ATLANTA, United States—U.S. company Inet Technologies said it deployed its short message service tracking and billing technology for Globe Telecom in the Philippines. The solution will help Globe validate interconnection billing for SMS messages.
MANILA, The Philippines—Ayala-owned Globe Telecom posted strong growth during the first quarter of 2002, reporting a 33-percent increase in net income to 1.421 billion Philippine pesos (US$28.4 million) compared with a year ago. The company reported that earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Southeast Asian operators are predicted to face unprecedented growth in data traffic during the coming years. Operators in the region have witnessed a surge in data traffic through short message service (SMS) traffic, followed by General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) offerings in recent...
HELSINKI, Finland—Springtoys said SingTel Mobile and Globe Telecom of the Philippines adopted its games, which will reach a potential customer base of more than 5 million mobile-phone users.
NIEUWEGEIN, The Netherlands—Philippino mobile operator Globe Telecom contracted with CMG Wireless Data Solutions for additional storage and a forwarding facility for its popular short message service (SMS).Globe's SMS volume reached more than 70 million messages each day in the first half of 2001, a...
FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, United States—NMS Communications said the Philippines' IdeaWurx selected its technology to power a short message service (SMS) technology used by Globe Telecom and Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT).IdeaWurx's technology allows messages to be created via voice prompts over the telephone and...
NEW DELHI, India-Though a late starter, the Asia-Pacific region may steal a march over Europe in rolling out third-generation (3G) networks.On May 30, NTT DoCoMo became the first operator in the world to offer 3G services on a trial basis. In addition to this,...
AlcatelChina. With China Unicom for CDMA equipment for a national network.Value: US$157 millionChina. With Gansu Mobile, Shanxi Mobile and Ning Xia Mobile for GSM expansion contracts.Value: UndisclosedThailand. With CP Orange for a nationwide GSM 1800 MHz network.Value: US$332 millionDatangChina. With China Unicom for CDMA equipment for a...
NEW DELHI, India-The Asia-Pacific region is witnessing a rapid growth of short message service (SMS), which is not only beginning to contribute significantly to operators' revenues, but is also setting the stage for future mobile data services. The Philippines continues to be the most...
As carriers and companies worldwide rush to offer all kinds of location-based services, one consulting firm is warning that location-based services may not live up to the wireless industry's expectations.Telecommunications and new media advisor firm Analysys released a report cautioning that location-based services may...
SINGAPORE-What do you do when you have loads of cash? You go shopping.That is precisely what Singapore Telecom has done. Flushed with cash reserves of some S$6.3 billion (US$3.7 billion), the phone operator has been on an aggressive expansion trail outside Singapore during the...
MANILA, The Philippines-Globe Telecom, the second-largest cellular telephone operator in the Philippines, announced a US$2.3 billion merger with another Philippine wireless service provider, Isla Communications. The agreement allows Ayala Corp., Singapore Telecom and Deutsche Telekom to partner on the island nation.Globe Telecom is a...
AlcatelCameroon. With Societe Camerounaise de Mobiles (SCM) for a GSM network for the area between the cities of Yaounde, Douala and Bafoussam.Value: US$21.15 millionChina. With Post and Telecommunications Administration of Hubei province for DECT wireless local loop systems.Value: US$20 millionMozambique. With Telecomunicacoes Moeis de Mocambique for...
Asia-Pacific countries are beginning to emerge from the severe economic problems that have gripped them for two years, and mobile phone carriers are finding they desperately need cash to expand services.Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines took the hardest economic hits after the Thai...
UkraineOrbcomm Global L.P. announced it has signed a service license agreement with Transexpo Corp. to provide its satellite data services to the Ukraine. According to the agreement, Transexpo will take delivery of an Orbcomm gateway, which includes a gateway earth station and a gateway...
L.M. EricssonArgentina. With Telecom Personal to expand its D-AMPS/AMPS network.Value: up to US$77 millionArgentina. With Telefonica Comunicaciones Personales to expand its D-AMPS IS-136/AMPS network.Value: US$45 millionBosnia. With PTT Bosnia and Herzegovina for 30,000 GSM mobile lines (and fixed equipment).Value: US$59 millionChile. With CTC-Startel for expanding its D-AMPS...
SINGAPORE-If there's one good thing that has come out of the current economic crisis in Southeast Asia, it's the added push it has given to the long-talked-about and much-needed shakeout in the regional telecommunications market.Already, there have been rumblings of cash-strapped companies in Indonesia,...
Just less than a month before the Philippine government plans to hold an auction for new mobile phone licenses, Isla Communications Co. and Globe Telecom Gmcr both launched prepaid Global System for Mobile communications services.The launches represent the first shots of an aggressive nationwide...
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. and Globe Telecom GMCR Inc., a Global System for Mobile communications operator in the Philippines, signed a letter of agreement calling for Brightpoint to provide Globe with fulfillment and distribution services.A definitive binding agreement is expected to be concluded within the next...
Globe Telecom selected Nokia Corp. to supply infrastructure equipment and wireless local loop subscriber terminals for a fixed telephone project in the Philippines. Nokia's Global System for Mobile communications infrastructure and PremiCell WLL equipment will be used in the initial phase of trial applications...
