SHANGHAI, China-Mobile-phone content application provider Linktone Ltd. said it is being sanctioned by carrier China Mobile for billing mistakes. Linktone said it is being penalized for inadvertently billing 27,000 WAP customers 72 cents for a service that should have been free. As a result,...
Mobile-phone content application provider Linktone Ltd. said it is being sanctioned by carrier China Mobile for billing mistakes. Linktone said it is being penalized for inadvertently billing 27,000 WAP customers 72 cents for a service that should have been free. As a result, China...
BEIJING-Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG announced GSM network contract awards in China, both with separate divisions of China Mobile Communications Corp. Nokia said it signed a $200 million contract with Henan Mobile for a phase nine expansion of its GSM network. The deployment, expected...
BEIJING-Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG announced GSM network contract awards in China Tuesday, both with separate divisions of China Mobile Communications Corp.Nokia said it signed a $200 million contract with Henan Mobile for a phase nine expansion of its GSM network. The deployment, expected...
It's no mystery why so many content and messaging providers are working so hard to pry the lid off the booming Chinese wireless data market. The question is how to do it. According to statistics released by China's Ministry of Information Industry last week,...
BoingoWireless local area network provider and aggregator Boingo Wireless Inc. named David Hagan chief executive officer, replacing company founder Sky Dayton, who will remain chairman of the board at Boingo. Hagan previously served as Boingo's president and chief operating officer. Boingo said that Hagan...
CARROLLTON, Texas-Wireless phone distribution company CellStar Corp. announced it hired Zhang Yue, a former China Mobile Communications executive, as its senior vice president of Asia-Pacific operations. The move is notable as CellStar recently canceled its initial public offering in China and exited its Singapore...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Internet Protocol networking vendor UTStarcom launched a service allowing Chinese wireless users to send and receive text messages between carriers, the company announced Monday, furthering the competition between the country's pure mobile carriers and limited mobility providers.The new offering allows Personal Access System...
No longer will EDGE technology belong to the list of protocols with an uncertain future. As some industry experts look at it, EDGE is ramping up in spite of its weaknesses. It is taking advantage of the boom of its predecessor, GSM/GPRS, another technology...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a GSM expansion contract with Chongqing Mobile Communications Co. to supply infrastructure equipment with EDGE capability under a $27 million deal.Implementation has already begun and should be completed by year-end. The upgrade will increase total network capacity to 6 million...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will provide in-building solutions for the new National Grand Theater in China under a contract awarded by Beijing Communication Corp., a subsidiary of China Netcom Corp.The value of the deal was not disclosed.Ericsson said the deployment is one of...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will provide equipment for the second phase of Internet Protocol backbone expansions for China Mobile Communications Corp. The expansion will include all 31 Chinese provinces and autonomous regions.The value of the deal was not disclosed.The expansion will improve overall...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it will expand the GSM/GPRS network of China Mobile Communications in the Anhui province under a $41 million contract. The expansion should be complete by the end of the year.Siemens plans to supply China Mobile with additional transmission and receiving...
Wireless gear supplier L.M. Ericsson announced a series of contracts around the world, assuring its place as the world's premier infrastructure player.In the context of the CommunicAsia conference in Singapore, Ericsson Chief Executive Officer Carl-Henric Svanberg emphasized the increasing importance of hosting services among...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson signed a $58 million GSM/GPRS expansion contract that includes equipment that supports the latest GPRS and EDGE versions with Jiangsu Mobile Communication Corp. Ericsson will provide infrastructure and services.The project, which will increase the carrier's network capacity to 10.91 million lines, is...
Countering a similar offering by rival wireless provider Tata Teleservices, Indian wireless carrier Hutchison Essar launched Fastmobile Inc.'s push2talk service, which combines walkie-talkie services with instant messaging, short message service, multimedia messaging service and voice messaging.The carrier said the service would be available to...
BEIJING-Siemens AG said it is raising its stakes in the China mobile market by investing as much as $1.2 billion more in the market during the next three to five years, according to press reports.The investments will cover both networks and mobile phones, according...
BEIJING-China Mobile said it will buy wireless networks in 10 of China's provinces from its parent company for $3.65 billion. The acquisition gives China Mobile a nationwide footprint, although the new networks are in some of China's poorest provinces.Industry analysts said the purchase price...
BEIJING-China Mobile said it will buy wireless networks in 10 of China's provinces from its parent company for $3.65 billion. The acquisition gives China Mobile a nationwide footprint, although the new networks are in some of China's poorest provinces.Industry analysts said the purchase price...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it received a contract for $35.8 million from China Mobile Communications Corp. to expand its network in the provinces and municipalities of Anhui, Shanghai and Zhejiang. Siemens will enhance the carrier's capacity by providing Power CPs, high-performance processors for the...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it received a contract for $35.8 million from China Mobile Communications Corp. to expand its network in the provinces and municipalities of Anhui, Shanghai and Zhejiang.Siemens will enhance the carrier's capacity by providing Power CPs, high-performance processors for the switching...
SHANGHAI, China-Chinese wireless content company Linktone Ltd. made an impressive debut in its Nasdaq initial public offering, with share prices soaring as high as $19.50 per share.The company offers ring tones, icons, screen savers and messaging services through China Mobile and China Unicom, and...
Following are mobile contracts awarded in February 2004:Iraq. With Orascom Telecom for a GSM network in Central Iraq.Value: UndisclosedSerbia. With Telecom Serbia for a UMTS network field trial.Value: UndisclosedUnited Kingdom. With 3 UK for an optical multiservice solution.Value: UndisclosedUnited Kingdom and France. With Orange...
SHANGHAI, China-Chinese wireless content company Linktone Ltd. made an impressive debut in its Nasdaq initial public offering, with share prices soaring as high as $19.50 per share.The company offers ring tones, icons, screen savers and messaging services through China Mobile and China Unicom, and...
