Mobile infrastructure revenue dropped 14 percent in the first quarter of 2003 to $6.4 billion compared with the fourth quarter of 2002, according to a report by the Dell'Oro Group. Credit Suisse First Boston has a further gloomy take, predicting a 20-percent decline in...
DENVER, United States-Major European carriers are conducting Enhanced Data Networks for Global Evolution (EDGE) trials, highlighting a major triumph for a technology once proclaimed dead.Burdened by the cost of third-generation (3G) licenses and technical hiccups with launching Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) networks and...
LONDON-According to a new survey from the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSM), Latin America shows one of the highest levels of mobile banking services in the world, although only 25 percent of the population in the region have bank accounts.The quarterly mobile portals survey...
LONDON-Two new research reports cite an improving European mobile arena.A new Yankee Group report said the industry is adapting to the new dynamics of saturated voice markets, with an overall increasing average revenue per user already evident for some operators this year. The research...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc has agreed with Vivendi Universal S.A on the dates during which Vivendi can pre-empt Vodafone's bid for stakes in French operator Cegetel held by British Telecommunications plc and SBC Communications Inc. In addition, the London-based global mobile operator renewed its cash...
LONDON-The Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) announced the establishment of Xpdia, a program designed to encourage industry and government to continue to grow third-generation mobile multimedia services."We are actively supporting start-up wireless content and application developers globally through our New Ventures Program (NVP) because...
LONDON—Network operators need to focus on more than technology availability in order to see an increase in worldwide adoption of wireless services, according to a recent report from the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA)."We are still seeing the promotion of technology for technology's sake,"...
SUSSEX, U.K.—The Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) said a recently conducted poll of its new Ventures Program members called for more positive thinking in the wireless industry.Major points brought up in the poll were: Industry should focus on developing content consumers want rather than...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Both Nokia and Ericsson said they have demonstrated what they described as the first inter-operator live demonstration of multimedia messaging service (MMS) technology with leading Chinese operators.Ericsson demonstrated its technology using its Sony Ericsson T68I handset in Guangzhou over the networks of China...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia, the Helsinki-based Finnish wireless equipment supplier, is predicting a dramatic concentration on the vendor side of global telecommunications, believing that the number of major vendors will diminish by 2006 to leave Nokia, Siemens, Ericsson and possibly an Asian supplier. According to J.T....
CANNES, France—The mobile industry put on a brave face last week at the annual 3GSM World Congress here, with few signs of the financial downturn the industry is currently enduring showing through to the exhibition halls or the company-rented yachts that line the harbor...
HELSINKI, Finland—Elisa Communications, Finland's second-largest carrier, has entered a long-term collaboration with Vodafone in the area of mobile telephone services. The initiative will boost the Vodafone group's market position in the Nordic region.The collaboration includes an option allowing Vodafone to participate in future potential...
BOULDER, Colo.—GlobalDining, mobile location-based restaurant directory and reservation network, announced it reached more than 1.5 million WAP page views in the three month period beginning November 2001.The company said it attracts more than 75,000 visitors a month to its online site and has partnered...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Zimbabwean telecommunications company TeleAccess is reported to be involved in negations to purchase Telecel International, the mobile network operator with services in 13 African countries including Zimbabwe.TeleAccess Chief Executive Daniel Shuma said the company would also apply for a global mobile personal...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—After years of uncertainty and a lack of clear policy, the South African Department of Communications has opened the way for Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite (GMPCS) services, inviting potential operators to apply for licenses.The latest policy direction has placed no...
NEW YORK—Loral Space & Communications said it will pay a $14 million civil fine without admitting guilt as part of a settlement with the Justice Department concerning the firm's involvement in a failed Chinese rocket launch in 1996.Loral, which contracted with a Chinese launch...
LONDON—The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) published its fourth-quarter mobile portals survey, which includes Latin American mobile portals for the first time. Nine regional portals are featured covering Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela. GSA said the survey illustrates a general move toward...
NEW DELHI, India—The Indian government has decided to award licenses for Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) services for a period of 20 years on a nonexclusive basis. The foreign equity in companies offering the service should not exceed 49 percent.The license term...
DUBLIN, Ireland-European mobile operators realize they must work much harder to sell new subscriptions as GSM market penetration reaches saturation point, with no immediate sign of commercial third-generation (3G) applications to stimulate new demand. But operators firmly reject suggestions from vendor groups that they...
TOKYO-An international standards body agreed on methods to support the unrestricted movement of third-generation (3G) terminals, called global circulation. The sixth meeting of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Working Party 8F for 3G matters said the standards will allow advanced personal services to be...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—European cell-phone operators have been criticized by the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) for promoting the technical attributes of their networks rather than services.The GSA, a trade association formed by the major cell-phone equipment vendors, said operators have presented a confusing value...
LONDON-Supporters of GSM, including the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) and the GSM Association, celebrated as the technology's subscriber base reached 500 million last week."In the last 12 months, GSM has achieved a major foothold both in North and South America," Alan Hadden, president...
Wireless portals will be a major part of the mobile Internet of the future, according to a new study from Allied Business Intelligence, and could become the centerpiece of many users' mobile experience.According to the report, "Wireless Portals: the Information Gateway to the Wireless User,"...
