2002

OTTAWA-Industry Canada said it will continue to prohibit the use of jamming devices following a public consultation on the issue. Radio frequency jamming devices, called jammers or silencers, interfere with …

WASHINGTON-Wireless Communications Association International is hosting two high-profile panels at its annual conference in Boston next week that will assess the implications for the wireless communications industry of homeland security …

RESTON, Va.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Triton PCS will offer its subscribers downloadable ring tones and graphics through a new deal with wireless media and entertainment company Ztango Inc. Triton …

PARIS-Gerhard Schmid, the embattled chief executive of Germany’s MobilCom, stepped down on Friday, potentially paving the way for France Telecom to launch a takeover of MobilCom. Chief Financial Officer Thorsten …

NEW YORK-Citing continued competitive pressure and a slowing subscriber base, Moody’s Investor Services downgraded its outlook for the wireless industry to negative and placed a majority of non-investment grade operators …

MOSCOW-Ericsson will supply equipment to expand the GSM 900/1800 MHz networks of the second-biggest Russian carrier, Vimpelcom (BeeLine), in three Russian regions. According to the contract, Ericsson will supply a …

WASHINGTON-A new Finnish study concludes mobile phone radiation could lead to cancer by undermining the blood-brain barrier’s ability to block out carcinogens and other potentially harmful substances. The research, led …

ALAMEDA, California, United States-UTStarcom said it won a US$19.9 million contract in Vietnam to deploy its IP-based PAS citywide wireless access system to Vietnam Post and Telecommunications (VNPT) in the …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia reduced its sales growth target for the second half of this year from 15 percent to 10 percent, but maintained its earnings target for the year of 80 …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African company Econoserv has announced it has successfully implemented a business solution in Nigeria. GeeSM is a Nigerian business selling virtual airtime. It recruits agents who go …

MANILA, The Philippines-The Department of Finance (DoF) has planned that a portion of collections from possible taxes on cellular phone firms will be used for the government’s computer literacy program. …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Telecommunications Council of Ecuador called to tender on 17 July an auction to assign three wireless local loop (WLL) frequencies from 3.4 to 3.6 GHz, while the …

TOKYO-KG Telecom, a leading mobile carrier in Taiwan, launched i-mode-like service on Thursday. Because it is the first i-mode-like service in Asia outside Japan, the new multimedia service is winning …

TORONTO-Cell-phone coverage at Canada’s biggest airport may get worse now that its landlord is demanding wireless carriers remove their network equipment after talks between the two groups over new leases …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, on Thursday announced that it will launch wireless local area network (WLAN) service on 1 July. The new service, called “Mzone,” will …

BEIJING-Telecom consultancy BDA China published a new report titled “Mobile Subscribers in China 2002,” based on a survey of 2,000 people between the ages of 18 and 50 in Beijing, …

MELBOURNE, Australia-With both business and consumers’ interest in using mobile data growing, Optus and SingTel have launched a worldwide search for “killer” mobile applications that will revolutionize the mobile industry. …

NEW DELHI, India-Hutchison Essar has launched its GSM services in Karnataka circle in south India. It is the third private cellular operator in the state. Last month, the company launched …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Russian Communications Minister Leonid Reiman played down fears of already operating foreign investors on the Russian telecom market, saying their equities will not be restricted after the country joins …

TOKYO-KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, will terminate its service based on PDC by March 31, 2003, Tadashi Onodera, president of KDDI, said on Thursday. By terminating the PDC …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-In what would appear to be an industry first, U.K.-based cell-phone operator MmO2 has published tariffs for its third-generation (3G) service running in the Isle of Man. The …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-By 2007, the number of cell-phone users in South Africa will be 19 million-double the current number-claimed the country’s largest operator, Vodacom. The company, which recently responded to …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-M-Cell, the listed telecommunications group that owns 100 percent of MTN, announced that turnover for the last 12 months has risen by 49 percent to US$1.24 billion. Contributions …

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BEIJING-Mobile-phone operator China Unicom has introduced promotional offers in at least 10 Chinese cities to attract subscribers to its fledgling CDMA network. Unicom originally positioned its CDMA services as a …