SAN BRUNO, California, United States-IPWireless, developer of UMTS TD-CDMA (TDD)-compliant broadband mobile network infrastructure, has expanded its technical center in the United Kingdom and will increase staffing there immediately, the …
LYON, France-French company Swapcom said it won a deal with Telefuture for Swapcom’s Multimedia Mobile Gateway to help Telefuture deploy premium and mobile personalization services in Northern Europe. Telefuture provides …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is currently deciding whether to require wireless carriers to offer equal access to long-distance services in order to be eligible to receive universal-service subsidies. The FCC …
SEOUL, Korea-Samsung Electronics announced its first-quarter figures, showing a 4.8-percent increase in mobile-phone sales. Samsung said it aimed to sell 13 million mobile phones in the second quarter and 52 …
SAN RAFAEL, Calif.-Alltel has chosen Fair Isaac Corp.’s Risk Manager and Fraud Manager For Telecommunications solution to improve its fraud and payment risk detection capabilities. “This superior fraud management solution …
SARASOTA, Fla.-Retrieval Dynamics Corp. and EarthLink Inc. announced a teaming to create a wireless data package for real estate executives. The program combines a BlackBerry wireless e-mail device from Research …
CHICAGO, Ill.-Tellabs Inc. said it plans to slash 665 more employees, including 490 in the Chicago area, as part of its cost-cutting strategy. The company also reported a loss of …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.- Sun Microsystems Inc.’s results for its fiscal third quarter, ended March 30, 2003, reflected lower revenues and relatively flat income per share. Revenues were $2.79 billion, down …
NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. appointed Scott Cecil vice president and general manager of the carrier’s New York region where he will oversee all wireless sales and operations for the greater …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. named Jeffrey Fox group president of communications where he will oversee the company’s human resources, network services and information technology departments. Fox previously served as group …
WASHINGTON-The House is considering a bipartisan bill that would give industry standards bodies limited immunity to antitrust lawsuits. The measure, intended to complement 1996-passed legislation requiring the use of voluntary …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported a strong quarter for mobile phone sales and offered a rosy outlook for the business, numbers that helped prop up a sagging infrastructure division. The news …
WAKEFIELD, Mass.-The Mobile Payment Forum, a standards group devoted to mobile commerce that includes many of the world’s biggest credit card companies, announced it will expand into new areas including …
DUBLIN, Ireland—Vodafone has announced plans to restrict access to adult services over its network just 24 hours after wireless research and consulting company Strategy Analytics suggested in a new report …
WASHINGTON-Sens. Don Nickles (R-Okla.) and Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) offered legislation to make wireless telecommunications equipment eligible for depreciation treatment on par with other qualified technological gear. The bill, introduced April …
METUCHEN, N.J.-Berkeley Varitronics Systems announced two new international distributors will provide sales and support for its wireless products. Genetel Online will offer sales and support for BVS WLA and Bluetooth …
WASHINGTON-A former Internet advertising executive has been tapped as the Department of Homeland Security’s first privacy czar. Nuala O’Connor Kelly, who previously oversaw data protection and privacy at Double Click …
TAMPA, Fla.-TSI Telecommunication Services Inc. said two regional wireless carriers will use the company’s technology to offer ring tones, graphics and other messaging services. Montana Wireless Inc. d.b.a. Blackfoot Communications …
NEW YORK-Airespace Inc., San Jose, Calif., hatched in the Storm Ventures incubator 18 months ago, reached a fledgling milestone last weekwhen it made the first commercial shipment of its Wireless …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Zambian President Mwanawasa recently inaugurated the Zamtel GSM link in Chipata with a call to the operator to begin offering affordable prepaid tariffs. The system has been commissioned …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Kenyan mobile network company Kencell Communications recently announced the extension of its local network to the towns of Iten and Kabarnet. Philippe Vandebrouck, managing director of KenCell, said …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The new Ecuadorian cellular operator, which will begin to offer its services before the end of the year, will gain 20 percent of the market by 2007, according …
TOKYO-Hewlett-Packard Japan released a new personal digital assistant (PDA) with both wireless local area network (WLAN) and Bluetooth functions. The new PDA, called “iPAQ Pocket PC h5400,” has a built-in …
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DUBLIN, Ireland—Reports from Finland suggest that mobile operator TeliaSonera, which this week has signed a number of interconnect agreements for multimedia messaging services (MMS) and announced plans to launch third-generation …
