Siemens AG said it has signed a contract to supply solutions that will enable China Unicom to bring video clips and songs to subscribers' mobile phones. The carrier intends to offer the first video services to about 400,000 customers. Siemens will integrate its media...
STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson and Motorola Inc. announced EDGE contracts, underlining the increasing traction of the technology in the Middle East and around the world.Motorola said it signed its first commercial EDGE contract in the Middle East with Mobile Telecommunications Co. in Kuwait.The network will allow...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it won a contract to supply GSM equipment to expand the networks of carrier Indosat of Indonesia, covering East Java, Bali and South Central Java.Nokia will supply GSM radio network, core network and cellular transmission equipment under the agreement. This...
LONDON-Manufacturer Gizmondo Europe Ltd. has acquired European game developer Indie Studios for about $8 million in stock of Gizmondo parent company Tiger Telematics Inc., the subsidiary announced Tuesday.The acquisition will enable Stockholm, Sweden-based Indie Studios to develop gaming under the Gizmondo brand while providing...
NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. has teamed with Major League Baseball to bring audio broadcasts, real-time scoring and streaming video to wireless handsets.The service, which is available today on the Nokia 6600 and soon should be available on the Nokia 6620, features live audio broadcasts of...
Increasing its presence in the wireless high-speed data game, Verizon Wireless launched its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO BroadbandAccess service in Las Vegas, providing users in the greater metro area with access to average data speeds of between 300 and 500 kilobits per second. The carrier...
The end of the year came early for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as the carrier made good on its often-repeated plans to offer high-speed wireless data services before the calendar turned over as it launched what it termed commercial UMTS services in four markets...
Lucent Technologies Inc. said it will begin production and systems integration capabilities for CDMA2000 base stations for the 450 MHz band at its facility in Poland. Lucent said it will improve cycle and delivery times to its Eastern European customers by up to six...
TORONTO-Canadian wireless provider Rogers Wireless Inc. launched Sony Ericsson's GC82 EDGE PC Card across its network following the recent completion of its EDGE technology deployment covering approximately 93 percent of the Canadian population. The launch follows network trials initiated late last year in the...
LONDON-T-Mobile U.K. Monday launched third-generation service, combining its wide-area 3G network with its Wi-Fi HotSpot services.The carrier's 3G offering provides unlimited use of both 3G data cards and Wi-Fi access for $369 plus a monthly fee of $130. The package includes unlimited data access...
DUBLIN, Ireland-An Irish-led team of investors bought Israeli push-to-talk provider Mobile Tornado. The investors have moved the company's headquarters to Dublin and plan to open two research and development centers in Ireland.The Irish software company that is acquiring Mobile Tornado has raised $12.3 million...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless said the Voq Professional Phone will be available to resellers in North America through distribution agreements with CellStar and Brightpoint North America L.P., a subsidiary of Brightpoint Inc., following the completion of network compatibility testing on AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will supply GPRS and multimedia messaging service systems to Mongolian wireless carrier MobiCom. The value of the contract was not disclosed.Ericsson will provide the network design, deployment and integration of MobiCom's GPRS network. In addition, Ericsson will manage the...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will begin offering a bundled device and services package allowing business customers to use Bluetooth-enabled Hewlett-Packard iPAQ Pocket PC devices and Nokia Corp.'s 6820 handset to access the carrier's EDGE network.The carrier said that customers who already own...
BANGLADESHSiemens AG said it has signed a $41 million contract with state-owned carrier BTTB to set up a mobile network in the key districts of the country, including Dhaka, the capital city. The technology will be GSM/GPRS, according to Siemens. The German vendor said...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a $138 million contract with Serbian wireless carrier Mobtel to expand and upgrade Mobtel's GSM 900/1800 MHz network.Under the contract, Ericsson will provide hardware and software expansions for the core, radio and microwave transmission networks, as well as GPRS packet...
Regional wireless provider Dobson Communications Corp. said it is closing its Fairbanks, Alaska, call center, which currently serves the carrier's Cellular One customers in Fairbanks and Juneau, and transferring operations to its Duluth, Minn., call center. The Duluth center currently handles Dobson's customers in...
Western Wireless Corp. subsidiary Cellular One said it completed the expansion of its CDMA 1x network upgrades in Arkansas, Nevada and Texas following upgrades to its CDMA digital network in Kansas and Nebraska last year and upgrades to existing CDMA markets in Missouri, Montana,...
MUMBAI, India-Countering a similar offering by rival wireless provider Tata Teleservices, Indian wireless carrier Hutchison Essar launched Fastmobile Inc.'s push2talk service, which combines walkie-talkie services with instant messaging, short message service, multimedia messaging service and voice messaging.The carrier said the service would be available...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it scored its ninth i-mode carrier partner as Greek operator Cosmote Mobile Telecommunications SA announced it will launch the wireless Internet service on its GPRS network. The announcement coincides with the launch of Cosmote's third-generation network, which the carrier said...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has extended the scope of its EDGE-based high-speed wireless data service to south Florida, providing customers with access to network speeds of up to 170 kilobits per second using either the Sony Ericsson GC82 PC Card or slower speeds using Nokia...
Motorola Inc. has unveiled what it describes as the first cross-technology Push-to-Talk over Cellular solution rooted in wireless networks. The announcement comes against the background of an industry search for a common standard for PoC even as the major players and the Open Mobile...
Several third-generation commercial launches were announced in markets across Western Europe last week, with market leaders Vodafone Group plc, Telefonica Moviles and Telecom Italia Mobile all beginning services in various countries.In Italy, Telecom Italia Mobile launched its EDGE and UMTS services May 24. The...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson signed a $58 million GSM/GPRS expansion contract that includes equipment that supports the latest GPRS and EDGE versions with Jiangsu Mobile Communication Corp. Ericsson will provide infrastructure and services.The project, which will increase the carrier's network capacity to 10.91 million lines, is...
