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 …
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-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 …
NEW ORLEANS-Tracfone Wireless Inc., a nationwide prepaid wireless service provider, added the Motorola v120 Series handset to its current offerings. The new handset will incorproate TracFone’s debit technology software that …
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 …
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. …
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-TeleCommunication Systems Inc., which provides location and messaging software and E911 services for mobile operators, launched TCS Alerts, an intelligent push/pull messaging platform that enables wireless carriers to manage …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile satellite services provider Globalstar launched the Globalstar FAU-200, a new fixed phone unit in the United States that it said offers satellite voice communications at half the …
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-TeleCommunication Systems Inc. and LocatioNet have partnered to launch Location JumpStart, an end-to-end location package for wireless carriers. According to the companies, Location JumpStart is designed to offer an …
NEW ORLEANS-MapInfo Corp. has teamed with MasterCard to create a mobile ATM Locator, which allows users to locate more than 35,000 MasterCard, Maestro or Cirrus ATMs using their mobile phones. …
KANATA, Ontario – Bridgewater Systems has introduced the Wi-Fi Service Manager, which allows carriers to centrally monitor and manage thousands of enterprise sites while providing, secure, controlled access to enterprise …
Based on feedback from approximately 100 corporate IT directors in eight European countries, Frost & Sullivan has concluded that increased enterprise adoption of wireless technologies depends primarily on improved security …
NEW ORLEANS-Dynamic Telecommunications Inc. said it is demonstrating at CTIA Wireless 2003 its new ClaRiFy system, available commercially later this year, that “allows wireless carriers to efficiently and accurately measure …
NEW ORLEANS-Verizon Wireless released its Wireless Office suite of services and devices for enterprise customers at this week’s CTIA Wireless 2003 trade show. Wireless Office includes voice tools, Internet and …
