SHANGHAI, China-A short message service (SMS) advertising campaign in China garnered 200,000 messages from consumers during a 30-day period. Coke launched an SMS-based “Coke Light-Lemon Flavor” promotion in Shanghai in …
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom SA will integrate wireless technology into on-board terminals designed by Grundig AG’s Car Intermedia System business unit for use in trucks in Germany’s Toll Collect system. Toll Collect …
NEW ORLEANS-Although much of the news from last week’s CTIA show focused on the typical consumer, Research In Motion Ltd. managed to remind the industry of the importance of the …
NEW ORLEANS–The second day of keynote speeches at this year’s Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association show in New Orleans had a similar theme to last year’s event with wireless local …
ATLANTA-EMS Technologies Inc. recently filed an amended patent infringement complaint against Allgon AB and two of its subsidiaries. The amended complaint contends Allgon infringes on four EMS patents and identifies …
CLEVELAND-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has expanded its next-generation network to the Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y., markets “Now, western New York residents and businesses can enjoy innovative wireless services that will …
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.-Wynd Communications Corp. launched the Deafwireless Superstore, making wireless products and services for people with hearing loss available via an online store and at nationwide deaf trade …
NEW ORLEANS-ArcSoft Inc., which provides digital imaging software, said it is providing its PhotoBase Mobile Edition to Nokia 3650 and 7650 imaging phone users. The product brings image managment, editing …
ATLANTA-Intec Telecom Systems announced the availibility of its Intec WLAN Solution, which allows the network usage capture, pricing and billing for a broad range of wireless local area network services …
TOKYO-Access, a Tokyo-based embedded browser manufacturer, announced it will provide its flagship product NetFront version 3.0 for BREW-based handsets. Like JAVA, BREW is a platform that lets handset users download …
LONDON-France’s second-largest telecommunications operator, Cegetel, is to undertake a strategy to consolidate data mediation across all its 2.5-, third-generation (3G) and Internet Protocol (IP) networks. The operator has chosen XACCTmobile …
MANILA, The Philippines-Mobile-phone operator Smart Communications is targeting at least 11 million subscribers by year-end, according to company legal and carriers division head Rogelio Quevedo. He also said the company, …
TOKYO-KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, announced it will launch a new location service for its “au” brand mobile handset users starting 17 April. Using the service, an au …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Although the investment fund Coinvest bought CTI M
BEIJING-China’s parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), has appointed a new minister of Information Industry. Wang Xudong is succeeding outgoing minister Wu Jichuan, who was appointed vice chairman of the …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-With a budget of US$54 million to install a national GSM network, Siemens has won the contract with the new cell-phone operator in Colombia. The German company will …
BEIJING-UTStarcom is expected to launch a dual-mode handset in May, capable of operating on the Little Smart networks of fixed-line operators and on the GSM networks of the wireless carriers. …
NEW ORLEANS, United States-The second day of keynote speeches at this year’s Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association show in New Orleans had a similar theme to last year’s event with …
SURABAYA, Indonesia-The Mega Asia consortium won a contract for building 700,000 CDMA-based wireless local loop (WLL) lines in Indonesia under a revenue-sharing scheme with Indosat, the WLL operator. Bakrie, an …
BEIJING-China Mobile (Hong Kong), the listed arm of mobile carrier China Mobile Communications is to pay its first dividend since listing on the Hong Kong stock market in October 1997. …
WASHINGTON-Informal complaints regarding wireless to the Federal Communications Commission increased by nearly 53 percent over the previous quarter with the bulk of these being in the areas of billing, early …
NEW ORLEANS-Royal Philips Electronics and LogicaCMG announced an agreement to jointly supply multimedia messaging technology to mobile operators. The original equipment manufacturer umbrella agreement calls for the integration of Philips’ …
TOKYO-DDI Pocket, the largest PHS service provider in Japan, will launch international roaming services with Taiwan PHS provider FITEL. DDI Pocket announced. Users of the DDI Pocket PHS service will …
NEW ORLEANS-AirWalk Communications Inc., a radio access network developer for CDMA networks, launched an integrated base station and base station controller to meet demand for hot spot, blindspot and in-building …
NEW ORLEANS-IpUnplugged AB, which develops secure seamless roaming solutions, released the third generation of its software, which delivers communications across multiple radio, cellular and wireless local area networks. The solution …
