2002

BOSTON, United States—South Africa’s biggest cell-phone operator Vodacom may soon enter the Zambian cellular market by operating the fourth cellular network in the country. Official authorization has been granted for …

IRVINE, Calif.—FieldCentrix Inc. said it will work with the Microsoft Consulting Services Advanced Technology (MCSAT) group to develop its next generation of products with Microsoft’s Visual Studio .NET and the …

NEW DELHI, India—Hughes Software Systems announced it will offer video and audio streaming for third-generation W-CDMA networks over its 3G SGSN source code. According to HSS, the solution will allow …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Ecutel Inc. announced its has signed up seven new authorized resellers of its Viatores advanced mobile private networking software. “With Viatores, Ecutel resellers can help customers overcome the security …

NEW ORLEANS—The Morial Convention Center in New Orleans now owns a common wireless carrier signal distribution network that supports wireless use by customers of Alltel, Cingular Wireless, Nextel, Sprint PCS, …

SAN FRANCISCO—Research In Motion Ltd. and Sun Microsystems Inc. announced they are working together to provide the platform, products, services and tools for enterprise software developers to use Java technology …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. plans to introduce additional countermeasures next month against forged-domain spam mail. The carrier said the additional measures are due to “spammers” forging other carriers’ domain names to …

DALLAS—Alaskan wireless service provider ACS Wireless signed a four-year agreement valued at approximately $422 million with Nortel Networks to upgrade its network with cdma2000 1x technology. Nortel said it would …

MONTREAL—Canadian wireless operator Bell Mobility launched its cdma2000 1x network in Montreal with plans to extend coverage in major urban centers across Quebec in the third quarter and in its …

TOKYO—The Cabinet Office in Japan on Thursday announced that it found 27 percent of the country’s mobile users receive at least two junk mails on their phones a day. According …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having turned his back on the mobile industry following the sale of the U.K.-based cell-phone operator Orange to France T

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—The overall mobile industry in South Africa is expected to grow to 46 million rand (US$4.1 million) by 2005, with Vodacom continuing to be the largest player by …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The Paraguayan Ministers Council’s rejection of the rebalanced tariff provoked the resignation of the country’s reformation secretary and the postponement until 30 April of the privatization of the …

MOSCOW—Third-generation (3G) licenses will be issued in Russia only after the law on communications is amended, according to First Deputy Communications Minister Yuri Pavlenko. “The 3G Association has carried out …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, is reportedly going to post a 1 trillion yen (US$7.5 billion) special loss in its fiscal 2001 financial results mainly from an …

MELBOURNE, Australia—The board of Australian mobile-phone operator One.Tel was kept in the dark by the company’s senior executives, a liquidation hearing into the collapse of the telecom company has been …

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said that it is returning 85 percent of the deposits made when the agency re-auctioned the personal communications services (PCS) C- and F-block licenses originally …

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TORONTO—Half of Canada’s motorists would agree with an outright ban on using cell phones while driving, according to a new study. The vast majority of motorists equate the use of …

KINGSTON, Jamaica—A fourth cellular operator is expected to enter the Jamaica market on 1 March, 2003. The Jamaican government announced plans to award a license for mobile communications, saying the …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Mobile network operator MTN Nigeria announced that it has exceeded the 300,000 subscriber mark. Since launching service in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja in August and September 2001, …

NEW DELHI, India—TA Orange, the much-awaited GSM operator in Thailand, launched its commercial services on 27 March, amid confusion created by the row between DTAC and the Telecom Organization of …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having sold two third-generation (3G) licenses for 619 million euros (US$538.8 million) each last year, the French government looks unlikely to attract more than one interested party for …

TOKYO—Japan’s NTT DoCoMo is considering withdrawing from the PHS and beeper businesses, Keiji Tachikawa, president of NTT DoCoMo, said on Thursday. As the leading mobile carrier in Japan, NTT DoCoMo …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—In an effort to stem growing concerns about interoperability, Nokia has indicated that it might take on some of the responsibilities to ensure its Open Mobile Architecture (OMA) …