HONG KONG—A report from Pyramid Research stated that the market for wireless equipment in Asia will decrease by US$2 billion during the next few years. The current US$4 billion market, …
HONG KONG—Security technology vendor Diversinet said the Hongkong Post launched the Mobile e-Cert service to facilitate secure stock trading, banking, gaming and digitally signed messages over mobile devices. Hongkong Post …
BEIJING—China Unicom has published an advertisement in China’s English-language newspaper China Daily seeking candidates for 16 managerial posts from general manager of the general affairs department to deputy general manager …
PARIS—Malaysia’s Telekom Cellular contracted Alcatel to expand the capacity of the operator’s existing GSM 1800 MHz network and prepare it for General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) service by 2002. The …
HELSINKI, Finland—China Mobile plans to launch an electronic directory service called Sonera Finder for its customers in Peking. Newpalm Information Technology and Sonera Info Communications delivered the service. Sonera Finder …
ALAMEDA, California, United States—UTStarcom announced that its PAS contract bookings and subscriber base numbers have achieved near-record increases during the third quarter. The company has received more than US$170 million …
NIEUWEGEIN, The Netherlands—Philippino mobile operator Globe Telecom contracted with CMG Wireless Data Solutions for additional storage and a forwarding facility for its popular short message service (SMS). Globe’s SMS volume …
SAN DIEGO, United States—PacketAir Networks said it has entered a reseller agreement with Rikei, a broadband system integrator based in Japan. According to the agreement, Rikei will promote PacketAir’s recently …
HELSINKI, Finland—Vattenfall and Swedish power sector ally Birka Energi have reached a preliminary agreement to use their combined electricity systems as springboards to build new stations for third-generation (3G) networks, …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The Yankee Group has cautioned that cell-phone operators in Europe must do a better job of providing useful and premium content and services to boost the prospects of …
HELSINKI, Finland—Sonera said it is re-pricing its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) services based on the amount of transmitted data. Current pilot users can continue with their current GPRS pricing …
LONDON—Vodafone Multimedia, part of Vodafone U.K., selected SeeBeyond and its integration partner Ect to develop infrastructure to allow event-based or two-way text messaging. “By leveraging the benefits of the SeeBeyond …
BYDGOSZCZ, Poland—Siemens said it conducted voice and data tests on Polska Telefonia Company’s Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network in Poland. Work on the network began in August, Siemens said.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Allgon said it signed a US$6 million agreement with Vimpelcom to provide a coverage solution for Moscow’s subway network. Allgon will provide a repeater-based coverage solution.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Using PipeBeach’s VoiceXML platform, Europolitan Vodafone’s customers are now able to download and listen to ring tones simply by using their voice. Europolitan Vodafone launched its voice portal earlier …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The 20 million users of Hotmail e-mail services in Europe might shortly be able to receive their messages via short message service (SMS) following a deal between MIGway, …
BEIJING—Hong Kong-listed China Mobile (HK) and its parent company China Mobile Communications expect to have a combined 100 million subscribers by year-end. China Unicom, which is also listed in Hong …
SINGAPORE—SingTel Mobile has halved talk time from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. to US$0.05, making it the first operator in Singapore to offer such a discount. This could start a …
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ARMONK, N.Y.-International Business Machines says it has developed a low-power chip that can prolong battery life of cell phones, pocket computers and other wireless devices. The product, the PowerPC 405LP, …
