WASHINGTON—The association representing U.S. wireless carriers, Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA), has made Radio Frequency Investigation (RFI) a CTIA Approved Testing Laboratory (CATL), the first CATL in the United …
BEIJING—China Unicom will complete the first phase of the construction of its CDMA-network on 22 December. The network will have a capacity of 15 million subscribers and cover 97 percent …
JAKARTA,Indonesia—PT Telkom, Indonesia’s dominant telecommunication operator, is carrying out an auction for the development of CDMA-based fixed wireless network networks worth US$1 billion in January 2002. Eddy Praptono, Telkom’s vice …
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, announced it will purchase additional shares of AT&T Wireless to maintain its current stake in the U.S. mobile carrier. NTT DoCoMo last …
BEIJING—The Chinese government issued new regulations on the administration of foreign-funded telecommunications enterprises in line with commitments China undertook upon its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The 25-article …
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan will hold Asia’s first third-generation (3G) license auction after seven companies showed interest in five licenses. Seven consortia will begin the bidding process in January, with licenses expected …
BEIJING—Motorola’s V60 and V66 type handsets went back on sale in Yinchuan, the capital city of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in Western China. Sales were suspended on 5 December …
BEIJING—Nokia officially inaugurated its largest production base in China on 20 December. Beijing Nokia Mobile Telecommunications and 15 of Nokia’s component suppliers are located in the Xingwang International Industrial Park, …
LONDON—Satellite communications provider Inmarsat said the Asia-Pacific region will be the major driver of demand for satellite services in 2002, following significant market growth during 2001. New vertical markets for …
BEIJING—Motorola announced it has been awarded US$95 million in contracts to supply wireless equipment to China Mobile Communications. According to the contract, Motorola will expand China Mobile’s GSM networks in …
STAMFORD, Connecticut, United States—Sunday Communications said it will use the SmartServQ wireless short message service (SMS) system from wireless applications and services provider SmartServ Online. Sunday, which develops and provides …
TAIPEI, Taiwan—RF Micro Devices announced the opening of a new sales and customer support office in Taipei, Taiwan. The new office includes a customer development lab equipped for wireless local …
CARROLLTON, Texas, United States—G-Tel Wireless said Taiwan handset maker Senao will distribute G-Tel’s shielding phone case and antenna cap to all customer who purchase a Senao cellular phone “as a …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—KPN Mobile, the financially troubled Dutch operator, will later this month start the first practical i-mode tests in Europe through its joint venture with Japan’s NTT DoCoMo. The …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Tele2 announced a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) agreement in Germany with Viag Interkom. Tele2 will use Viag’s mobile network to provide the air interface for Tele2’s fixed-line customers. …
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Danish carrier TDC Mobile has partnered with Vodafone Group to develop and market international roaming products and services to international travelers and corporate customers. The first service to be …
TORONTO—Canada’s Redknee said that Ireland’s mobile-phone operator Digifone selected its location services application for its mobile customers.
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia has completed a location-based technology trial test, which it claims was successful. Nokia and Finnish mobile carrier Radiolinja used Nokia’s enhanced observed time difference (EOTD) positioning technology in …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having struck a deal to use mm02’s second-generation (2G) network to support its Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) deployment in the United Kingdom, the Hong Kong-back Hutchison 3G …
TOKYO—Vodafone Group announced that its Spanish and Japanese subsidiaries completed what it called the world’s first third-generation (3G) roaming call. The call was made between an executive of Vodafone Spain, …
