Mobile Phones

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Siemens Telecommunications recently announced it has been awarded a 1 million Euro contract to supply South Africa’s mobile service provider, Vodacom, with the infrastructure and applications for its …

MANILA, The Philippines-The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is set to issue next month new regulations cracking down on providers and distributors of prepaid cards for mobile phones suspected of …

The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), formed in June 2002, will either greatly help or hinder the future of wireless industry, according to a new study from the Shosteck Group. According …

MOSCOW-Russian wireless carriers joined the effort to help resolve the unprecedented hostage drama in Moscow where Chechen terrorists held some 700 theatergoers hostage. Wireless traffic in the area of the …

SHANGHAI, China-Last year, Siemens announced big plans to increase its mobile telecom market share in China. But Lothar Pauly, board member of the Information and Communication Mobile Group of Siemens, …

with CollectiveGood on recycling programSAN FRANCISCO-Working Assets, which sells phone, wireless, credit card and Internet services, announced it will team with mobile phone recycling company CollectiveGood to get its customers …

NEW DELHI, India-Sri Lankan operator Celltel Lanka has launched a set of secure m-commerce services on a short message service (SMS) platform. The new service called CellWallet stores encrypted electronic …

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-Although carriers continue to lower the price of new mobile phones in an effort to attract more customers, wireless subscribers are waiting longer to replace their current mobile …

MIAMI BEACH, Fla.-Wireless instant messaging company Streampath Wireless Inc. released a new instant messaging application for Java-capable mobile phones that the company is offering free of charge to operators, businesses …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC said Thailand’s TOT Corp. plc will implement ADC’s Singl.eView convergent billing platform in its GSM mobile phone network, which it is rolling out now. Singl.eView will be installed by …

MANILA, The Philippines-While Globe Telecom and Smart Communications are now offering multimedia messaging service (MMS), such issues as interconnection, standards of interoperability and rates have to be tackled, according to …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies Inc. is standing by the promise of 3G and releasing new products it believes will position carriers to deploy next-generation networks despite the current downtrodden economic …

MELBOURNE, Australia-The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) has registered a new industry code aimed at improving “consultation by telecommunications carriers when they are planning and installing new facilities, such as mobile …

HELSINKI, Finland-Jorma Ollila, chairman of Helsinki-based Nokia, has questioned the ability or willingness of mobile telecom companies to strengthen their European operations through strategic mergers and takeovers aimed at market …

NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. posted huge gains during the third quarter, earning $593 million, compared with $181 million a year ago, and net income per share of 13 cents, up from …

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.-Starfish Software said LapLink will offer Starfish’s TrueSync Plus for PDAs and Mobile Phones to its end users and enterprise customers. The software provides data synchronization between PDAs, …

LONDON-Magic4 has added magic4 SyncML to its mobile messaging platform, allowing manufacturers to incorporate the technology into handsets so users can synchronize mobile data to their PCs. “There is market …

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.-Starfish Software will demonstrate its SyncML-based over-the-air synchronization technology at CTIA’s Wireless IT & Internet show this week in Las Vegas. Starfish, an independent wholly owned subsidiary of …

WASHINGTON-Vermont lawmakers have introduced legislation to repeal a key provision of the 1996 telecom act designed to foster antenna siting for mobile-phone operators, setting the stage for a follow-up bill …

WASHINGTON-The Defense appropriations bill about to be passed by Congress will not include any of the $73 million the Bush administration requested for wireless priority access, a stunning blow to …

TOKYO-Fujitsu Research Institute, a research arm of Fujitsu Limited, has developed a home-use robot controlled by a mobile phone, the company announced. According to the firm, users of the robot …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The U.K.-based consumer magazine Which has called on prepaid cell-phone users to consider saving money by switching to yearly contracts with their mobile operators. The magazine claimed that …

SAN FRANCISCO, United States-Telephia reported more than half of the overall U.S. population living in major metropolitan areas now own mobile phones and subscribe to service, according to ongoing measurements …

WASHINGTON-Skyworld Communications Inc., a minority-owned wireless dealer in Chicago, is bringing a $23 million lawsuit against T-Mobile USA Inc. for breach of contract and violation of the Illinois Franchise Act. …

WASHINGTON-Justice Department antitrust chief Charles James is resigning to become vice president and general counsel for Chevron Texaco Corp., leaving several pending high-tech mergers in limbo and creating uncertainty for …