PETAH TIKVA, Israel—Israeli vendor InnoWave ECI Wireless Systems announced two contract wins in Africa.The first contract, with Swaziland Posts and Telecommunications Corporation, will provide...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Third mobile network operator Cell C announced it enhanced its directory inquiry service by allowing subscribers to receive numbers via short message...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Mobile operator MTN Uganda has launched a short message service (SMS) content and information service, enabling subscribers to download information and trivia...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Colombia and Ecuador took several measures to accelerate the personal communications services (PCS) licenses auction that they plan to hold in the...
BEIJING—China's top computer manufacturer Legend Holdings and Xiamen Overseas Chinese Electronics Company (Xoceco) agreed on 27 February to set up a joint venture to...
BALTIMORE, United States—Five new lawsuits seeking a total of more than US$6 billion in damages have been filed against the cellular industry, alleging use...
TOKYO—NEC and Matsushita Communication Industrial, two leading telecom vendors in Japan, on Thursday announced they will develop two-chip third-generation (3G) handsets. NEC and Matsushita,...
LONDON—Logica said its prepaid billing software will be installed by Trinidad and Tobago's TSTT Mobile Services. TSTT will launch prepaid wireless data services over...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The Peruvian cellular telephony market grew 20 percent during 2001, reaching 1.6 million users by the end of the year. Despite the...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—CellPoint and Benefon signed an agreement to provide assisted global positioning system (GPS) location solutions to GSM, 2.5- and third-generation (3G) network operators...
LONDON—The UMTS Forum, an association that promotes global Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) adoption, released a study stating that revenue from third-generation (3G) networks...
MANILA, The Philippines—According to Merrill Lynch in a recent research study, SMS revenues in Asia, excluding the Philippines, only consist of a minor percentage—between...
SINGAPORE—Harris, a supplier of military tactical radios for worldwide defense forces, has been chosen by the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force to provide a...
NEWPORT BEACH, California, United States—Conexant Systems announced its CDMA power amplifier modules (PAMs) have been chosen by several handset manufacturers for use on China...
SINGAPORE—Cambridge Positioning Systems and SingTel Mobile will build a test network around Tampines Town for application and hardware developers to trial new Enhanced Observed...
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens said it received a US$11 million order from China Mobile Communications Corporation (MCC) to expand its GSM network in Tibet.Siemens Information and...
ADELAID, Australia—Australia hosted a demonstration of third-generation (3G) technology this week by m.Net Corporation. The government said it has funded A$9 million (US$4.6 million)...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo said it plans to introduce a "dual network" system, which will enable users who own both a FOMA third-generation handset and conventional...
BEIJING—Siemens Mobile Acceleration is setting up a representative office in Beijing and one in Shanghai to help wireless start-ups with capital investment, coaching and...
NEW DELHI, India—Thailand's largest mobile operator, Advanced Info Service (AIS), plans to invest 2.8 billion baht (US$64 million) for the installation of a smart...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—A U.K.-based company is claiming that most 2.5-generation (2.5G) applications will be almost impossible to run, given that more than 40 percent...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—European Union (EU) Competition Commissioner Mario Monti has accused German and U.K. cell-phone operators of overcharging their customers when making calls from...
