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...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo has been gearing up its global strategy, concluding one investment agreement after another. Since December 1999, it has invested in carriers in...
AirNetUnited States. With MBO for a GPRS system.Value: UndisclosedAlcatelGambia. With Gamtel for a turnkey GSM network to be installed in the greater Banjul area.Value: UndisclosedPortugal. With...
Dear Editor: I have found your Global Wireless news to be quite edifying. I, however, must correct you on the "First Caribbean CPP provider emerges"...
HONG KONG-"This time it's for real," stated Robert Mao, president of Nortel Networks China.But Irwin Jacobs, chairman of Qualcomm, was rather more sanguine. "I've...
GENEVA-Europe is set to witness an explosion in the number of mobile base stations, as operators gear up for the imminent launch of third-generation...
LONDON-State regulators in Europe are gearing up to promote the 40 GHz-43.5 GHz band for fixed-wireless telecom services, which will enable new entrants to...
HONG KONG-"Third-generation services are here," proclaimed the advertisements from Qualcomm at International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom Asia 2000. "The wait is over." Korea's SK...
DENVER, United States-Like the harmony of opposites, caution and adventure characterize the journey to the wide-scale rollout of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS). Vendors...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic-During the 11 years since the fall of communism in Central Europe, the region's countries have rapidly embraced mobile telephony, including the...
TOKYO-KDDI, the second-largest carrier in Japan, has decided to launch its third-generation (3G) services based on High Data Rate (HDR) technology. KDDI will launch...
HONG KONG-Hong Kong's usually efficient telecom regulators are struggling in their efforts to license third-generation (3G) spectrum, while avoiding the damaging costs of European-style...
NEW DELHI, India-The Indonesian cellular phone market, which witnessed strong growth during 2000 despite political turmoil, is set for further expansion in 2001 when...
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...
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...
BOSTON-In a new report, Strategy Analytics said it expects 2.5-generation technologies to dominate the world market through 2010, generating revenues of about $450 billion...
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. announced its recent acquisition, RTS Wireless, will supply WebLink Wireless with its Advantage Gateway, as well as installation, training,...
While the number of products incorporating Bluetooth technology was slim this past holiday season, the number of companies interested in producing Bluetooth chipsets is...
CARLSBAD, Calif.-Motorola Inc. renewed its contract with Dot Hill Systems Corp. for another two years, allowing Dot Hill to continue to work on storage...
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Wireless operator UbiquiTel Inc., a Sprint PCS Network Partner, expanded its coverage area along the Interstate 90 corridor from Spokane, Wash., to east...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Lucent Technologies Inc. has signed an equipment and software agreement to expand Sprint PCS' network coverage and capacity in its Michigan, Indiana and...
BEIJING-China's mobile communications market made big strides forward during 2000. The number of GSM subscribers leapt to more than 70 million, with a penetration...
The talk throughout 2000 centered on third-generation (3G) technology-its high costs, functionality, risks and mostly its promise. But 3G has different meanings in different...
