LONDON-As expected, Vodafone Group plc has acquired Vivendi Universal's 50-percent stake in the two companies' mobile portal joint venture Vizzavi for $140.6 million. Vivendi...
WASHINGTON-A debate is simmering at the Federal Communications Commission that could result in wireless carriers having to pay incumbent local exchange carriers significantly more...
DUSSSELDORF, Germany-Gloomy news from German company MobilCom has furthered the expectation of delayed UMTS service in Europe and Germany specifically. The company, which is...
RESTON, Virginia, United States-According to new findings from ComScore Networks, the audience for the wireless Web is becoming big enough that digital marketers should...
SAN DIEGO, United States-U.S. operator Leap Wireless International has retained UBS Warburg to help the carrier explore new sources of financing and restructuring for...
DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc., which offers a fixed-price unlimited local calling service in Miami, Atlanta and Sacramento-Calif., plans to roll out a new general market and...
ROME-The Open Mobile Alliance-a massive, overarching wireless standards group formed in June-released its first set of technical specifications for public review, covering the increasingly...
ISTANBUL, Turkey-Nortel Networks said it will supply Turkish wireless operator Aycell with base stations, related equipment, project management, technical support, training, repair and return,...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and LM Ericsson announced a rash of multimedia messaging service deals, further solidifying the companies' leadership in the MMS infrastructure space.Nokia...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia announced a rash of multimedia messaging service (MMS) deals, further solidifying the company's leadership in the MMS infrastructure space.Nokia said it will...
NEW DELHI, India-The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has decided to approach the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) regarding the government-owned fixed-line...
TOKYO and DUBLIN, Ireland-Mobile operators around the globe are feeling the negative effects of scam efforts by third-party companies. Operators and regulatory agencies alike...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Sweden's First AP Fund said it would subscribe to L.M. Ericsson's $3.14 billion one-for-one rights issue, commenced Aug. 15. First AP Fund owns...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics released its new ProntoLite personal remote-control software for devices using Palm Inc.'s operating system, which allows users to control up...
SAN DIEGO-Antenna manufacturer Ethertronics announced Techmove Electronics will sell its patented antenna technology to wireless operators and handset manufacturers in Korea.According to the agreement,...
BUDAPEST, Hungary-Hungarian telecommunications authority HIF reported the country's wireless penetration rate increased from 57.6 percent in June to 59.1 percent in July, and is...
BEIJING-China's second-largest television producer, Konka Group, reported a net profit of 24.2 million yuan (US$2.93 million) in the first half of the year, up...
BEIJING-China's largest mobile operator China Mobile Communication Corporation (CMCC) has awarded contracts to Ericsson to supply equipment for its multimedia messaging service (MMS) centers...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Colombian Communications Ministry announced that with the increase of 320,000 new cellular phone users in the second quarter of this year,...
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA-A 10.3-percent lift in revenue from mobile services to A$3.24 billion (US$1.7 billion) failed to return an increase in overall revenues to Telstra,...
TOKYO-The Japanese government is going to submit a revision bill for the current telecom law during the next Diet session, governmental sources said on...
