NEW YORK—Italy’s Wind Telecommuicazioni has licensed and purchased Emblaze Systems’ Wireless Media Platform and backend system. Wind will integrate the architecture with its systems to operate on GSM/General Packet Radio …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Stockholm-based Columbitech began a full-scale commercial launch 28 September in Europe of its wireless virtual private network (VPN) product, which allows mobile device users to access their corporate databases …
NEW DELHI, India—Bharti Enterprises, India’s leading cellular service provider, said it will invest 5 billion rupees (US$104.6 million) to build a new cellular network in the Punjab circle in north …
SYDNEY, Australia—Australia rolled out mobile number portability (MNP) on Tuesday, allowing mobile-phone users to change phone companies without changing their phone numbers. The country’s small business community will benefit the …
BEIJING—Twenty million of China’s 123 million mobile-phone users regularly use short message service (SMS) to send each other text messages. China Mobile, the country’s biggest operator, predicted that 10 billion …
NEW DELHI, India—India plans to merge its information technology (IT) and telecommunications ministries to streamline development of the industries, according to international press reports. The plan should be complete within …
TOKYO—Compaq Computer and Japan Communications tied up for a mobile solution business. The firms are going to explore the corporate market by combining Compaq’s system integration services and Japan Communications’ …
BEIJING—The Japanese electronics company Kyocera and China Zhenhua (Group) Technologies signed an agreement to set up a joint venture to produce mobile-phone handsets in China’s southwestern Guizhou province. Registered capital …
TOKYO—Chris Gent, president of Vodafone Group, said that Vodafone is going to send a new president to Japan Telecom in January. Vodafone is in the process of raising its stake …
BEIJING—A new regulation will give Chinese fixed-line and mobile-phone users better protection. Dealers will be held responsible for the quality of the phones they sell. Repairmen will have to undergo …
BEIJING—With 5 million inhabitants using mobile phones, Shanghai has more users than any other city in China. Around 4 million are customers of Shanghai Mobile; the others are connected to …
HONG KONG—The Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) completed the third phase of the auction for third-generation (3G) licenses and completed the frequency band selection process. The provisional winners were …
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo said it will begin selling handsets compatible with its planned third-generation (3G) FOMA network beginning 1 October at 260 stores in the Tokyo metropolitan area, the day the …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia has won a contract to supply third-generation (3G) end-to-end network infrastructure equipment for Hong Kong carrier CSL. Under the pact, Nokia will design, install, commission and integrate the …
NIEUWEGEIN, China—China Unicom selected CMG Wireless Data Solutions to provide its end-to-end messaging solution in seven provincial branches. Thirty percent of the CDMA subscribers will send their messages via CMG’s …
BEIJING—Moxze released a new interactive short message service (SMS) game for Chinese mobile users, hoping to tap into the potentially huge Chinese mobile market. Moxze’s game, Sheiya, which means “Who …
WEST MELBOURNE, Florida, United States—Relm Wireless, which manufactures, develops and distributes wireless land mobile radio products, announced an original equipment manufacturer agreement with Shenzhen HYT Science & Technology for the …
LONDON—Banda 26, a subsidiary of broadband provider Jazztel Group, said it is evaluating technology from Radiant Networks for broadband fixed wireless access.
BEIJING—China is set to establish a new high-level commission to formulate long-term development plans for the telecommunications sector. The commission would include Vice President Hu Jintao, Vice Premier Li Lanqing …
LONDON—The Tunisian Telecommunications Ministry announced it will restart its abandoned attempt to tender a second GSM license. The license is due to be issued before the end of the year. …
