Associated Press to offer mobile services
Summus, Inc. and AP Digital, a division of The Associated Press that provides news to interactive markets, announced an agreement to develop AP Mobile, an interactive mobile news and photo package that delivers top AP national and international ne…
AirPrime wins new funding
CDMA solutions provider AirPrime has completed a USD 6.2 million funding round. The capital was provided by a consortium led by Omninet Capital and including Liberty View Equity Partners, Nova Ventures, Parker Price Venture Capital, Qualcomm, Quan…
Berlin intervenes in Mobilcom collapse
The German government has put together an EUR 400 million rescue package for the ailing UMTS licensee MobilCom. Last week the future of the German mobile virtual network operator looked bleak as its main investor, France Telecom, opted to withdraw…
Nokia highlights EDGE availability
Nokia has announced that it is now shipping EDGE network infrastructure to all major markets in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
EDGE, a so-called 2.75G standard, offers data rates of around 450 Kbs and sits between GPRS and W-CDMA in the GSM evo…
Sprint adds LG 5350 to Vision handset range
Sprint, the US network operator, is continuing to expand the range of handsets available to customers of its Vision service, adding LG’s colour 5350 model.
The 5350 can be used to access Sprint’s range of mobile services at speeds of up to 153 …
Gent sees 50 percent chance of Vivendi deal
Vodafone chief executive Chris Gent was quoted as saying on Monday that he saw a 50 percent chance of buying control of French mobile phone operator SFR but the ball was in the court of fellow SFR shareholder Vivendi.
Thin Multimedia offers video messaging trial
Thin Multimedia, which provides an end-to-end platform for wireless video, has announced a trial aimed at US users. The web-based system will enable users to compose and send video messages direct to the handsets of subscribers in South Korea. Thi…
Orange posts strong results
Orange, the pan-European network operator controlled by France Telecom, has reported strong first half results, with revenues up 13.8 percent at EUR 8.1b and EBITDA advancing 41.0 percent to EUR 2.3b. For the first time there was a net profit, bef…