TOKYO—Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. announced its cell phone unit will close a Great Britain-based plant in an effort to further reduce costs by moving production to China and Eastern Europe. …
TOKYO—Citing sharp declines in demand, NEC Corp. is asking 6,600 semiconductor plant workers to stay at home with reduced pay for one to three days a month in November and …
NEW YORK-Calling it “the most well-known secret in corporate America,” Stephen Carter, president and chief executive officer of Cingular Wireless, said the nation’s second-largest mobile operator will overlay all its …
Carriers choose low-key number portability promotions MELBOURNE, Australia-With the advent of mobile number portability (MNP) in Australia, the forecasted marketing blitz has largely failed to materialize, despite some initial predictions …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, on 1 October launched the world’s first third-generation (3G) mobile service in the Tokyo metropolitan area, receiving mixed reviews from market analysts. …
Alcatel China. With China Mobile for GSM network expansion contracts by Shanghai Mobile and Jilin Mobile. Value: US$70 million Malaysia. With Telekom Cellular to expand its existing GSM 1800 MHz …
GENEVA-As the second-round auction for U.K. broadband wireless licenses continues, license holders across the Continent will be praying the lackluster response to date represents nothing more than a further hiccup …
TOKYO-Wireless local area network (WLAN) service targeting the retail and travel industries is set to expand quickly in Japan. Some market watchers said that once the WLAN business takes off, …
HELSINKI, Finland-Scandinavia has long been the most fertile and concentrated spawning ground for technology innovation in Europe. The torchbearers for this culture have been led by global names such as …
HELSINKI, Finland-For a market with a well-deserved reputation as the most dynamic and innovative of Europe’s telecom sectors, one could easily think that traditional Scandinavian confidence is in a state …
Telecom Africa 2001 12-16 November Johannesburg, South Africa International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Tel: (+41) 22 730 6345 Fax: (+41) 22 730 6444 www.itu.int Fixed Wireless Deployment: Europe 14-18 November London …
DUBLIN, Ireland-European mobile operators realize they must work much harder to sell new subscriptions as GSM market penetration reaches saturation point, with no immediate sign of commercial third-generation (3G) applications …
NEW DELHI, India-The Thai cellular market witnessed rapid growth and intense competition during 2001. Subscriber numbers reached a landmark, crossing fixed-line subscriber numbers much earlier than expected. Tariffs are decreasing, …
Misguided roaming and acquisitions Dear Editor: I enjoyed your “Fraud management” article in the September-October 2001 issue of Global Wireless. I do agree with you on both counts. Even though …
Mobile users in the United Kingdom have been put on alert. A scam is doing the rounds. Text messages are being broadcast to thousands of mobiles stating they should ring …
Qualcomm has been looking for a European opening for its CDMA technology for some time. But so far, the technology has been effectively shut out in the region, other than …
TORONTO-As the handset manufacturing business gets tougher because of declining demand, more phone makers are looking at joint ventures as their economic salvation and perhaps their best strategy to catch …
LONDON-The introduction of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) in Sweden and NTT DoCoMo’s launch of third-generation (3G) services has set the scene for a new approach to mobile devices, both …
Adoption of mobile data in Asia will require restructuring the industry’s poor and declining economics. Throughout Asia, many markets are saddled with too many competitors investing furiously to meet pent-up …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Various African countries have begun the task of liberalizing their telecommunications markets with the various governments seeking to court offers from foreign strategic equity partners. However, for the …
