July 2001

COPENHAGEN, Denmark-The discussion surrounding m-commerce includes questions such as whether m-commerce will be a success and what kind of services will be purchased via a mobile phone. Research shows that …

MADRID, Spain-As many European mobile-phone markets inch closer to saturation levels and as voice calls become more commoditized, European mobile providers are seeking other products and services to boost sagging …

Bosnia Five companies bid for the third GSM license in Bosnia. The companies include Croatia’s Hrvatski Telekom, in which Deutsche Telekom has a 35-percent stake; Turkey’s Rumeli; and privately owned …

If your mother is like mine, she probably told you to share when you were a child. Sharing is a good thing, at least in the eyes of most moms …

TOYKO-Usen, the largest music cable caster in Japan, launched a six-month field test for high-speed wireless services in Tokyo in mid-June in cooperation with Root. According to Usen, the services, …

SINGAPORE-Singapore network operators will not make General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) widely available to consumers here before the end of this year, executives from operators and handset manufacturers said at …

SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea is confronting a row over awarding a third license for third-generation (3G) mobile services, as the government has called for consolidation in the telecom market as …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-After all the publicity, time and money spent obtaining third-generation (3G) licenses, European mobile operators are keeping plans strictly to themselves about what mobile applications they might launch …

TOKYO- NTT DoCoMo, in cooperation with KPN Mobile and E-Plus, is scheduled to launch i-mode-like services in the Netherlands and Germany in the fourth quarter. Access, a Japanese provider of …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Melbourne wireless telecom developer Advanced Communications Technologies (ACT) is on track to be the first company in the world to commercially launch a multiprotocol mobile base station, including third-generation …

China IMT-2000/3G International Summit 11-13 July Beijing IIR Tel: (+852) 2219 0111 Fax: (+852) 2219 0112 [email protected] RadioCom 2001 11-13 July Mexico City Andear Tel: (+52) 12 244 5193 Fax: …

Handsets/ devices Mitsubishi Mitsubishi released three new handsets. The Eclipse is a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) phone with a color display. The dual-band phone offers 256 colors and up …

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom, a one-time poster child for everything that went wrong with the U.S. government’s C-block auction for PCS licenses, said it stands ready to continue to build its network, …

OSLO, Norway-Telenor said it is looking to increase its shareholding in Malaysian mobile operator DiGi.Com. The Norwegian company currently has a 32.9-percent stake in DiGi. Telenor informed the Malaysian operator’s …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Most of the major telecommunications carriers to have successfully bid at the recent Australian 2 GHz spectrum auctions plan to adopt wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) for third-generation (3G) services. Cable & …

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Amid an unpredictable economic crisis, Indonesia’s telecommunication sector is moving forward, with new regulation in effect since 8 September, 2000. The new regulation, which says any company can provide …

It was a pretty violent descent. The plane was being tossed around like an ice cube in a cocktail shaker. I decided there was only one safe course of action. …

Explaining logic behind 3GSM Dear Editor: Regarding the opinion article “Happy Families” in the May-June 2001 issue, no one should leave Stuart Sharrock “disturbed” for too long. However, I would …

Wireless giants CMG, Comverse, Ericsson, Logica, Motorola, Nokia and Siemens are partnering to raise awareness of Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and to promote the technology’s development in an open global …