WHEAT RIDGE, Colo.-ARC Wireless Solutions Inc., which develops antennas used on wireless communication towers, reported improved financial results for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2002. The company said its …
LONDON-Iceland has been reprimanded by the European Free Trade Association’s Surveillance Authority for not putting in place a regulatory and legal framework for issuing third-generation (3G) licenses. Iceland has delayed …
LONDON-E-Plus and MmO2 have reportedly made bids to acquire MobilCom’s third-generation (3G) assets in Germany, according to international press reports. The bids are reported to be less than 30 million …
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens has said it will provide cdma2000 as part of its core network offering, although it will not involve the backhaul or radio access network. The company said the …
KIEV, Ukraine-Two leading Ukrainian carriers continue to expand in the country, while some outsiders had to quit the market, opening a way for acquisitions and takeovers. The Ukrainian Mobile Communications …
WASHINGTON-The congressman representing San Diego, hometown of CDMA developer Qualcomm, introduced legislation that would require the Department of Defense and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to deploy CDMA …
SOMERSET, N.J.-Independent retail agent American Cellular reported that its multimillion dollar lawsuit against Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and its former group of operating companies is scheduled to go to trial next …
ARLINGTON, Va.-Spending on all transport services will increase by 6.1 percent this year, to $345.3 billion, with the greatest growth in wireless and high-speed Internet access, the Telecommunications Industry Association …
CHICAGO-In what market watchers describe as one of the largest class-action settlements ever, Lucent Technologies Inc. has resolved all outstanding shareholder lawsuits for more than US$600 million. The settlement, which …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. and Cingular Wireless customers can sign up to receive up-to-the-minute news updates on the Iraq war through text message alerts. The service works through technology from …
BEIJING-According to the latest official statistics, China’s two mobile operators added 9,782,000 users in the first two months of the year, bringing the total mobile users in the country to …
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its “7-7-7” rate plan in its north and south Florida markets, allowing customers signed up to Home plans starting at $30 per month to begin their …
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-UbiquiTel Inc. reported $60.1 million in revenues for the fourth quarter of 2002, a 48-percent increase compared with the $45.8 million the carrier reported for the same quarter of …
AUSTIN, Texas-Wintegra Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, has closed its third round of venture financing, raising $13 million from existing investors, including Texas Instruments and China Development Industrial Bank and …
WATERTOWN, Mass.-ArcStream Solutions, which offers systems integration services for wireless enterprise applications, announced it scored an additional $4 million in venture funding. The company said it will use the funds …
NEW YORK-Wireless marketing company Enpocket announced it will conduct a detailed text-messaging campaign through a new deal with 20th Century Fox for its upcoming movie “Phone Booth.” Enpocket said the …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced that it has developed a wristwatch-type PHS terminal. The product will hit the market in April at the earliest, Japan’s largest mobile operator said. The initial …
DALLAS-Telematics company ATX Inc. announced it will expand into Europe with the opening of a call center and data facility, and marketing and customer service operations. “Establishment of ATX Europe …
RALEIGH, N.C.-Australian carrier Telstra has launched its cdma2000 1x network with a number of applications developed for Qualcomm’s BREW platform. The applications include Summus Inc.’s billiards game Nineball, photo-sharing Exego …
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG has said it will provide cdma2000 as part of its core network offering, although it will not involve the backhaul or radio access network. The company said …
BEIJING-Fraudsters in the central Chinese city of Hangzhou are facing a rude awakening. Touting fake products and services through postcard-sized ads posted along the city’s streets, the petty criminals are …
TOKYO-Oracle Japan and NTT DoCoMo have jointly developed a new system that lets corporate users distribute in-company information to personal digital assistants (PDAs) in real time, the firms jointly announced. …
SURABAYA, Indonesia-Following last year’s shareholding increase to 47.9 percent in Malaysia’s Celcom, government-owned telecommunication operator Telekom Malaysia offered US$1 billion to take over the rest of Celcom. Celcom’s remaining major …
OSLO, Norway-An agreement among Sweden’s operators to allow customers to send multimedia messaging services (MMS) between competing networks has failed to encompass all the country’s operators, as giant TeliaSonera has …
LONDON-As the tender process for Bahrain’s second GSM license draws to a close, three candidates, including MTC Vodafone, Wataniya Bahrain and Kalaam, have been short-listed from the original list of …
