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With four big CDMA infrastructure contracts ramped up last week by China Unicom, the country’s second-largest operator, the Asian nation is on pace to race past the United States as …

BEIJING-Once again there seems to be a significant delay in China Unicom’s rollout of its CDMA network. The much-plagued endeavor was on track just a couple of weeks ago, when …

Alcatel Brazil. With Telemar for a GSM 1800 network in the area from Piau

BEIJING-Although no official announcement has been made yet, an official at Unicom Horizon Mobile Communications, the subsidiary of China Unicom entrusted with building a CDMA network, said 10 vendors out …

China Taking one step ahead in the arduous process of establishing CDMA technology in China, China Unicom Group invited bids from vendors for a $2.42 billion project to build a …

BEIJING-The complaint center of China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII) last year received 6,588 complaints about phone services. Of the 1,025 cases it investigated, fixed-line operator China Telecom accounted for …

BEIJING-China Mobile (HK), the Hong Kong listed subsidiary of the China Mobile, based in Beijing, has received approval from the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) for its new tariff scheme. …

BEIJING-While China’s mobile-phone subscribers nearly doubled to 85.26 million last year, the country’s paging manufacturers and operators fought a rearguard battle. With continuing price drops in handsets and mobile services, …

GSM Europe, the European arm of the GSM Association, met new proposals from the European Commission (EC) covering how telecom operators will be regulated with hostility. The group claimed the …

Alcatel Egypt. With MobiNil for an extension of its GSM network. Value: US$37.1 million France. With Cegetel for the supply of a UMTS network. Value: Undisclosed Ericsson Canada. With Rogers …

MALAYSIA Motorola Inc. signed a $130 million infrastructure contract with Maxis Communications Bhd to increase Malaysia’s network capacity to accommodate more than 3 million subscribers during the next three years. …

BEIJING-The listed vehicle of China United Telecommunications (China Unicom) is making plans to lease a Code Division Multiple Access network its parent has recently acquired. Terms of the original plan …

NTT DoCoMo became the largest investor in AT&T Wireless Group last week when the previously announced strategic alliance between the two wireless giants officially commenced. For its $9.8 billion investment, …

BEIJING-Zhejiang Unicom, the subsidiary of China Unicom in Zhejiang province, slashed its mobile-phone rates by 12.5 percent in early December. The move is significant as it is the first time …

HONG KONG-“This time it’s for real,” stated Robert Mao, president of Nortel Networks China. But Irwin Jacobs, chairman of Qualcomm, was rather more sanguine. “I’ve gone from being cautiously optimistic,” …

AirNet United States. With MBO for a GPRS system. Value: Undisclosed Alcatel Gambia. With Gamtel for a turnkey GSM network to be installed in the greater Banjul area. Value: Undisclosed …

BEIJING-China’s mobile communications market made big strides forward during 2000. The number of GSM subscribers leapt to more than 70 million, with a penetration rate of 5.5 percent. China Unicom …

At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the new events that made RCR headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. introduced its CityHopper Broadband Wireless Access range of products, which the company said will bring high bandwidth services to businesses and other multidwelling buildings. Successful trials of …

Qualcomm released its fourth-quarter financial results ending Sept. 30 after the stock market closed last Thursday, showing a 10-percent increase in net income for the quarter compared with the fourth …

HONG KONG-The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is generally regarded with something between scorn and indifference in Hong Kong among industry sources, and mobile operators will not even reveal subscriber numbers …

China Zhang Fan, head of mobile communications at China Unicom, said his company would definitely build narrowband networks based on the CDMA standard. In June, the company had still ruled …

China Mobile began charging for wireless Internet services beginning 21 October after twice delaying the date due to slack demand for the services, particularly by many industry professionals. However, Frost …

Alcatel Europe. With Orange as a strategic supplier for its third-generation networks throughout Europe. Value: Undisclosed Italy. With Wind Telecomunicazioni as a preferred third-generation network supplier. Value: Undisclosed Ericsson China. …

BEIJING-Zhang Fan, head of mobile communications at China Unicom, this week said his company would definitely build narrowband networks based on the CDMA standard. After Qualcomm Chairman Irwin Jacobs recently …