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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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, …
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 …
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-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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
NEW YORK-Joltage Networks, which provides software and back-end services permitting Wi-Fi providers to monetize their network provision, has teamed up with Atlas Broadband, Valencia, Calif., a nationwide provider of T-1 …
