OXFORD, United Kingdom—The proceeds from a string of disposals will be used by the owner of Virgin, Richard Branson, to develop his burgeoning mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) cell-phone business. …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—European Union (EU) Competition Commissioner Mario Monti has accused German and U.K. cell-phone operators of overcharging their customers when making calls from outside their home countries. Monti, who …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—A U.K.-based company is claiming that most 2.5-generation (2.5G) applications will be almost impossible to run, given that more than 40 percent of packets can become lost on …
TOKYO—NTT East, a regional operator of NTT Group, said it will launch an 11 Megabits per second (Mbps) wireless local area network (LAN) service in March or April at the …
BEIJING—Last year on average 4.95 million new mobile users were added to the networks in China every month. In January, the number topped 5.09 million, showing a sustained growth to …
NEW DELHI, India—Thailand’s largest mobile operator, Advanced Info Service (AIS), plans to invest 2.8 billion baht (US$64 million) for the installation of a smart customer care and billing system over …
BEIJING—Siemens Mobile Acceleration is setting up a representative office in Beijing and one in Shanghai to help wireless start-ups with capital investment, coaching and access to Siemens’ worldwide research and …
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo said it plans to introduce a “dual network” system, which will enable users who own both a FOMA third-generation handset and conventional PDC DoCoMo mobile phone to use …
ADELAID, Australia—Australia hosted a demonstration of third-generation (3G) technology this week by m.Net Corporation. The government said it has funded A$9 million (US$4.6 million) for m.Net, a consortium of Telstra …
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens said it received a US$11 million order from China Mobile Communications Corporation (MCC) to expand its GSM network in Tibet. Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group will supply …
SINGAPORE—Cambridge Positioning Systems and SingTel Mobile will build a test network around Tampines Town for application and hardware developers to trial new Enhanced Observed Time Difference location-enabled solutions. Trials are …
NEWPORT BEACH, California, United States—Conexant Systems announced its CDMA power amplifier modules (PAMs) have been chosen by several handset manufacturers for use on China Unicom’s nationwide CDMA cellular network. Seventy …
SINGAPORE—Harris, a supplier of military tactical radios for worldwide defense forces, has been chosen by the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force to provide a wireless e-mail system. KBK Tokyo, Harris’ …
MANILA, The Philippines—According to Merrill Lynch in a recent research study, SMS revenues in Asia, excluding the Philippines, only consist of a minor percentage—between 1 percent and 5 percent—of operators’ …
LONDON—The UMTS Forum, an association that promotes global Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) adoption, released a study stating that revenue from third-generation (3G) networks will reach US$320 billion in 2010 …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—CellPoint and Benefon signed an agreement to provide assisted global positioning system (GPS) location solutions to GSM, 2.5- and third-generation (3G) network operators this year. The A-GPS mobile location …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The Peruvian cellular telephony market grew 20 percent during 2001, reaching 1.6 million users by the end of the year. Despite the arrival of a third operator, Telecom …
LONDON—Logica said its prepaid billing software will be installed by Trinidad and Tobago’s TSTT Mobile Services. TSTT will launch prepaid wireless data services over a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) …
TOKYO—NEC and Matsushita Communication Industrial, two leading telecom vendors in Japan, on Thursday announced they will develop two-chip third-generation (3G) handsets. NEC and Matsushita, both FOMA venders for NTT DoCoMo, …
