HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a $125 million GSM expansion contract that will increase the network capacity of Henan Mobile Communications Corp. to more than 10 million subscribers.The contract will cover core and radio-access network infrastructure, as well as professional services.Nokia said...
BONN, Germany-T-Mobile Deutschland Friday became the first German operator to offer television on mobile phones through an agreement with n-tv news channel signed earlier this year. The news channel programs can be transmitted onto mobile handsets via T-Mobile's GPRS network as a live stream....
ROME-Italy's Telecom Italia Mobile launched a new service that connects a cellular phone's subscriber identity module and wireless local area networks using SIM-based authentication. The service is targeted at the corporate market and offers speeds of up to 11 megabits per second, along with...
Through the end of January, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will offer business customers a free Sony Ericsson GC-82 EDGE wireless modem card when they trade in a similar modem card from any national wireless carrier and sign a two-year contract for unlimited...
LONDON-European carrier Orange plc announced it will offer wireless streaming-video services starting early next year through a new deal with PacketVideo Network Solutions, which was purchased by Alcatel Corp. only a few weeks ago.Orange said it will install PacketVideo's pvServer and pvAuthor products in...
Jon Tetzchner wants to kill WAP. And he's not alone."It makes no sense to have two systems," said Tetzchner, chief executive officer of Internet browsing company Opera Software ASA.Tetzchner is hoping to kill WAP by making it obsolete. He's got company-Nokia Corp., Sony Ericsson...
European carrier Orange announced it will offer wireless streaming video services starting early next year through a new deal with PacketVideo Network Solutions, which was purchased by Alcatel only a few weeks ago.Orange said it will install PacketVideo's pvServer and pvAuthor products in its...
With more than 1 million active users contributing a reported $7 to $8 in average revenue per month, AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s mMode offering is seen by many industry analysts as a reasonable success in the early stages of wireless data services. But compared...
With much fanfare at this year's Comdex electronics show in Las Vegas and multi-page advertisements in nationwide newspapers, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its high-speed EDGE-based service last week, claiming it now operates the highest-speed nationwide wireless data network in the country. The launch...
TOKYO-Following a partnership signed in June, Italian operator Wind Telecomunicazioni said it began i-mode services in Italy today based on technology from Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. Italy marks the eighth market for i-mode service and the sixth European market for the mobile...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its nationwide EDGE network at this year's Comdex technology show in Las Vegas. The carrier said the network would provide customers with average data speeds of between 100 and 130 kilobits per second.The carrier noted the network technology is...
NEW YORK-The world's No. 1 handset manufacturer Nokia Corp. released its first push-to-talk mobile phone, the candy bar 5140, and said beginning in 2005 all of its GPRS/W-CDMA handsets would feature the technology.Nokia's new 5140 phone features a dedicated push-to-talk button as well as...
Following are mobile infrastructure contracts announced in October 2003.China. With China Mobile to expand its GSM networks.Value: $50 millionComorian Union. With SNPT to roll out the country's first GSM network.Value: UndisclosedEricssonFinland. With Finnish 2G for GSM, GPRS, EDGE and W-CDMA mobile services.Value: UndisclosedLithuania. With...
NEW YORK-The world's No. 1 handset manufacturer Nokia Corp. released its first push-to-talk mobile phone, the candy bar 5140, and said beginning in 2005 all of its GPRS/W-CDMA handsets would feature the technology.Nokia's new 5140 phone features a dedicated push-to-talk button as well as...
ROUND ROCK, Texas-Dell Inc. this week released its Dell TrueMobile 5100 Tri-Band GPRS PC Card with a choice of wireless access service plans from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. or T-Mobile USA Inc.The new GPRS PC card is designed for use with Dell Latitude or...
HELSINKI, Finland-Several European groups said they have demonstrated the first vertical handover in commercial networks providing seamless switching among different network connections while an application was running. L.M. Ericsson, TeliaSonera Finland, Wi-Fi supplier Radionet and Helsinki University of Technology demonstrated the wireless local area...
LONDON-Anite Telecom said it has introduced a new platform that runs on Agilent Technologies' hardware for protocol testing and network simulation for GSM, GPRS and EGPRS.The beneficiaries include wireless equipment manufacturers, network operators and test laboratories, according to Anite."The Agilent platform will help reduce...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. has expanded its European i-mode reach to Greece with a partnership agreement with mobile operator Cosmote. DoCoMo is licensing Cosmote to launch i-mode services, the Japanese operator's highly successful mobile Internet service in Greece.Cosmote will offer its i-mode service on its...
HELSINKI, Finland-Several European groups said they have demonstrated the first vertical handover in commercial networks providing seamless switching among different network connections while an application was running. L.M. Ericsson, TeliaSonera Finland, Wi-Fi supplier Radionet and Helsinki University of Technology demonstrated the wireless local area...
With hundreds of wireless operators spread throughout the country, T-Mobile USA Inc.'s position as the sixth-largest carrier would seem to be one of the more enviable. The carrier has posted stronger customer growth in the past year than most of its larger rivals. Its...
NICE, France-Nokia made numerous announcements at its annual customer Mobile Internet Conference in Nice, France, and at its "Destination Nokia 100% Pure Mobility" event in Brisbane, Australia,The company shared its vision of a mobile services mass market to a broad range of industry players,...
RALEIGH, N.C.-Sony Ericsson Corp. said it has launched a combined GPRS and Wi-Fi PC card known as GC79, which enables notebooks users to access both 802.11b and GPRS networks in hot spots and wide area networks.The card operates on the 900, 1800 and 1900...
LONDON-Radio Frequency Investigation Ltd. said it has accredited Panasonic's first Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone, the X70. RFI approved the phone through testing and regulatory compliance services.The phone includes a full-color display with GPRS and WAP capabilities, along with a digital camera.
HONG KONG-Hutchison 3G HK Ltd. and Nokia have been working together to deploy the core network equipment for Hutchison's 3G W-CDMA network in Hong Kong. Nokia said it is supplying equipment for both the circuit and packet core networks as well as the Nokia...
