BEIJING—Hong Kong is suffering from a mysterious illness called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). On 1 April, a rumor surfaced that the whole city...
TOKYO-Oki Electric, a leading electronic manufacturer in Japan, plans to expand sales for semiconductors for PHS handsets to meet far-expanding demand for PHS units...
BOSTON-Speech technology provider SpeechWorks International Inc. announced Bob Kellegrew has joined as vice president and general counsel.Kellegrew joins the company from American Tower Corp....
DUBLIN, Ireland-Scottish firm Eurosource Europe announced plans to establish a presence in the United States, having carved a lucrative niche in Europe. The company...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Following the acquisition in March of wireless local are network (WLAN) operators Megastream and Munich-based WLAN, fixed-line carrier Swisscom, which now has...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The National Telecommunications Commission in Honduras prequalified BellSouth, Entel Chile and Megatel-EMCE for the band A personal communications services (PCS) cellular telephone...
BEIJING—In a report entitled "Management and Development of China Telecom in 2003," equipment manufacturer Zhongxing Telecom (ZTE) predicted fixed-line carrier China Telecom will adopt...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-In what is being seen as an ill-disguised attempt to combat the European coverage afforded by Vodafone, three of Europe's largest cell-phone...
MINNEAPOLIS-Retail outlet Best Buy Co. Inc. reported net earnings for the fourth quarter of $311 million, or $0.96 per diluted share. The company said...
ATLANTA-Messaging service company Glenayre Technologies Inc. has been ordered to pay $12 million in damages in a patent infringement lawsuit, a verdict the company...
TOKYO-Japanese carriers J-Phone and NTT DoCoMo will begin selling camera phones in May with resolution four times that of current camera phones, according to...
WASHINGTON-Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), chairman of the Senate communications subcommittee, called for a universal-service summit to determine whether legislation is necessary to save the...
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio-Sprint PCS affiliate Horizon PCS Inc. said it has hired investment banking firm Berenson & Company to assist it in renegotiating and restructuring...
WASHINGTON-House Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) today said federal agencies and the private sector-including the telecom and high-tech sectors-must to do more to...
BEIJING-China Unicom launched its cdma2000 1x service nationwide, according to a Qualcomm statement."With cdma2000 1x, China Unicom can offer its customers cost-effective, advanced voice...
SAN DIEGO, United States-Centennial Dominicana has launched cdma2000 1x services in the Dominican Republic, according to a statement released by Qualcomm.The company, owned by...
PARIS-Alcatel has announced a much-needed third-generation contract win with Austria's Tele.ring for a turnkey UMTS network. The deployment will begin in May, with the...
EDINBURGH, Scotland-Orange announced it is using voice service solutions from Rhetorical for an upgrade to its text-to-speech service.The new system will use two voices...
HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. earlier this week filed an 8K announcing it has deferred a portion of the $78 million site access payment it...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. filed an extension with the Securities and Exchange Commission noting its 10-K report filing would be delayed until the...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. has declared IBM Corp. supplier of the year as a key contributor in making the CDMA proprietor exceed its business objectives...
Arabic news network Al Jazeera said it will offer a breaking news service to mobile phone users. The text messaging service, operated through content...
NEW YORK-Vernier Networks, Mountainview, Calif., will make commercially available in late April two new 6500p products, Access Manager and Integrated System, which are based...
