MEXICO CITY-Mexican operator Iusacell has launched commercial cdma2000 1x services using equipment from Lucent Technologies. The service is Mexico’s first 1x offering. Iusacell, partially owned by U.S.-based Verizon, which also …
WASHINGTON-The states are preparing to crack down on the mobile-phone industry. Twenty-two attorneys general, who have been collecting information from wireless carriers during the past two years, are laying the …
TOKYO-NTT Comware, an NTT Group company, and a local museum in Hyogo Prefecture, Western Japan, will launch a field test for an “indoor navigation system” on 28 January, the organizations …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Zimbabwean Ministry of Transport and Communications has ruled out the possibility of licensing a fourth mobile network operator in the near future. Dr. Witness Mangwende, the minister …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, announced it would limit the number of views for its i-shot images to 50 times. The i-shot offering is NTT DoCoMo’s version …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-According to Jaime Gros, general manager, Chilean cellular operator Smartcom PCS increased its client base and income by 50 percent during 2002 compared with the previous year, capturing …
BEIJING-China’s outgoing Minister of Information Industry Wu Jichuan announced at a national telecom conference that China would add 52 million new mobile subscribers this year, compared with 61.39 million in …
SURABAYA, Indonesia-Lippo Telecom (LippoTel), Indonesia’s first regional GSM 1800 MHz mobile operator, announced this week it was awarded a license for nationwide operation by acquiring the licenses of five regional …
BEIJING-China’s TCL Mobile Communications sold 6.21 million mobile phones last year, exceeding its sales target of 5 million units. The company is China’s largest domestic handset maker. Sales surged almost …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-After having suffered a fall of 2 percent in incomes during 2002, Pyramid Research forecasts that this year will see an increase of 13 percent in the U.S. …
NEW DELHI, India-In the ongoing price war in the Indian wireless market, leading GSM companies have announced plans to make cell-to-cell incoming calls free, in a phased manner by end-February. …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced Donald Schrock, executive vice president and group president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, will retire effective August 1, 2003. Sanjay Jha, who has been with Qualcomm since …
WASHINGTON-House Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) has launched an investigation into mounting evidence of widespread fraud in the $2.25 billion government program to link schools and libraries to the …
NEW YORK-American Tower Corp. announced it will receive $420 million following the sale of 12.25 percent senior subordinated discount notes due 2008 of newly formed and wholly owned subsidiary American …
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. suffered a fourth-quarter loss of $589 million, or 34 cents a share, on revenue of $2.1 billion. This contrasts with a $116 million loss, or seven cents …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it will unify its range of wireless Internet, e-mail, text messaging, picture sharing and games under the Axcess brand, which will be available in all …
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. reported that Cingular Wireless L.L.C. lost 121,000 net customers during the fourth quarter of last year, below analysts’ expectations of between 100,000 and 200,000 net customer additions for …
NEW YORK-Siemens AG reported a 10-percent decrease in first-quarter sales, to $20.28 billion, and a decline in net income to $561 million from $579 million during the same period a …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Nigerian President Olsegun Obasanjo has cautioned GSM mobile operators against charging too-high tariffs for their services. Obasanjo made the remarks while at the official opening of the national …
CAMPBELL, Calif.-SnapTrack Inc. announced Kamil Grajski, formerly vice president of engineering, has been promoted to senior vice president and general manger. He replaces Bret Sewell who resigned to pursue other …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.- Telecom equipment maker Lucent Technologies Inc. posted its 11th consecutive quarterly loss while reaffirming its forecast to break even in the next financial cycle. The company reported …
CALGARY, Alberta, Canada-Wireless Networks Inc. has signed an agreement with Marketlink Technologies L.L.C. to market and sell its entire product line to distributors, value-added resellers and end users. “Marketlink has …
OSLO, Norway-Norway’s leading operator and former telephone monopolist Telenor has suffered a series of regulatory rulings that will bite into the company’s profit margins. The latest blow is a Norwegian …
S
LONDON-The U.K. mobile landscape looks set for change after the U.K. Competition Commission recommended in a report released today that the four U.K. mobile operators reduce their mobile termination charges …
