Monthly Archives: January, 2001

Russian cellular carriers watch TETRA’s progress: Technology could become federal standard

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia-Motorola and Russia's RadioTel launched a TETRA trial network in the second-biggest Russian city of St. Petersburg last year, planning to turn...

Russian carriers ready for SMS boom

MOSCOW-Major Russian Moscow-based carriers recently have been expanding their short message service (SMS) capacities to meet the demand of an anticipated boom. However, experts...

Cingular hints at GSM move: AT&T plan to overlay GSM may spark other changes

DENVER, United States-With AT&T Wireless Services' announcement it will overlay its existing TDMA-based network with a GSM network supporting General Packet Radio Service (GPRS),...

Products

PDA technologyBlue ImpactBlue Impact, a partner of CellPoint, introduced a combined GSM/global positioning system (GPS) module for the Handspring Visor called Tellmen. The Tellmen...

European market numbers tumble

DUBLIN, Ireland-Despite the positive noises coming from the industry body for paging and messaging service providers in Europe, falling subscriber numbers and service provider...

Mobile growth spurs network expansion and continued licensing

LONDON-The wireless sector in the Middle East continues to grow, with several developments that took place during the last half of 2000. The region...

Telesp acquires stake in Global

LISBON, Portugal-Portugal Telecom (PT) announced its Brazilian cellular subsidiary, Telesp Celular Participacoes (TCP), acquired 49 percent of the common shares and 100 percent of...

3G licensing to reshape mobile market: Two dominant carriers wil offer W-CDMA service

SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea awarded much-coveted third-generation (3G) mobile service licenses to SK Telecom, the country's largest mobile carrier, and state-run Korea Telecom on...

KDDI expands international roaming services: Other Japanese operators restricted by technology

TOKYO-KDDI, the sole cdmaOne operator in Japan, has been expanding its international roaming services, fully using its universally standardized cdmaOne technology.In January, KDDI launched...

Microcell rumored to be for sale

TORONTO-Rumors continue to swirl in the wireless sector here that Microcell Telecommunications of Montreal is for sale. Microcell operates the Fido brand GSM personal...
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