Monthly Archives: December, 2002

Comcel, BellSouth announce upgrade plans for Colombian networks

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The two major cell-phone operators in Colombia, which operate on TDMA technology, announced they are migrating their networks to different technologies. In...

Ireland’s GSM award controversy continues

DUBLIN, Ireland-As the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the awarding of the second GSM license in Ireland continues, those who advised the government at...

Report: Competition Commission says mobile customers overpaying

DUBLIN, Ireland-A report in one of the United Kingdom's leading tabloid newspapers suggested the Competition Commission has reached a decision on the fairness or...

Motorola promotes phone platform to Chinese handset makers

BEIJING-Motorola is aggressively promoting its Innovative Convergence platform to local Chinese handset makers.The platform integrates mobile-phone chips with application development systems, enabling handset makers...

Motorola gets $33M expansion contract in India

BANGALORE-Motorola will expand Bharat Sandhar Nigam Ltd.'s (BSNL) cellular network in southern India according to a newly signed deal worth $33 million.According to their...

Kyocera, Roxio cooperate on smart phone

SAN DIEGO-Mobile phone maker Kyocera Wireless Corp. will use software from Roxio Inc. to allow users of its forthcoming 7135 smart phone to edit...

Filipino politician opposes SMS tax

MANILA, The Philippines-The Chairman of the House committee on transportation and communications of the Philippine Congress is reported to have said he will block...

Agilent Technologies opens R&D center in Beijing

BEIJING-Agilent Technologies has opened a research and development center in Beijing focused on developing software tools for designing third-generation (3G) devices and components.This includes...

Russian group seeks Finnish capital for Indian investments

HELSINKI, Finland-The Moscow-based Sistema Joint Stock Financial Corporation (Sistema) has approached several leading Finnish telecom companies and venture capital houses in search of Western...

Singapore’s Temasek Holdings expands Indonesian presence

JAKARTA, Indonesia-The recent acquisition of the Indonesian government's 41.94-percent stake in Indosat by Singapore Technologies Telemedia (ST Telemedia) will soon change the atmosphere of...

LG to sell CDMA handsets through basic service providers in India

NEW DELHI, India-Korean giant LG Electronics launched its CDMA handsets in the Indian market on Wednesday, but said the handsets will be sold through...

Hudson launches voice mail service for i-mode

TOKYO-Hudson, a leading game software provider in Japan, announced it launched a new voice message service for NTT DoCoMo's i-mode service.When a user of...

New York city council approves ban on cell phone use at public performances

NEW YORK-By a vote of 40-9, the city council of New York has approved a bill to prohibit the use of cell phones at...

MobiFon stake changes hands

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless (TIW) and ClearWave said they reached an agreement with Emerging Markets Partnership (WMP) on the sale of the 5.68-percent stake of...

Nokia reports US$100 million expansion in China

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia will supply a GSM network expansion to China's Henan MCC in a deal valued at more than US$100 million.Deliveries of GSM core...

Sega to provide games to firms in Taiwan and Hong Kong

TOKYO-Sega on Tuesday announced it would supply gaming software to FarEasTone in Taiwan and SmarTone in Hong Kong. Both Asian telecom companies launched game...

CDMA Operators Summit 2002 held in Beijing

BEIJING-Nine CDMA operators attended the CDMA Operators Summit 2002 hosted by China United Telecommunications, parent of New York-listed China Unicom.Vice President Wang Jianzhou called...

Verizon to cut more jobs

PHILADELPHIA-Verizon Communications Inc. announced plans to lay off approximately 3,500 employees this week in an attempt to cut costs, according to Reuters.The layoffs come...

PCTEL releases Segue Network Gateway

MUNICH, Germany-PCTEL Inc. recently announced the availability of its new Segue Network Gateway, capable of performing routing, IP addressing, security and billing access for...

IFR upgrades radio test set

WICHITA, Kansas-IFR has upgraded its 2975 radio test set to include new test patterns, the ability to control 2975 tests via the Internet and...

J-Phone to nationally unify price plans

TOKYO-J-Phone said it has requested permission from the Japanese regulator to unify its regional company price plans into six national price plans and seven...

Centennial reports revenue increase on strong Caribbean performance

WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. reported an increase in net revenues for its second fiscal quarter ended Nov. 30 from $173.4 million last year...

Gent to step down from Vodafone next year

LONDON-Following on a promise he made earlier this year, Vodafone Group plc chairman and former RCR Wireless News Person of the Year Christopher Gent...

Rural Cellular delisted

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. reported its stock would be delisted beginning today and would begin trading on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board immediately under the...

Analysys report warns against European price war

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Market research firm Analysys has released a new report warning European operators against a price war between fixed and mobile carriers as fixed-to-mobile...
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