TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will issue four-year domestic straight corporate bonds worth about $420 million later this month to raise funds for its FOMA third-generation service. The expected coupon …
EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands-Philips Electronics said it will supply its Platform4 multimedia encoding technology to Italy’s Mediaset for audio and video services for mobile operator 3’s third-generation launch in Italy. The …
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Messaging company Comverse said Portugal operator Telecomunicacoes Moveis Nacionais S.A. will use its VoiCD product to offer music and entertainment services to its wireless subscribers. Using the technology, subscribers …
NEW YORK-The U.S. wireless tower industry is at least 18 to 24 months away from recovery, according to a recent report from Standard & Poor’s Rating Services. In its report, …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The Linux operating system has raised its stakes in the wireless world in a pact with MontaVista Software, which has agreed to embed the OS into a variety of …
RICHARDSON, Texas-Navini Networks Inc. and Rioplex Wireless Ltd. announced plans to deploy a non-line-of-sight (NLOS) wireless broadband network in the lower Rio Grande Valley in south Texas. According to the …
CHICAGO-NotWired Inc. announced the launch of version 4.5 of its NotWired Mobile Office, available via the Internet and wireless devices. The new version of NotWired’s product will include e-mail search, …
BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States-Verizon Communications said its wireless division added more customers during the recently completed fourth quarter than the 803,000 net customer additions reported for the third quarter …
TORONTO-Rogers Communications and its Rogers Wireless Communications subsidiary announced it expects network revenues, excluding equipment sales, of about C$1.93 billion (US$1.2 billion) to C$1.97 billion (US$1.3 billion) for Rogers Wireless …
NEW YORK-Unsecured creditors of 360networks Inc. have filed a class action lawsuit against Nortel Networks Ltd. to recover $100 million. The creditors are represented by law firm Sidley Brown &Wood …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Swedish antenna maker Allgon said it will supply antennas for Telecom Italia Mobile’s (TIM) third-generation (3G) network in Italy. Allgon said it is one supplier of triple-band base station …
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Consumer Electronics Association’s R6 Mobile Electronics committee has created CEA-936, a standard that allows cell phones to connect to car kits, car stereos, RS232 device sand chargers through …
STAMFORD, Conn.-Wireless applications provider SmartServ Online Inc. announced it will team with Wireless Retail Inc. to sell packaged bundles of wireless data applications inside retail locations. “Wireless Retail’s sophisticated POS …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. has renamed its upcoming mobile computing technology that will extend wireless capabilities to notebook computers using 802.11 technology. Centrino mobile technology, formerly called Banias, is slated …
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems announced it will supply Samsung with wireless data chipsets and software for use in the company’s new generation of advanced mobile phones. The agreement, worth more than …
DUBLIN, Ireland-NewBay Software released its FoneBlogT v1, a new software system for mobile network operators that allows phone users to create personal Web sites from their phones. Through the technology, …
LAS VEGAS-Mobile-phone maker Audiovox Communications Corp. said it will show off a range of new mobile phones at the Consumer Electronics Show, including integrated camera phones and phones features Java …
LONDON-British Telecommunications plc said it will sell its nearly 21-percent interest in Hong Kong’s SmarTone for $132 million to Sun Hung Kai. The U.K.-based operator said the sale is part …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-FutureDial Inc. announced its line of add-on cables and software programs for advanced mobile phones will be sold in more than 220 CompUSA stores in 40 states. The company …
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-Tiger Telematics Inc. said the first phase in the restructuring of its European business is complete, which the company said will help make its business more efficient. “This restructure …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has settled a breach-of-contract claim with its former head of North American sales, who said the company’s sales strategy was too aggressive. Both …
HELSINKI, Finland-Handset makers enjoyed a bit of good news to begin 2003 with reports that Finland saw record sales of mobile phones in December 2002. Wholesale deliveries of mobile phones …
FORT WORTH, Texas-Citing weaker than expected sales and gross margins of Sprint PCS products and services in its retail outlets, RadioShack Corp. reduced its earnings per share forecast for the …
NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. reported Jerri DeVard will join the company as senior vice president for brand management and marketing communications beginning Jan. 6. Verizon said DeVard will be responsible …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is requesting comments on the plan submitted on Christmas Eve by the private-wireless and public-safety communities and Nextel Communications Inc. to solve the public-safety interference problem …
