MOSCOW-Mobile Telesystems, a leading Russian wireless carrier, said it is planning an initial public offering in the United States in late June. Analysts said the offering signals a recovery in …
WASHINGTON-Maritime Telecommunications Network Inc. last week blasted a public safety-private wireless coalition for making theoretical arguments about potential interference in urging federal regulators not to renew its experimental license. MTN, …
MOROCCO-Motorola Inc. won a Global System for Mobile communications network expansion contract valued at $46 million from Moroccan operator Maroc Telecom covering the carrier’s evolution to a GSM 900 network. …
NEW YORK-MobileLogic Inc. introduced a suite of wireless business solutions designed to help extend corporate information to wireless devices. The solution supports devices such as wirelessly enabled personal digital assistants …
Whatever you do, don’t tell John Beletic he’s running a paging network. “We spend $580 million building a two-way messaging network and $90 million on the one-way paging network and …
The world’s largest chip maker, Intel Corp., said it plans to invest billions to help ease a global shortage of flash memory chips used in mobile phones. Intel said about …
COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced nine new member companies, including Telecom New Zealand, Cadence Design Systems Inc., Illinois Superconductor Corp., PrairieComm, Schlumberger, ScoreBoard Inc., Sierra Wireless Inc., SigmaOne …
CAMPINAS, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. provided Internet capabilities to the wireless companies owned by Telefonica S.A. in Brazil and Telesp Celular, a wireless operator covering the state of Sao Paulo. According …
WENATCHEE, Wash.-Internet service provider network US Online said it will offer GoAmerica Inc.’s wireless Internet content to its 130 network partners, which combined represent more than 500,000 subscribers. US Online …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-LG Information and Communications introduced the CyON MP3, an integrated cellular and MP3 Internet music player that uses SanDisk Corp.’s flash memory MultiMediaCard to store audio and data. Users …
Bad news hit the cdmaOne community last week as the South Korean government put a stop to cdmaOne handset subsidies and uncertainty lingered about China Unicom’s plans to deploy the …
WASHINGTON-The House Judiciary Committee last week passed legislation to simplify taxation of mobile telephone calls by local and state authorities, setting the stage for the Republican House leadership to resolve …
Two-way messaging took a leap forward last week as Motorola Inc. introduced a new two-way pager and JP Systems Inc. implemented a mobile Internet portal service. Motorola unveiled its Talkabout …
It’s official: The Net has overtaken Big Brother as king of surreptitious personal information collection. Let’s all give a big hand to the World Wide Web, which needs our vital …
A group of satellite technology experts, military officials and debt and operational restructuring professionals have submitted a proposal to acquire the assets of Iridium L.L.C. for $61 million, but according …
MCLEAN, Va.-Nextlink Communications Inc. and equity firm Forstmann Little & Co. announced they signed a commitment letter under which Forstmann Little will purchase $400 million in Nextlink convertible preferred stock …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Image Power announced it has enabled its Web-based FaxPC and Linux FaxPC viewer universal messaging service with Wireless Application Protocol technology to extend these services to WAP-based wireless …
Mexico Mexican wireless carrier Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V. said it does not have any current intentions of filing for an equity offering in Mexico. The company has long been …
NEW YORK-24/7 Media Inc. and i3 Mobile have formed a strategic marketing relationship to extend advertising to mobile phones and other wireless devices, the companies announced. i3 Mobile said it …
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio-Horizon Personal Communications Inc., an affiliate of The Chillicothe Telephone Co., and Bright Personal Communications Services Inc., a consortium of Ohio independent telecommunications providers, signed a definitive agreement to …
