By Carol KrolLONDON—China Mobile is among the world’s most powerful global brands, according to a ranking released Monday by marketing research firm Millward Brown.The BRANDZ Top 100 Most Powerful Brands study, developed by Millward Brown Optimor, the company's financial and ROI arm, looked at...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless News.CellularChina:...
PARIS—Alcatel Inc.’s board of directors is meeting in Paris today to review its "merger of equals" with longtime rival telecom equipment vendor Lucent Technologies Inc. Though the French company said it’s not likely to reach a final decision about the merger during the meeting,...
Now that the Chinese government has sanctioned its homegrown TD-SCDMA technology as the preferred third-generation technology of the land, and with precious 3G licenses about to be granted to Chinese operators, Qualcomm Inc.'s claims on TD-SCDMA products bear more weight. The CDMA developer said...
As all things GSM were talked about last week during the 3GSM World Congress trade show, the wireless industry was put on notice that Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is getting down to business with its national UMTS network buildout plans. The carrier announced contract expansions...
With equipment orders not rolling in like they used to, or at least having slowed down slightly, equipment vendors are looking for new ways to bring in revenues. At the same time, carriers are looking to tap into new revenue streams without making huge...
Melodeo Inc. is teaming with Japanese developer Access China Inc. to tap the Chinese mobile music market. The companies announced a joint venture to deliver music and other content through wireless operators and mobile media service providers. The first offering of full-track downloads is...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced it won a contract to provide its Push to Talk over Cellular platform to Fujian Mobile Communications, a subsidiary of China Mobile Ltd."The Nokia PoC service attracts new subscribers, and can help operators increase their average revenue per user," said...
HONG KONG-Several infrastructure vendors reported successful demonstrations at the 2005 3G World Congress and Exhibition in Hong Kong. Motorola Inc. unveiled a prototype CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision A solution, which the company said enables operators to offer enhanced services such as simultaneous video, voice and...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. announced the deployment of its Mobile Next Generation Network in China for Zhejiang Mobile, a subsidiary of China Mobile. Alcatel said its Mobile NGN was implemented by its Chinese company, Alcatel Shanghai Bell, and will help Zhejiang Mobile improve quality of service...
AT&T Corp. said it has signed roaming agreements that add more than 2,100 Wi-Fi hot spots across China, Japan and Greece, as well as in-flight Wi-Fi connectivity through select European and Asian airlines to its Enterprise Mobility Portfolio. The company also said it has...
NEW YORK-Telestone Technologies Corp., a Chinese wireless infrastructure supplier, said it will "explore and evaluate" expanding into the U.S. market. TST said it will open a California office during the fourth quarter and begin researching the possibility of forming partnerships with other infrastructure companies....
Ahhh, China. It's sort of like the black sheep of the global wireless family. It plays by its own rules, it doesn't conform and it certainly doesn't make things easy for any government or wireless company hoping to rein it in.But what potential. China...
BEIJING-China Mobile has selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to upgrade its optical backbone network in Zhejiang province to address accelerating subscriber growth and prepare for migration to third-generation services. Zhejiang Mobile, a subsidiary of China Mobile, operates the province-wide network.The value of the deal was...
HONDURASMotorola Inc. sold its entire equity stake in Honduran wireless carrier Celtel. Millicom International Cellular said it acquired part of the stake from Motorola, bringing Millicom's ownership to two-thirds of the total outstanding shares. Local minority shareholders purchased the remaining Motorola stake. The value...
TOKYO-Japanese telecommunications giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it plans to extend international roaming services and FOMA international videophone service to China, Qatar and South Korea. The Chinese expansion is scheduled to begin May 27 using China Mobile Communications Corp.'s local network. The service will...
SAN FRANCISCO-The number of mobile subscribers in China is expected to grow to 580 million by the end of 2010, according to a new report form Visiongain. The study, "The China Mobile Market," said China's mobile market has a moderate penetration level-25.7 percent-compared with...
BEIJING-China Mobile's 220 million subscribers will be able to access content from MTV networks under an agreement announced Thursday.Beginning May 1, subscribers of China's largest wireless carrier can download music and news video clips as well as ringtones and ring-back tones. Terms of the...
SAN FRANCISCO-The number of mobile subscribers in China is expected to grow to 580 million by the end of 2010, according to a new report form Visiongain.The study, "The China Mobile Market," said China's mobile market has a moderate penetration level-25.7 percent-compared with other...
BEIJING-China Mobile, the country's largest wireless carrier, has signed a cooperation agreement with fixed-line carrier China Network, according to international press reports. The agreement aims to promote "rational competition" and to avoid duplicating networks.China Telecom is the largest fixed-line carrier in China, but offers...
In the juggling act between GSM and W-CDMA, dilemma is beautiful.But it is a terrible kind of beauty because both vendors and carriers must decide how much of their resources to devote to GSM without jeopardizing the promise of W-CDMA.Today, GSM provides the main...
BEIJING-Future mobile competition in China could be reduced if the government approves a proposal by fixed-line carrier China Telecom to buy mobile carrier China Unicom, according to international press reports. Under the proposal, China Telecom would join fellow fixed-line carrier China Netcom Group for...
BEIJING-Future mobile competition in China could be reduced if the government approves a proposal by fixed-line carrier China Telecom to buy mobile carrier China Unicom, according to international press reports. Under the proposal, China Telecom would join fellow fixed-line carrier China Netcom Group for...
Content providers and developers continued to chase the exploding Chinese wireless market with two announcements Wednesday.California-based mobile game publishers Jamdat Mobile Inc. and THQ Wireless Inc. said they were both investing in C-Valley, a Chinese content delivery company that has established relationships with Chinese...
