DES MOINES, Iowa-Iowa Wireless Services is expanding its roaming capabilities to nine states in the Southeast, said the company. Roaming services now will be available in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, …
BELLEVUE, [email protected] Inc. introduced its Wireless IMessenger Internet service, which extends Internet instant messaging to digital wireless phones. The company said the product is compatible with all current digital wireless …
HELSINKI-Finnish operator Sonera said its High Speed Circuit Switched Data network would be ready to begin offering services to data customers today. Handsets for the networks are not yet available, …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The GSM Association said Global System for Mobile communications just broke through the 200 million customer barrier. “The Asia Pacific region continues to grow exponentially, with China maintaining its …
HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Communications Corp. said it has formed an agreement with Yahoo! Inc. to display GoAmerica’s wireless connectivity solutions on Yahoo! Mobile, a new service of which GoAmerica is a …
Besieged by doubts over the very existence of a market for satellite-based voice services, low-earth-orbit carriers are starving for some kind of positive development to feed investors and customers alike. …
WASHINGTON-A Canadian press report identifying a mobile phone as the cause of a gas-station explosion cannot be confirmed by Canadian authorities, but federal officials in British Columbia and some in …
WASHINGTON-The official battle over fixed wireless’ access to multi-tenant buildings got started last week as the Federal Communications Commission and industry began to wade through mountains of comments from the …
STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson announced it signed a $1.5 million contract to expand China Unicom’s Global System for Mobile communications network in the Jilin province. The infrastructure will be provided by the …
WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc. said it has added international roaming to its selection of calling options. The international plan is available in 30 countries outside of North America, said Powertel. …
DENVER-The Nokia 6185 and Nokia 5170 handsets will be available to U S West Inc.’s wireless customers as part of a $40 million agreement between U S West and Nokia …
HELSINKI-Nokia Corp. and Omnitel in Italy entered into a $177.6 million agreement for Nokia to add capacity and upgrade the service level of Omnitel’s network, said Nokia. Nokia will provide …
HELSINKI-Nokia Corp. announced it won a contract from Telenor Mobil in Norway to provide a General Packet Radio Service core network pre-release solution. The system will be used for Telenor’s …
NEW YORK-Chalk one up for the Federal Communications Commission, which received a stay Aug. 31 of several lower-court decisions that affirmed key aspects of the bankruptcy reorganization of C-block carrier …
WASHINGTON-The Justice Department has urged U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan to relax a 1995 antitrust consent decree imposed on Nextel Communications Inc., saying competition likely will occur in the …
STOCKHOLM-Anatel, the Brazilian telecom regulatory agency, awarded Mirror S.A. of Brazil and L.M. Ericsson a $200 million wireless access equipment contract for what Ericsson said is the largest planned wireless …
SANAA, Yemen-The government of Yemen issued a tender for two Global System for Mobile communications licenses. The closing date for receipt of the bid application is Dec. 5. Yemen currently …
CARY, N.C.-SpectraSite Holdings Inc. said it completed its acquisition of Vancouver, Wash.-based Westower Corp., a communications tower development and construction firm. Under terms of the transaction, 1.81 shares of SpectraSite …
The Wireless Application Protocol made strides in Sweden, Germany and Finland last week, adding to its gaining momentum in Europe. In Germany, Nokia Corp. and Deutsche Bank have agreed to …
Five years after Congress approved a law designed to help law enforcement catch criminals, rules to implement the digital wiretap act have been decided. Now comes the difficult part-carrying out …
