PRAGUE, Czech Republic—The Czech government is planning to offer a new set of conditions for awarding third-generation (3G) licenses, according to international press reports. The government plans to raise about …
LONDON—Frost & Sullivan has released a report stating that roaming could further hamper the expansion of Europe’s postpaid calling card market. In fact, postpaid calling card revenues will plummet from …
CUPERTINO, California, United States—Portal Software said that Monaco Telecom is deploying its Infranet customer management and billing platform to supply GSM and later third-generation (3G) services. The service will include …
BEIJING—China’s second-largest mobile operator, China Unicom, plans to put its CDMA network in commercial use early next year. So far, 24 million yuan (US$2.9 million) has been invested to build …
BUCHAREST, Romania—MobileCom announced it will showcase some of its latest mobile services at METS 2001, being held from 23-27 October. MobileCom will offer hands-on demonstrations of its information-on-demand service, Clickit; …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—AT&T Latin America agreed on a strategic alliance with PRIMA of the Clar
LAUREL, Maryland, United States—Jamaica’s newest cellular provider Digicel selected a billing and customer care software package from U.S.-based Sentori. The technology will allow Digicel to develop and launch services, including …
WASHINGTON-Yet again the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rescheduled the auction of spectrum licenses being made available by the television transition to digital to 19 June, 2002. The auction was …
WASHINGTON-All the principles in the negotiations for bankrupt NextWave Telecom’s personal communications services (PCS) C- and F-block licenses signed off on a concept agreement that would allow NextWave to walk …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, United States-AT&T Wireless announced an agreement with Google to provide subscribers with Internet-ready mobile phones direct access to Google’s search engine. The Google service, available to AT&T …
BEIJING-The U.S. subsidiary of China’s largest electric meter producer, the Holley Group based in the eastern province of Zhejiang, has acquired the design operations for CDMA mobile phones from Philips …
LONDON-The GSM Association reported more than 600 million people around the world use GSM phones, and it expects to exceed 630 million users by the end of the year. The …
NEW YORK-Mitsubishi Electric Telecom Europe, the sixth-largest handset maker, this month will introduce its new Trium series of mobile phones, incorporating into two models with voice-activated dialing software developed by …
TOKYO-Toshiba and Matsushita Electric Industrial announced a joint venture for liquid crystal display (LCD) and next-generation display businesses for personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other appliances. Both companies will develop, …
BARCELONA, Spain-Logica said it demonstrated a mobile multimedia messaging system with Ezos at the UMTS 2001 Forum. Logica offers the Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMSC), and Ezos develops client software. …
CALGARY-Zi said it will provide expertise in text entry standards to China’s Datang Telecom Technology, which is developing its own line of CDMA handsets. Datang Telecom signed a five-year licensing …
BEIJING—After months of prevarication, the Chinese government has decided to split the quasi-monopoly fixed-line operator China Telecom in two parts following geographical lines. Both the northern and southern split-offs of …
SINGAPORE—Virgin Mobile, which launched its service in Singapore on 12 October, has found itself caught in a disagreement between incumbents SingTel Mobile and StarHub. Virgin Mobile Chief Executive Sir Richard …
TOKYO—Toshiba and KDDI will jointly launch a field test for communications between digital consumer electronics and mobile handsets next March. About 500 households in Tokyo and Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, …
TOKYO—Talks between Korea’s SK Telecom and Japan’s NTT DoCoMo have stalled without signs of moving forward, according to international press reports. The talks have been ongoing for more than a …
