KUALA LUMPUR-Malaysian mobile service provider Maxis reported the first live General Packet Radio Service call in Malaysia using Motorola Inc.’s Global Telecom Solutions Sector’s data network solution and handsets. The …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Network Solutions Sector signed seven digital cellular network expansion contracts, valued at a total of $258 million, with China Unicom to enhance the operator’s GSM network …
The second handset vendor Nextel Communications Inc. was counting on to make an iDEN phone by this year has decided to pursue other technology avenues. Japanese vendor Kyocera Corp. and …
Microsoft Corp. this summer unveiled a sweeping new company strategy and restructuring through its Microsoft.NET initiative-moving away from merely selling software to providing end-to-end Internet services. Central to Microsoft’s philosophy …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. signed a definitive agreement to purchase all of the common stock and common stock equivalents of software supplier Printrak International Inc. in a cash-for-stock merger valued at …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. introduced a new mobile phone with a special chat function that allows users to share instant text messages with others, be it mobile phone or desktop users. …
LONDON-Cable & Wireless is reported to be in talks regarding the sale of its controlling stake in Australian mobile carrier Cable & Wireless Optus, according to international press reports. The …
WASHINGTON-OmniSky Corp. said its shares have been approved to trade on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol OMNY, originally SKYY. The company recently filed for an initial public offering …
WASHINGTON-The world’s top mobile-phone manufacturers have agreed to include radiation data with new phones, a move that comes as suspicion has increased about whether wireless devices cause brain cancer. The …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week rescinded its previously announced plan to make wireless carriers pay an additional $7.3 million in regulatory fees. “We’re very happy that the FCC acted …
The Federal Communications Commission has called for a hearing to determine whether it should revoke private wireless licenses of a group of individuals and firms that are suspected of filing …
SAN MATEO, Calif.-SkyGo Inc., a wireless interactive marketing company, announced it will launch a wireless marketing platform with a market research study beginning Sept. 29 in Boulder, Colo. SkyGo will …
KANSAS CITY-Securicor Wireless Inc. acquired a 220 MHz nationwide license from Global Cellular Communications Inc., advancing its goal of creating a national wireless 220 MHz network for next-generation, narrowband-based technology …
BOULDER, Colo.-SCC Communications Corp. reported an agreement to provide data management services to support Emergency 911 access for clients of network manager UrbanMedia. The five-year supply contract calls for SCC …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS will begin selling its personal communications services phones, including the Samsung SCH-8500 and Motorola V2267, through more than 800 Target stores nationwide. “By partnering with Target, …
Another firm has emerged to help start-up companies find their place in the nascent wireless Internet space. Sprint PCS and eCompanies L.L.C., a firm that guides Internet start-ups, have formed …
NEW YORK-Venture-capital investments in American telecommunications and wireless companies during the first six months of this year have surpassed the total invested in this sector during all of 1998 and …
It was no surprise. Powertel Inc., one of the last major U.S. regional carriers, will fold operations with VoiceStream Wireless Corp. Germany’s Deutsche Telekom AG, which weeks ago announced plans …
TORONTO-Stratos Global Corp. signed an agreement to acquire the Inmarsat, VSAT and aeronautical businesses of British Telecommunications plc for $227.8 million in cash, Stratos announced. Stratos President and Chief Executive …
SYDNEY, Australia-Australia’s Telstra Corp. and Hong Kong’s Pacific Century CyberWorks released details regarding their previously announced alliance to establish a mobile company and an Asian Internet Protocol network. The announcement …
