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European carriers are joining forces in an effort to prevent children from accessing adult content on their mobile phones. Vodafone Group plc, Deutsche Telekom AG and Orange Group SA were among 23 operators and content providers to sign on to …

European carriers are joining forces in an effort to prevent children from accessing adult content on their mobile phones.Vodafone Group plc, Deutsche Telekom AG and Orange Group SA were among 23 operators and content providers to sign on to develop …

ESPOO, Finland—Chalk up another one for Nokia Corp.’s reputation as an environmentally friendly electronics manufacturer. And give Motorola Inc., Nokia’s global rival, credit for an effort to catch up by joining a Nokia-led effort to reduce environmental impacts, a move …

The beauty of unlicensed mobile access, or UMA, it seems, is in the eyes of the beholder. The question of the technology’s appeal to network operators who might deploy it depends on the particular operator’s business plans and whether adopting …

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure …

BARCELONA, Spain—The GSM Association said it has started interoperability trials for video services in Europe, Asia and the United States that would allow wireless users to share live video clips across networks. The trials include more than twenty mobile operators …

Sweden Nordic carrier TeliaSonera said it will test its fixed and mobile telephony initiatives using L.M. Ericsson’s Unlicensed Mobile Access technology in Sweden. The carrier is conducting similar tests in Denmark with Motorola Inc. TeliaSonera said the aim of the …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Nordic carrier TeliaSonera said it will test its fixed and mobile telephony initiatives using L.M. Ericsson’s Unlicensed Mobile Access technology in Sweden. The carrier is conducting similar tests in Denmark with Motorola Inc. TeliaSonera said the aim of the …

GOTHENBURG, Sweden-The mobile content and entertainment services market in Western Europe could reach nearly $40 billion by 2012, according to a new report from Berg Insight. The leading services in the region will be games, sports content, music and multimedia …

GOTHENBURG, Sweden-The mobile content and entertainment services market in Western Europe could reach nearly $40 billion by 2012, according to a new report from Berg Insight. The leading services in the region will be games, sports content, music and multimedia …

JAPAN Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will buy a stake in a U.S. mobile asset management provider. DoCoMo signed a joint venture and share subscription agreement with Ultra d.o.o., a Slovenian technology company. Under the agreement, DoCoMo …

ESPOO, Finland-TeliaSonera Finland has selected Nokia Corp. to provide its solution for presence, a service that allows mobile users to inform callers about their availability, whereabouts and preferred means of communication. The value of the deal was not disclosed. The …

SEATTLE-Connexion by Boeing inked several announcements this week. The company signed a deal with TeliaSonera that allows the carrier’s customers in Denmark, Norway and Sweden to access Connexion by Boeing in-flight high-speed wireless service through their TeliaSonera accounts. Customers on …

SEATTLE-Connexion by Boeing inked several announcements this week. The company signed a deal with TeliaSonera that allows the carrier’s customers in Denmark, Norway and Sweden to access Connexion by Boeing in-flight high-speed wireless service through their TeliaSonera accounts. Customers on …

BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom-Motorola Inc. announced it is trialing its Unlicensed Mobile Access product with seven European carriers, including TeliaSonera Denmark, news that further hints at the eventual convergence of wide and local area wireless networks. “Key to the success of …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Nordic carrier TeliaSonera said it has agreed with the Cukurova Group to acquire a 27-percent stake in Turkish wireless carrier Turkcell for $3.1 billion, increasing its ownership stake to 64.3 percent. TeliaSonera said it will not make a public …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Nordic carrier TeliaSonera said it has agreed with the Cukurova Group to acquire a 27-percent stake in Turkish wireless carrier Turkcell for $3.1 billion, increasing its ownership stake to 64.3 percent. TeliaSonera said it will not make a public …

NEW ORLEANS-Several infrastructure suppliers announced third-generation contract wins. L.M. Ericsson said Swedish 3G operator Svenska UMTS-Nät AB, the joint venture between Tele2 and TeliaSonera, awarded it a new three-year frame agreement for the delivery of a core and radio access …

CANNES, France-The GSM Association said it has brought together network operators and vendors to conduct interoperability trials of equipment and networks for Session Initiation Protocol-based services. SIP is the underlying protocol for hosting session-based services such as instant messaging, Push-to-talk …

Two international carriers announced plans for a roaming agreement for Wi-Fi hot spots. Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. signed a public wireless local area network inter-roaming agreement with Swedish mobile operator TeliaSonera AB. The agreement includes more than 570 locations …

Be it through enabling platforms or the resulting customer wins, Hewlett Packard Co. often strives to highlight its role as a wireless player. With three recent carrier contracts, the company is drawing the attention of the wireless industry again. With …

TOKYO-Two international carriers announced plans for a roaming agreement for Wi-Fi hot spots. Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. signed a public wireless local area network inter-roaming agreement with Swedish mobile operator TeliaSonera AB. Starting Feb. 9 DoCoMo’s Wi-Fi subscribers will …

ESPOO, Finland-TeliaSonera Finland has conducted the world’s first EDGE-W-CDMA packet data handover using equipment and terminals in a commercial network, according to Nokia Corp., which supplied the equipment. Nokia said the carrier’s customers now have a seamless continuation of third-generation …

TeliaSonera may finally have found a buyer for Sonera Zed Ltd. The Finnish-Swedish operator announced that it has agreed to sell its wireless data portal to Wisdom Entertainment, a Spanish interactive media group, for $37 million. The acquisition, which is …

European mobile operator Orange S.A. said it will sell its 100-percent owned Danish subsidiary to Nordic operator TeliaSonera for $743 million in cash. The buy will add 605,000 mobile subscribers to TeliaSonera’s Danish subsidiary and eliminate a competitor. TeliaSonera said …