TOKYO—Matsushita Communications Industrial tied up with UTStarcom for third-generation (3G) technology. Based on the bilateral agreement, both firms will jointly develop and provide total network systems based on wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) …
BANGKOK, Thailand—Hutchison CAT Wireless Multimedia plans to upgrade its CDMA network to offer third-generation (3G) service, according to international press reports. The company will use its current 800 MHz spectrum …
SINGAPORE—Singapore’s telecom regular Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has selected four consortia to trial mobile payment solutions through a US$11 million initiative. The trials will run from the first quarter of …
NEW YORK—In its fourth debt deal of the year, NTT DoCoMo plans to pay off maturing short-term debt with a new issue of US$825 million in 10-year, yen-denominated bonds paying …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Illinois, United States—Motorola said it won a US$34.8 million contract from China Unicom to expand the carrier’s 800 MHz CDMA networks in the Hebei province. In May, Motorola …
BEIJING—Ericsson has signed an agreement worth nearly US$535 million to supply GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) equipment, software and services for Guangdong Mobile Communication. “Ericsson will deploy a number of …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson signed a cooperation agreement with Vytel Asia to build out next-generation networks in the Asia-Pacific region. “The two companies are combining their expertise and capacity to meet the …
MOSCOW—The CDMA Association, uniting Russian carriers operating CDMA technology, reported a record growth in the number of subscribers this year, clearly aiming to convince the Communications Ministry that the U.S.-developed …
PARIS—The French government has dramatically reduced its upfront cost of third-generation (3G) licenses and extended the license terms to 20 years from 15 years. The initial payment for a French …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Skanova, a Swedish developer of telephony, Internet and broadband services, has signed an agreement on the delivery of network capacity to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network planned …
ATHENS, Greece—Greece’s Ote Telecom is negotiating with the government of Macedonia to acquire a mobile license in the country. The operator has submitted a US$2.5 million line of credit for …
LONDON—Vodafone Group said it will cut about 600 jobs in the United Kingdom by January. The world’s largest mobile carrier said it does not plan cuts in its numerous operations …
OSLO, Norway—Telenor Mobile said it began several location-based short message service (SMS) services through an agreement with Pocket IT. Positioning data from Telenor Mobile’s network will be combined with map …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia and Finnish carrier Sonera have conducted their first wireless local area network (LAN) roaming based on GSM technology, according to Nokia. “Operators have made more than 20,000 roaming …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Despite losing a legal appeal over the timing of its third-generation (3G) license payments, British Telecommunications (BT) said it will instigate a fresh court action restating that it …
DENVER, United States, and TORONTO—In the first such announcements from operators for second-generation (2G) networks, two separate network sharing agreements were announced this week—one between two U.S. operators and one …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—German manufacturing giant Siemens has announced a further 7,000 job cuts, of which 2,000 will be within its cell-phone division, and has called a halt to tentative merger …
TOKYO—NEC won the largest market share of 29.4 percent, exceeding its rival Matsushita Communication Industrial, in the Japanese mobile handset market in the first half of fiscal year 2001 from …
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Sun Microsystems Inc. said it recorded a loss of $180 million in its third quarter results, or 6 cents per share, representing a 43 percent drop in revenue.The …
