Monthly Archives: March, 2001

China Mobile (HK) unveils new tariff scheme

BEIJING-China Mobile (HK), the Hong Kong listed subsidiary of the China Mobile, based in Beijing, has received approval from the Ministry of Information Industry...

Telstra spends $3.7M on 800 MHz spectrum

MELBOURNE, Australia-Telstra has paid $3.7 million for the remaining spectrum licenses in the 800 MHz band after AAPT withdrew from the Australian auction of...

Samsung chooses Qualcomm MSM

SAN DIEGO, United States-Samsung Electronics selected Qualcomm's MSM5200 Mobile Station Modem integrated circuit and system software solution for use in its new handsets. The...

Itineris adds Michelin Red Guide to portal

CEDEX, France-France Telecom Mobiles added MichelinTravel.com to its Itineris WAP portal. With the new service, users will be able to access the complete database...

Andala becomes H3G, promises service by 2002

MILAN, Italy-Andala, the Italian consortium headed by Hutchison Whampoa that won a third-generation license last year changed its name to H3G and announced it...

BT Cellnet, Seven offer corporate data solution

OXFORD, United Kingdom-BT Cellnet and its wireless services arm Genie are to launch a data service to allow mobile users and field workers wireless...

Esat Digifone selects prepaid technology

ST. LOUIS-Amdocs, provider of customer care, billing and order management solutions to the communications industry, announced its e-care and prepaid solutions will be implemented...

Austria’s ONE launches GPRS

BUCHAREST, Romania-At the end of February, ONE began offering GPRS service throughout Austria. Billing is based on the data volume transferred. The handsets for...

Eurotel Bratislava delivers mobile banking services

BUCHAREST, Romania-Schlumberger Test & Transactions announced this week Slovakia's leading mobile operator EuroTel Bratislava has chosen Schlumberger as its partner in delivering a new,...

Russia lists terms for new GSM licenses

MOSCOW-Russian Communications Minister Leonid Reiman said a third GSM license can be issued in major Russian cities and territories only after penetration exceeds 10...

Consumers expect wireless industry to meet service standards

WASHINGTON-With the Federal Communications Commission having reaffirmed last month that state courts are not prohibited under the telecom act from awarding monetary damages in...

Verizon’s smart phones flying off shelves

When Verizon Wireless introduced the Kyocera 6035 smart phone last week, many were surprised by how quickly the country's largest wireless operator brought the...

Transcrypt may sell off company

LINCOLN, Neb.-Transcrypt International Inc. ended the year with revenues totaling $42.2 million compared with annual revenues of $53.5 million for 1999 and is evaluating...

Daniels sets transaction record

DENVER-Daniels & Associates, a provider of financial services to media, Internet and telecommunications clients, set an all-time company record in 2000 by completing 115...

NTIA testing of UWB/GPS interference politically inconclusive, industry says all is fine

WASHINGTON-Government testing of potential interference between the global positioning system and ultra-wideband devices seems to be politically inconclusive, while an UWB-industry funded study shows...

E-rate may survive reform maneuvers

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week retreated from its proposal to overhaul the schools and libraries Internet discount program and may be forced to backtrack...

Intel, Cisco cut jobs, stock market tumbles

Following news of huge job cuts at Intel Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc., the Nasdaq tumbled 115.95 points Friday to land at 2,052.78, its...

Nextel wins award from ICPA

DES MOINES, Iowa-Nextel Partners Inc. was awarded the "Business of the Year" award from the Iowa Crime Prevention Association for its Nextel Partners Project...

AT&T Wireless plans for proceeds

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Group Inc. said it would use most of the $6.5 billion the company raised in its recent bond offering, in conjunction...

Canada TPC invests $9.9M in Sierra Wireless

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Brian Tobin, Canada's Minister of Industry officially announced a $9.9 million repayable investment in Sierra Wireless by Technology Partnerships Canada.The TPC investment...

Palm to acquire Extended Systems

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Palm Inc. agreed to acquire Extended Systems Inc., a mobile solutions vendor, allowing Palm to provide both handheld computers and enterprise-class mobile...

Vodafone offers short code dialing for roamers

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc customers on seven of the company's networks in Europe now can use their normal "short code" dialing numbers to access services...

Samsung takes aim at U.S. market

With a commercial launch in full gear in South Korea, Samsung Inc. may be the John the Baptist of 3G as the first manufacturer...

D’Agostino joins Mericom

As wireless carriers focus more and more of their resources on reducing churn, signing up new subscribers and acquiring spectrum for third-generation services, tower...

More mobile competition hits Bolivia

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The arrival of a third cellular telephony operator will provide the conditions for the Bolivian market to acquire more cellular than fixed...
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