NEW DELHI, India-After consolidation of operations and brands, Indian GSM players are now turning to more competitive services by adding new features. This week, two leading players-Bharti and Escotel-launched high-powered …
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-Oi, the new GSM operator owned by fixed-line operator Telemar, entered the country’s mobile market on Tuesday, offering the country’s first GSM and General Packet Radio Service …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Telecom Argentina announced on Monday it cannot pay even the interest on its debt of US$2.4 billion, further extending the default declared 2 April on its capital debt. …
BEIJING-China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII) announced the country had 170 million mobile subscribers and 196 million fixed-line users at the end of May. During the first five months of …
JAKARTA, Indonesia-Confronting the fierce competition in its core business, Excelcomindo, Indonesia’s GSM 900/1800 operator, spread its wings to provide wireless local area network (WLAN) services. Excelcomindo’s new services, called “Xlnet,” …
BEIJING-During the first five months of the year, output of mobile phones jumped 108 percent in Shanghai. Exports of information technology products by foreign-invested companies in Shanghai showed the fastest …
BEIJING-A story in the Chinese language Economic Daily on 27 June analyzed the advantages of CDMA, but none had anything to do with benefits for end users. China Unicom’s CDMA …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African mobile network operator MTN announced that it is boosting its network capacity to ensure uninterrupted cellular services are available to both regular subscribers and visitors during …
MANILA, The Philippines-The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has asked the Philippine Supreme Court (SC) to affirm a Court of Appeals decision allowing it to proceed with the implementation of a …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South Africa’s third cellular network operator Cell C has reportedly implemented a suite of locally developed business critical software solutions. The suite, developed by PM Ora Software, monitors, …
SCHAUMBURG, Illinois, United States-Motorola said it will shed 7,000 jobs and take charges of about US$3.5 billion, 90 percent of which will come out of its second quarter. The wireless …
COPENHAGEN, Denmark-Database technology provider Oracle Corp. released a new tool kit for developers to integrate wireless voice and data services into its application server, as well as new tools for …
TOKYO-The new version of Palm Inc.’s operating system will use the same wireless Internet browser technology that NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode wireless data service uses. Palm signed a deal with software …
ARLINGTON, Va.-The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) announced Craig Barrett, chief executive officer of Intel Corp. will deliver a keynote address on the opening day of the 2003 show in …
WATSONVILLE, Calif.-Damax International announced it has developed a new antenna technology that doubles handset range and reduces handset radiation up to 95 percent below the levels permitted in the U.S. …
BEIJING-China Unicom said it has selected Nortel networks to deploy an optical solution based on Nortel’s OPTera Metro multiservice platform to support the carrier’s GSM and CDMA networks for voice, …
AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said its DragonBall MXI microprocessor has been certified for the recently delivered Palm OS 5, enabling the semiconductor company to provide solutions to licensees of the Palm …
BRADENTON, Fla.-Mal Gurian, formerly of OKI Telecom-the first company to receive FCC Type Certification for a cellular telephone-has formed Mal Gurian Associates, a management advising company for the telecommunications industry. …
DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc., which relinquished its title as the most embattled telecommunications company to WorldCom this week, reported the resignation of Marilyn Nelson as a director of the company. …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it will shed 7,000 jobs and take charges of about $3.5 billion, 90 percent of which will come out of its second quarter. The wireless giant, …
