OXFORD, United Kingdom-As operators in Scandinavia call for a relaxation of 3G license conditions or opt to share the cost of network deployment, the concept of the mobile virtual network …
MELBOURNE, Australia-Lachlan Murdoch, News Corporation’s deputy chief operating officer (COO), appeared in the Australian Federal Court in Sydney on Wednesday to give evidence in the recommenced liquidators’ inquiry into the …
MOSCOW-The biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) is working to receive a third GSM license in the tiny former Soviet republic of Moldova through a multi-step deal, which is likely …
BEIJING-Chinese Internet portal Netease reported a quarterly net profit of US$4,600 on 5 August, becoming the country’s first portal to earn a tiny profit. Netease, as well as its competitors …
NEW DELHI, India-Two consortia led by United Communications Industry (Ucom) and Lucent Technologies have been short listed at the end of the first round of bidding for the 15 billion …
BEIJING-Eastern Communications (Eastcom) became the first Chinese state-owned enterprise to acquire a Nasdaq-listed company, Interwave Communications. Taking a 10.3-percent stake, Eastcom became the largest shareholder of Interwave. Set up in …
TOKYO-NTT Communications, an international and long-distance business unit of NTT Group, and Pia, a ticket sales company, announced they would set up a joint venture to provide electronic ticket services. …
BEIJING-China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII) expects China to produce 95 million mobile handsets this year, of which 20 percent would be made by 12 domestic producers, up from 80 …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-One year after being allocated four regional licenses for wireless local loop (WLL) services, Telef
PRAGUE, Czech Republic-A consortium led by Deutsche Bank will purchase a 51-percent stake for US$1.7 billion in Cesky Telecom, which owns 51 percent of mobile operator EuroTel Praha. The sale …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Econet Wireless Nigeria has blamed the interconnection problems experienced by local GSM operators on the fixed network operator Nitel. Zachary Wazara, Econet chief executive officer, said Nitel is …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-MTN is reported to be urging its subscribers to ignore a scam involving short message service (SMS) messages currently circulating among GSM subscribers in Nigeria. The message alleges …
NEW YORK-T-Systems International, a division of Deutsche Telekom, said it added switches in New York and London, which will enable it to increase its routing opportunities for operators worldwide. The …
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France-The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and the Arab Telecommunications Council of Ministers/League of Arab States signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on telecommunications standards issues. …
DENVER, United States-Two Asian operators and another European operator launched multimedia message services (MMS) this week. Globe Telecom in the Philippines launched MMS, making it the first operator in the …
LONDON-U.K.-based Elata signed an agreement with Hewlett-Packard (HP) to integrate its Senses subscriber services management system into HP’s Mobile e-Services Architecture. Under the agreement, Elata will market Senses to mobile …
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Anywhereyougo.com, a Hewlett-Packard Co.-sponsored operation, for wireless developers has shut down, according to the Web site. The site ceased operations on July 30.
LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. reported an increase in total revenues from $83.5 million during the second quarter last year to $130.8 million this year. Net losses for …
SAN DIEGO-Jabra Corp. introduced its first headset designed to work specifically with the entire family of Nextel Communications Inc. handsets. The headsets do not require an adapter and include an …
SAN DIEGO-Silicon Wave Inc. licensed Widcomm Inc.’s BTW Bluetooth communications software for its dual-mode mini-PCI Card Reference Design featuring Blue802 Technology. Under the agreement Silicon Wave said it can now …
