PHILADELPHIA-BellSouth Corp. asked an appeals court to overturn a ruling voiding a clause in current Vice Chairman Gary Forsee’s employment contract that would make it easier for him to accept …
CANNES, France-Although much of the industry’s attention was on big-name carriers and equipment makers, wireless content providers also managed to make waves of their own during the 3GSM World Congress. …
CANNES, France-The 2003 GSM Association Awards were presented this week in conjunction with the 3GSM World Congress being held in Cannes, France. In the technology innovation category, Sharp Corp. won …
CANNES, France-Anadigics Inc. announced a new family of switch products and what it describes as the world’s smallest GSM/GPRS quad-band power amplifier modules at this week’s 3GSM Show in Cannes, …
CANNES, France-ICQ, an instant messaging and online community owned by America Online Inc., announced it is working with wireless carriers across the world to extend its services to mobile users. …
LEAWOOD, Kansas-Electronic payments provider Euronet Worldwide Inc. will acquire E-pay Ltd., an electronic payment processor of prepaid mobile airtime top-up services in the United Kingdom and Australia. Euronet currently supports …
CANNES, France-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. have partnered to develop low-cost E-OTD location technology for the 2G and 3G markets. According to the agreement, the companies …
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-UbiquiTel Inc. subsidiary UbiquiTel Operating Co. said it has waived certain eligibility requirements in regards to its pending offer to exchange up to $56.25 million aggregate principal amount of …
OKLAHOMA CITY- The Nasdaq Listing Qualification Panel approved Dobson Communications Corp.’s application for listing on the SmallCap Market and that it was preparing to list Dobson’s Class A common stock …
FAIRFAX, Va.-Audiopoint has begun commercial distribution through Simply Wireless and other resellers of its new Voice Terminal Service 2.0, which permits voice-enabled e-mail retrieval and management from any handset. VTS …
LONDON and PARIS-Two European telecommunications companies announced expansions of their GPRS Roaming Exchange programs. Cable & Wireless said it expanded its service into the Asia-Pacific region by connecting additional operators …
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. promoted Thomas Kelly Jr. from executive vice president and chief marketing officer to executive vice president and chief operating officer.
SINGAPORE-M1, a cellular and paging carrier in Singapore, has commenced a free trial through March 31 of its new SunSurf wireless broadband service, available at 60 hot spots to consumers …
WARREN, N.J.-Anadigics Inc. said it will launch a new suite of RF solutions designed for GSM/GPRS applications at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The solutions include new quad-band …
CANNES, France-Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. will showcase Cursor Matrix, location software for GSM phones, for the first time at the 3GSM World Congress. “Cursor Matrix builds on our expertise and …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless enterprise company Semotus Solutions reported declining revenues and a shrinking net loss, moves the company said are due to its streamlined business and focus on reaching positive …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Mobility infrastructure revenues involving GSM/GPRS/EDGE, TDMA, CDMA and all variants of wideband CDMA dropped 16 percent to $28.8 billion in 2002 compared to 2001, according to Dell’Oro Group. …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it added 21,700 domestic subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2002, compared with 19,000 net additions for the fourth quarter of 2001, and it ended …
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Messaging and data company Comverse released a new version of its wireless data gateway product, which the company said supports WAP 2.0 standards. Comverse said the Mobile Data Gateway …
HERZLIYA, Israel-Israeli supplier Niragongo said Israeli operator Partner Communications launched Niragongo’s Lava Smart Proxy for its Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) services. The new solution will mediate between the services, devices …
HELSINKI, Finland-Kuwaiti operator Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) has selected a messaging system upgrade from Tecnomen under a 1 million euro contract (US$1.1 million). Tecnomen said it will deliver the latest …
NEW DELHI, India-Thai fixed-line operator, TelecomAsia, has decided to expand and improve the quality of its personal cordless telephone (PCT) network. The company will invest 500 million baht (US$11.6 million) …
ATLANTA-Telemetry company Numerex Corp.’s stock dove 30 percent after the company said its losses for its fourth quarter will be more than the previous quarter and that its full-year growth …
NEW YORK-Nextel Partners Inc. said it will report positive cash flow for last year, that it added more customers than expected and spent less money to expand its network then …
MANILA, The Philippines-Smart Communications Inc. has become the second operator worldwide and the first in Asia to offer a Microsoft-powered smart phone, following Orange U.K. last year. Smart is the …
