Monthly Archives: August, 2002

Alltel completes deals

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it has completed its $1.9 billion purchase of local telephone properties in Kentucky from Verizon Communications Inc. and its...

Cash-U Mobile, Indiagames sign partnership

LONDON-Wireless entertainment company Cash-U Mobile Technologies said it expanded its catalogue of mobile entertainment applications by signing a partnership with Indiagames, under which the...

Qualcomm joins OMA

SAN DIEGO-CDMA giant Qualcomm Inc. said it is now a sponsor member of the newly formed standards group Open Mobile Alliance, and also sits...

Verizon Wireless offers incentives, new pricing

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. reported customers who sign up for either a one- or two-year service agreement for the carrier's Express Network Unlimited plan...

Sonera sells majority stake in SmarTrust

HELSINKI, Finland-Sonera Corp. has sold a stake in SmarTrust AB to venture capital funds the Carlyle Group, GE Equity and Eqvitec Partners for $34.3...

Prepaid helps boost Tunisian mobile numbers

LONDON-The Tunisian mobile market has received a significant boost from the rollout of prepaid services, a recent report from Arab Advisors Group revealed.The study...

Legend to offer wireless Internet in China

BEIJING-China's largest personal computer vendor Legend Group has teamed with Intel and China Mobile to offer mobile wireless Internet services in 138 cities in...

Singapore’s cellular operators go for China

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Singapore's mobile operators are looking to spread their services wings into the highly lucrative Chinese market. Singapore' Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) this week...

Gartner Japan: FOMA to take off in 2005

TOKYO-Gartner Japan, a Japanese business unit of Gartner Group, has predicted the mobile handset market on a unit basis will expand at an annual...

Dropped calls not a problem, claims Hutchison chief

OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an effort to calm the nerves of the third-generation (3G) community, Canning Fok, Hutchison's managing director, said reports of call handover...

Sonera’s failed 3G venture raises questions, MmO2 could be next German withdrawal

OXFORD, United Kingdom-While outsiders have praised Sonera and Telef

Expansion of China’s PHS system put on hold

BEIJING-Expansion of China's PHS network called Little Smart in the suburbs of Beijing and Tianjin has been put on hold by the Ministry of...

Movilnet launches ‘virtual’ service in Venezuela

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Venezuelan cell-phone operator Movilnet presented a new service that allows new clients to receive mobile-phone messages without actually owning their own...

Carphone Warehouse signs 1 million new customers in saturated European markets

DUBLIN, Ireland-Europe's largest mobile-phone retailer shows no signs of relinquishing its market-leading position, with Carphone Warehouse announcing a 16-percent increase in connections during the...

Idea to launch service in Delhi next month

NEW DELHI, India-Idea Cellular said it will launch its services in the Indian capital next month, taking the total number of GSM players to...

South African operators take aim at regulator

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Speaking at a recent technology and communications summit in Johannesburg, executives from South Africa's mobile and fixed operators reiterated their calls that...

TV Cable, Sakon Holdings acquire WLL spectrum in Ecuador

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The National Telecommunications Council in Ecuador assigned two of the three national 3.4 GHz to 3.6 GHz bands for wireless local loop...

Motient cuts staff by 29%

RESTON, Va.-Wireless data carrier Motient Corp. cut its workforce by 29 percent, a total of 94 positions, in order to save money in a...

WorldCom, Cingular reach agreement, WorldCom execs surrender

NEW YORK-WorldCom and Cingular Wireless reached a tentative agreement yesterday, settling the dispute between the two companies over the possible transfer of approximately 300,000...

Nortel to expand China Mobile GSM network

BEIJING-China's largest wireless operator China Mobile selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to expand its GSM network in Shaanxi Province as part of a $26.8 million...

WorldCom, Cingular reach agreement; WorldCom execs surrender

NEW YORK-WorldCom Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reached a tentative agreement yesterday settling the dispute between the two companies over the possible transfer of...

Westminster workers to have real-time mobile data

SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. announced the City of Westminster, the historic heart of London, has rolled out a mobile IT solution powered by Novatel's...

LG Group to build twin towers in Beijing

BEIJING-South Korean vendor LG Group plans to build a copy of its Seoul headquarters along Beijing's Chang'an Avenue, which also passes Tiananmen Square. Investment...

Ericsson’s Treschow forecasts survival of the few

HELSINKI, Finland-Michael Treschow, chairman of Stockholm-based vendor Ericsson, forecasted "challenging months ahead" for the world's leading telecom equipment suppliers, a battle that he contended...

Government requests for Sonera investigation could delay Telia merger

HELSINKI, Finland-The Finnish government hinted on 31 July at a possible delay in the finalization of merger arrangements between Nordic telecom companies Sonera and...
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