WASHINGTON—Telecom regulator Conatel has postponed by 60 days the pre-qualification process for the concession of cellular and personal communications services (PCS) licenses in Honduras....
TOKYO—DDI Pocket, Japan's largest PHS operator, is going to launch a 128 kilobits per second (kbps) data transmission service on 26 March, the carrier...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having originally planned to launch third-generation (3G) services in Spain in the later part of this year, Vodafone has now placed any...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Cellular operator Smartcom PCS has launched its 2.5-generation (2.5G) service in the city of Santiago de Chile using 1XRTT technology. Thus, Smartcom...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it has signed an agreement to license its mobile technology to Samsung in return for a royalty payment and reciprocal license...
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan's third-generation (3G) license auction is under way, with the five licenses offered expected to bring just above the minimum bids. The auction...
SINGAPORE—The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) is seeking comment on a possible change in charging methods between Singapore operators for calls from and to mobile...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Nigerian mobile-phone users have been given an easier route to gaining access to GSM technology thanks to a new loan scheme introduced...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—After years of uncertainty and a lack of clear policy, the South African Department of Communications has opened the way for Global...
MILAN, Italy—Hutchison Whampoa's Italian third-generation (3G) subsidiary, announced it secured about e4.2 billion (US$3.7 billion) in financing to build its 3G network in Italy.An...
CALGARY—Wi-Lan said it is participating in Wi-Comm Communications, a joint venture in Beijing, created to accelerate Wi-Lan's penetration into the Chinese market.Wi-Lan said it...
TOKYO—A governmental advisory body for the telecommunications ministry on 16 January decided to revise the telecom regulation to let operators use the OFDM system...
BEIJING—Technology and handset issues have forced Chinese mobile operators to postpone trials of TD-SCDMA, China's proprietary third-generation (3G) technology.The trials will commence in the...
HONG KONG—Hong Kong's telecom regulator has asked for comments on its proposal to reduce mobile carrier license fees beginning in May.The country's Information Technology...
DENVER, United States—European wireless giant Mm02 announced a series of major deals that further the carrier's strategy to offer a range of unique products...
SAMARA, Russia—The fifth-biggest Russian carrier, SMARTS on the Volga, chose the Evolium solution of French vendor Alcatel to develop its GSM 900/1800 MHz networks.The...
AUSTIN, Texas, United States—Motorola said it sold its GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) handset chip technology to Benq of Taiwan, one of Asia's leading...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pennsylvania, United States—InterDigital Technology Corporation (ITC), subsidiary of InterDigital Communications, is expanding its patent license that includes CDMA and third-generation (3G)...
WOODBURY, New York, United States—Wireless messaging company Comverse announced several major China Mobile operators have deployed its prepaid short message service (SMS) product."This prepaid...
LOS ANGELES—Oberthur Card Systems said it has successfully connected its SIMphonIC CDMA card to China Unicom's CDMA network.According to Oberthur, the test, which used...
SUNNYVALE, California, United States—Spectrian, a designer and manufacturer of power amplifiers for the wireless infrastructure market, announced it formed Spectrian Telecommunications Equipment, a wholly...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—While the U.K. government wants to force the four U.K. cell-phone operators to adopt more rigorous security measures in the hope that...
BUCHAREST, Romania—EuroTel Praha, the Czech GSM operator, announced that with the help of a movable base station connected to the EuroTel network, members of...
