AlcatelEurope. With Orange as a strategic supplier for its third-generation networks throughout Europe.Value: UndisclosedItaly. With Wind Telecomunicazioni as a preferred third-generation network supplier.Value: UndisclosedEricssonChina. With China...
CanadaBell Mobility began offering two-way wireless data service in October in Ontario and Quebec, with plans to extend service nationwide by the end of...
BELFAST, United Kingdom-With a mobile penetration of just 1.4 percent, less than that of many third-world countries, the Russian mobile segment appears to offer...
SINGAPORE-The once sleepy telecommunications market in technology-centric Taiwan is finally stirring from its slumber.Having taken a back seat to the country's more well-known semiconductor...
AfricaStratos Global completed its Mount Kilimanjaro educational expedition using its remote communications network. Stratos provided the expedition team with an Inmarsat-M4 terminal, allowing the...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Israel is determined not to be shaken from its pristine position of having one of the highest cellular penetration rates in the...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Operators in the Middle East are focusing on extending coverage and considering networks upgrades. The region offers enormous potential, considering the cellular...
HONG KONG-The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is generally regarded with something between scorn and indifference in Hong Kong among industry sources, and mobile operators...
MELBOURNE, Australia-The Australian government has raised just more than A$112 million (US$58.7 million) from the first of its third-generation (3G) spectrum auctions.The auction, conducted...
WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court, confronted with four appeals challenging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mobile-phone radiation standard and congressional intervention, in October granted the...
Mobile satellite services will shortly be available across the Middle East via the Thuraya network. United Arab Emirates-based Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications has announced the...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Unlike the hype that surrounded the launch of Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) services, European mobile operators are taking a conservative approach to...
NigeriaThe Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) released a technical consultative document for the four new national licenses to offer second-generation (2G) cellular systems in Nigeria....
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Although trunked radio regulations were handed down in May, Brazil's trunking industry is still awaiting detailed definitions before moving forward with their...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic-Cesky Mobil, the Czech Republic's third mobile telephone operator, is seeking to differentiate itself from its competition by offering low start-up costs...
WASHINGTON-The chief wireless regulator in the United States has been spreading the message of auctions as a key licensing tool in various overseas trips...
China Mobile began charging for wireless Internet services beginning 21 October after twice delaying the date due to slack demand for the services, particularly...
ChinaZhang Fan, head of mobile communications at China Unicom, said his company would definitely build narrowband networks based on the CDMA standard. In June,...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Having spent vast sums on third-generation (3G) mobile licenses, operators are hoping terminals will live up to expectations. Unlike GSM, where handsets are...
The satellite-based telecommunications market made headlines again as Globalstar Telecommunications released disappointing financial results and bankrupt provider Iridium endorsed a US$25 million buyout bid...
Hong KongHong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) will use a "hybrid" method-a prequalification followed by an auction-to allocate four third-generation (3G) mobile...
