end results for fiscal 2002, ended April 30, 2002, exceeded previous guidance-marking the third consecutive quarter the company...
LONDON-Messaging company Logica plc reported a 25 percent drop in profits, about $181 million, for the current fiscal year compared with the previous year,...
DUBLIN, Ireland-A group of engineers at a U.K. university have apparently developed a mobile handset design that protects users concerned about radiation emissions from...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African mobile network operator Cell C announced it will not increase its call tariffs in the near future as it strives...
NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular (MIC) said it sold its GSM license in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Orton Investment Holdings for an...
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario-Rugged mobile device and wireless local area network system provider Psion Teklogix announced it has added an enhanced Symbian operating system, an upgraded...
TOKYO-The Japanese government on Wednesday announced it would allocate additional 1.5 GHz band spectrum for mobile carriers providing second-generation (2G) services. The 1.5 GHz...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Looking to gain market share in an increasingly saturated market has seen the Dutch arm of cell-phone operator MmO2 scrap all handset...
PHOENIX-Verizon Wireless launched its Express Network service throughout Arizona, providing customers in metro Phoenix, northern Arizona and Yuma with access to the carrier's high-speed...
DALLAS-Samsung Telecommunications America and RadioShack Corp. announced they will launch a joint marketing campaign based on the Indy Racing League team Treadway Racing to...
TROY, Mich.-AirIQ Inc. and Delphi Corp. said they are co-developing a vehicle interface module.With the standard interface, AirIQ's telematics devices will be able to...
FRANKFURT, Germany-Instead of trying to sell off its U.S.-based VoiceStream Wireless Corp. holdings, analysts said German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG may choose an...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics and Ericsson Mobile Platforms signed an agreement under which Philips will source semiconductor devices for Ericsson reference designs. This...
