Monthly Archives: May, 1999

SAMSUNG OPENS FACILITY IN BRAZIL

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Samsung in mid-March opened its first manufacturing operations for cellular handsets outside of South Korea. The company began manufacturing a CDMA handset...

SOUTH AFRICA’S THIRD LICENSE AWARD IMMINENT

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The potential bidders for the third cellular license in South Africa are determined to break the existing Vodacom-MTN duopoly. "We will be...

MIX OF REGULATORY, MARKET CONDITIONS SPAN REGION

BANGALORE, India-Although the growth of South Asia's relatively new markets has temporarily slowed due to political and financial problems, increased competition and investment have...

NTT DOCOMO PARTNERS WITH SUN & MICROSOFT

TOKYO-As part of its effort to become a comprehensive multimedia service provider rather than just a cellular telephone operator, NTT Mobile Communications Network (NTT...

GSM/TDMA MIGRATION TO 3G

DENVER, United States-For mobile phone operators around the world, one key question remains unanswered: What will be the demand for mobile data services?Mobile phone carriers...

EUROPE BRIEFS

BelgiumKPN Orange launched GSM 1800 service in early April as the third mobile operator in Belgium.IrelandEsat Telecom Group confirmed it accepted an offer to...

CDMA’S ENTRANCE INTO EUROPE MAY BE AT 450 MHZ

If there is any hope second-generation CDMA technology will penetrate Europe, it may be through some struggling NMT 450 operators.The NMT MoU group, consisting...

FINLAND GAINS NEW `FIRST’ WITH 3G LICENSES NOW GRANTED

OXFORD, United Kingdom-If an Olympic games in cellular communications were ever staged, there is little doubt who would head the medals table. Finland would...

COMPETITION HEATED FOR GERMANY’S TOP TWO OPERATORS

GENEVA-The ferocious competition that has characterized the DM70 billion (US$40 billion) German telecommunications market since the introduction of full telecom competition a year-and-a-half ago...

MOTOROLA BACKS OFF PAGING-SYSTEM MANUFACTURING

DENVER, United States-Motorola and Glenayre Technologies signed a memorandum of understanding that, if fulfilled, will license Glenayre to manufacture all Motorola's paging infrastructure-and could...

AFRICA BRIEFS:

GabonGabon has issued a tender for two licenses to provide GSM 900 service. The application deadline was 30 April, with the licenses scheduled to...
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