CANNES, France-The 2004 GSM Association Awards, sponsored by Intel, Microsoft, Vodafone, Nortel, Nokia and Convergys, were presented last night at 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The winners were:Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' Sony Ericsson T610 device won for best mobile terminal handset or device....
MUNICH-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group said it is providing support for two Chinese carriers as they expand their networks.Siemens is expanding China Unicom's GSM network in Shanghai, Guangxi and Liaoning. The company also is equipping China Unicom's Shanghai network with technology for location-based...
VACOUVER, B.C.-Yangtze Telecom Corp. said China Mobile Communications Corp. has authorized it to offer SMS services nationwide to China Mobile's 180 million subscribers. Yangtze already offers SMS services to China United Telecommunications Corp.'s (China Unicom) 90 million subscribers. In order to get authorization from...
WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. last week inked $1.1 billion in contracts with Chinese mobile-phone operators, transactions that come at a time of rising trade tensions between the two countries.In all, $2.3 billion in deals-mostly wireless-were announced here last Tuesday at a U.S.-China technology event. Motorola's $556...
WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. today signed deals totaling $1.1 billion with China's top mobile-phone carriers, and other U.S. wireless firms picked up multimillion contracts in the world's largest wireless market. The transactions come at a time of rising trade tensions between the two countries.In all, $2.3...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a $125 million GSM expansion contract that will increase the network capacity of Henan Mobile Communications Corp. to more than 10 million subscribers.The contract will cover core and radio-access network infrastructure, as well as professional services.Nokia said...
Following are mobile infrastructure contracts announced in October 2003.China. With China Mobile to expand its GSM networks.Value: $50 millionComorian Union. With SNPT to roll out the country's first GSM network.Value: UndisclosedEricssonFinland. With Finnish 2G for GSM, GPRS, EDGE and W-CDMA mobile services.Value: UndisclosedLithuania. With...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it won multiple GSM expansion contracts from China Mobile valued at more than $50 million.Under the agreements, Alcatel will expand the capacity of China Mobile's networks mainly in Zhejiang, Guizhou and Chongqing. The French supplier will install its Evolium line of...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-L.M. Ericsson will use Proxim Corp.'s ORiNOCO AP-2000 Wi-Fi access point product in its wireless local area network solution for China Mobile, which will enable public hot spots in more than 10 cities and provinces in China. "The joint Ericsson and Proxim solution...
With the SARS epidemic now out of sap, the land of wonton soup and TD-SCDMA technology is regaining its place on the front burner of wireless business.Infected with a new elan for investment, vendors have announced a series of contracts and initiatives in China,...
HONG KONG-China Mobile reported a 13-percent increase in profit in its first-half results, but noted declining average revenue per user and warned on increased competition.For the six months to end-June, China Mobile posted a net profit of $2.1 billion compared with last year's $1.9...
HONG KONG-China Mobile reported a 13-percent increase in profit in its first-half results, but noted declining average revenue per user and warned on increased competition.For the six months to end-June, China Mobile posted a net profit of $2.1 billion compared with last year's $1.9...
German vendor Siemens AG said it plans to invest $30 million in its telecom factory in Shanghai, China, as part of a strategy to enhance its third-generation technology standing in the Chinese market. The step also indicates renewed interest in this market as the...
SHANGHAI, China-Alcatel said it has won a series of deals to supply GSM/GPRS infrastructure equipment to China Mobile, the country's largest carrier.The contracts, valued at $30 million, will cover cities in Zhejiang province, including Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Jianxing, Jinghua, Huzhou and Lishui.The contracts will involve...
SAN DIEGO-China Unicom said it has reached a milestone of 10 million subscribers on its CDMA network, underscoring the quick uptake of subscribers since October last year when its subscribers hit the 4-million mark.The numbers pale in comparison with China Unicom's overall GSM subscriber...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it has signed a $36 million contract to expand GSM networks for China Mobile in Shanghai and Anhui provinces. "Following this expansion, over 3.4 million subscribers in 17 regions overall in the Anhui province will be able to make calls...
SAN DIEGO-China Unicom said it has reached a milestone of 10 million subscribers on its CDMA network, underscoring the quick uptake of subscribers since October last year when its subscribers hit the 4 million mark.The numbers pale in comparison with China Unicom's overall GSM...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it has signed a $36 million contract to expand GSM networks for China Mobile in Shanghai and Anhui provinces."Following this expansion, over 3.4 million subscribers in 17 regions overall in the Anhui province will be able to make calls via...
BEIJING—In a report entitled "Management and Development of China Telecom in 2003," equipment manufacturer Zhongxing Telecom (ZTE) predicted fixed-line carrier China Telecom will adopt W-CDMA technology as its third-generation (3G) standard instead of the homegrown TD-SCDMA technology. China Telecom would build a trial network...
China's homegrown technology, TD-SCDMA, may not enjoy the kind of traction its proprietors dream. Datang Mobile Communications Equipment, one of TD-SCDMA's major supporters, fears the technology will not be chosen by the country's biggest carrier, China Mobile Communications."As the world's largest GSM operator, for...
BEIJING-China Mobile Communications Corp. is unlikely to deploy China's homegrown technology known as TD-SCDMA, according to Tang Ru'an, chief operating officer of Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co."As the world's largest GSM operator, for China Mobile to choose W-CDMA is, I think, the logical choice...
BEIJING-China Mobile (Hong Kong), the listed arm of mobile carrier China Mobile Communications is to pay its first dividend since listing on the Hong Kong stock market in October 1997. The company's earnings rose 17 percent last year to 32.74 billion yuan (US$3.96 million)....
BEIJING-China's fixed-line operators have received approval from the all-powerful Ministry of Information Industry (MII) to roll out the "Little Smart" or "Xiaolingtong" PHS service nationwide.Until now the service was restricted to small and medium-sized cities or areas in the interior of China; the major...
BEIJING-China's two mobile carriers, China Mobile and China Unicom, are resisting competitive pressure from fixed-line operators China Netcom's and China Telecom's aggressive promotion of a wireless local loop (WLL) system called Xiaolingtong or Little Smart.The two mobile carriers recently began to waive fees for...
