global mobile

MELBOURNE, Australia-The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) will hold the keenly awaited auction of third-generation (3G) spectrum in the 2 GHz radio-frequency band in early March. The new 3G mobile services …

NEW DELHI, India-Wireless seems to be the latest buzzword in the corridors of the Sanchar Bhawan, the building that houses India’s telecom establishment, as well as in telecom industry circles. …

BARCELONA, Spain-Net2wireless Corp. joined Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Mobile Internet affiliates program under which Net2Wireless’ 3Gate Platform, a solution designed to enhance the performance of multimedia content on mobile devices, will …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Sonera completed tests of roaming capabilities for Internet Protocol traffic between GPRS networks. The tests involved GRX, a centralized IP routing network for interconnecting GPRS networks, …

NEW YORK-The number of licenses awarded, not the prices paid for them, likely will lead Standard & Poor’s Corp. to downgrade the debt ratings of many winning bidders in Germany’s …

The Personal Communications Industry Association made another move designed to evolve the association into one that serves the global mobile Internet market. PCIA last week announced the PCIA Global Initiative, …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and MasterCard International said they will commit resources in a joint effort to speed mobile commerce deployments. The companies will collaborate on research and development projects to …

NEW YORK-Any wireless carrier that frets about competition on its turf should consider SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd., the fourth licensee in Hong Kong. The city-state has a population of 6.9 …

MADRID, Spain-Telefonica Moviles and Terra Networks set up Terra Mobile, a new company charged with developing and operating the Telefonica group’s global mobile Internet portal. Telefonica Moviles will control 51 …

NEW YORK-Globalstar reported that its roaming satellite telephone service is commercially available between nearly 30 countries in North America, South America and Europe. The company said roaming agreements in Australia …

British Telecom plc unveiled its mobile Internet strategy last week, setting up a new unit to offer global mobile Internet services by extending its existing Genie Internet services to Wireless …

DENVER, United States-Globalstar USA became the latest Globalstar L.P. partner to launch full commercial service, completing the company’s North American coverage for its mobile satellite phone service, perhaps Globalstar’s most …

Brazil’s spectrum choice in auctioning new personal communications services licenses could be an important decision for the GSM community as it struggles to gain inroads into Latin America. The Brazilian …

BRASILIA, Brazil-The Global Mobile Suppliers Association presented its views at a public hearing held earlier this month on the allocation of spectrum for personal communications services in Brazil. Anatel, Brazil’s …

A U.S. bankruptcy court has given ICO Global Communications final approval for $500 million in financing from an investor group led by Craig McCaw and Indian media magnate Subhash Chandra, …

SAN FRANCISCO-Telstra Corp. Ltd. and KPN of the Netherlands said they may merge their global mobile satellite businesses to form a joint venture aimed at being a major player in …

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jorma Ollila raised the company’s global mobile subscriber estimate to more than 450 million subscribers worldwide by the end of the year. Nokia …

ICO Global Communications Ltd. received final commitments for the $1.2 billion in financing needed to finish building its satellite voice network from none other than cellular industry pioneer Craig McCaw. …

GENEVA-Globalstar officially announced at Telecom ’99 a phased launch of its mobile satellite service. The phased launch begins with user trials, followed by a soft launch that will allow the …

Bankrupt mobile satellite service provider ICO Global Communications said it has received letters of intent for the first in an expected three-stage debtor-in-possession financing package that, when complete, would total …

Global System for Mobile communications providers met last week in Montreal for the 42nd plenary meeting of the GSM Association to discuss the technology’s evolution and products and services, though …

Harris Harris Corp. previewed its ClearBurst 2.5/3.4/10.5 GHz point-to-multipoint system, the newest addition to the Harris broadband wireless access product line, which is intended for deployment by public service providers …

German manufacturer Siemens AG invested a 15-percent stake in San Diego-based Neopoint Inc., the maker of a CDMA smart phone that integrates a personal digital assistant and mobile phone. The …

CDMA handsets were the No. 1 selling handset in the United States during the first quarter of this year, with sales of 3.2 million units, according to Dataquest Inc., a …

Trunking The radio trunking handset base registered growth of 200 percent from 1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999, reaching 12,000 in the 25 cities where public mobile radio trunked …