BEIJING-At year-end, China Unicom announced it had reached its target of 7 million CDMA users. The company also said it had built a CDMA 1x network in all provincial capital …
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Ugandan mobile network operator Celtel announced the company intends to increase its coverage to include 38 more towns on its network by March 2003. Richard Mugera, marketing and …
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Nigerian National Committee on Financial Crimes (NCFC) recently announced that it apprehended a suspect who is believed to have been involved in the sale of Nitel subscriber …
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SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics said it has approved a plan rumored earlier this week to spend US$1.23 billion in a plant to produce dynamic random-access memory and flash memory chips. …
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LONDON-British Telecommunications said it will sell its nearly 21-percent interest in Hong Kong’s SmarTone for HK$1.03 billion (US$132 million) to Sun Hung Kai. The U.K.-based operator said the sale is …
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NEW DELHI, India-Indian cellular companies slashed mobile-to-mobile national long-distance tariffs by nearly one-third, in an obvious response to low tariff rates announced by Reliance, a leading limited mobility operator. The …
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BEIJING-Guangdong Telecom, a provincial subsidiary of fixed-line operator China Telecom, has launched a controversial call-forwarding service in three cities in Guangdong Province whereby mobile users can forward incoming calls to …
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WASHINGTON-Customers should thoroughly read wireless service contracts and insist on a trial period before signing up for service, said the Federal Communications Commission on Dec. 31. The suggestion, made by …
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SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics said it has approved a plan rumored earlier this week to spend $1.23 billion in a plant to produce dynamic random-access memory and flash memory chips. …
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WASHINGTON-Eldorado Communications L.L.C. asked the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s recent decision to allow winners in the re-auction of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.’s licenses to …
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SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. will invest $1.2 billion to upgrade its chip-making facilities, according to Reuters. The company plans to produce memory chips using 12-inch wafers, which can yield …
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PEORIA, Ill.-Infrastructure equipment provider Rohn Industries Inc. said Platinum Equity L.L.C. has terminated the Nov. 29 agreement to purchase Rohn’s assets for $8.75 million. Rohn received a letter Dec. 27 …
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CALGARY, Alberta-Zi Corp., which makes software for text input on mobile phones, announced it scored a deal with Chinese device maker Legend Group Ltd. “We chose Zi Corp. as our …
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CARY, N.C.-SpectraSite Communications Inc., the operating arm of bankrupt SpectraSite Holdings Inc., said its WesTower Corp. subsidiary has completed the previously announced sale of SpectraSite’s wireless network services division. The …
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WASHINGTON-The Ohio Supreme Court on Dec. 30 said that a wireless reseller may sue Verizon Wireless Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. for more than $2 million in damages for charging …
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LOS ANGELES-A lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California against Leap Wireless International Inc. on behalf of purchasers of Leap securities between …
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it was awarded an additional $25 million for CDMA 1xRTT equipment and services to China Unicom. The deal comes after Ericsson announced it signed an agreement …
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ASTANA, Kazakhstan-Leading Kazakh carrier GSM Kazakhstan said the Finnish Sonera has granted it a US$55 million loan for further development in 2003 and the introduction of new technologies, such as …
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As one of the most challenging years in telecom history winds down, the wireless sector faces a variety of threats from within and outside the industry. Which threats will prove …
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OSLO, Norway-Mobile operator Orange confirmed Thursday it would back out of the Swedish mobile market, a move that had been widely predicted due to the financial problems of owner France …