BEIJING—The China Unicom Group has received approval to issue A-shares, denominated in the local currency and reserved for Chinese citizens. The issue may take place in the coming months on …
TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest operator in Japan, is going to report a 200 billion yen (US$1.6 billion) special loss for the fiscal year which will end in March 2002, because the …
BEIJING—Datang Telecom launched China’s first manufacturing company for third-generation (3G) mobile-phone equipment on 8 March. Datang invested 150 million yuan (US$18.14 million) in its new Beijing-based subsidiary Datang Mobile Communications …
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo launched its FOMA mobile communications platform, enabling numerous people to participate in a mobile video conference. If four people or less are involved in a video conference, the …
PARIS—French vendor Alcatel signed a GSM expansion contract estimated at US$76 million with Zhejiang Mobile Communication Company in China Under the deal, Alcatel will deliver its Evolium infrastructure, comprising base …
MAISONS-LAFFITTE, France—Webraska said it will supply Chinese and English location-based services to Shell Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service in Hong Kong targeted at motorists. Motorists will be …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The GSM Association has warned third-generation (3G) cell-phone operators that they need to reshape their organizations to provide security similar to that offered by Internet service providers (ISPs). …
LONDON—The combined European market for unified messaging and communications that raked in US$358.4 million in 2001 is expected to be worth US$4.11 billion in 2008 according to recent Frost & …
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HANOVER, Germany—E-plus, Germany’s third largest wireless operator, selected Lucent Technologies to provide its MiLife SurePay real-time billing system for its GSM network. Lucent said the solution will allow E-plus to …
WIESBADEN, Germany—Motorola said it has successfully completed its first Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) voice call in the country in line with 3GPP standard release 99 version. “It establishes another …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Due to Argentina’s economic crisis, the mayor of the city of C
BOSTON, United States—The Egyptian carrier Orascom Telecom has been granted the license for a second GSM network in Tunisia, the Tunisian Ministry of Communications announced. Orascom Telecom presented the highest …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Following the success of the Make a Connection program in South Africa during 2001, the Youth Development Trust and Nokia announced the launch of the second phase of …
TORONTO—Pilots on transatlantic flights will soon be able to communicate with air controllers through instant text messaging. Nav Canada, which runs Canada’s air navigation system, announced a major upgrade to …
NEWARK, New Jersey, United States—IDT said Winstar Communications will exit the wireline resale business entirely, exit its fixed-wireless business in certain of its smaller markets and consolidate certain facilities and …
BELLEVUE, Washington, United States—3G Americas, a new trade organization representing five principal wireless technologies in the Americas, launched to help unify the U.S. wireless industry. GSM, TDMA, GPRS, EDGE and …
HANNOVER, Germany—Deutsche Telekom and Microsoft are presenting mobile solutions for business customers at this week’s CeBIT trade show in Germany and announced the companies will cooperate in developing devices for …
MANILA, The Philippines—Globe Telecom, one of the Philippines’ leading mobile-phone service providers, is set to offer 24 billion Philippine pesos (US$175 million) worth of 10-year fixed rate senior notes to …
