GPRS

LONDON-European operator MmO2 offered details on uptake of its mobile data services. The company said it has 643,000 GPRS users and 60,000 active customers for its recently launched O2 Active …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said the wireless industry remains highly competitive, but concerns were raised about the quality of data collected by the agency and whether rural consumers are missing …

Dear Editor: In the June 23 edition of RCR Wireless News, Dan Meyer reported on T-Mobile selling unlimited data service for $20 per month. I would expect that RCR would …

The number of global wireless users will increase 49 percent during the next four years to total 1.72 billion by 2007, according to the Yankee Group. Analysts further predict subscriber …

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua-Nortel Networks said it has signed a contract with Antigua Public Utilities Authority PCS to deploy a GPRS network for the carrier. The financial terms of the deal …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Thursday said the wireless industry remains highly competitive, but concerns were raised about the quality of data collected by the agency and whether rural consumers are …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its VoiceDial voice-activated dialing service onto its GSM network allowing customers to store up to four numbers for up to 2,000 contacts, make multiple calls …

MOSCOW-Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies said it won a frame contract valued at nearly $60 million with Russian mobile operator MegaFon. Huawei said it will help build a dual-band network to …

DALLAS-Nortel Networks Ltd. reported it is the primary provider of Home Location Register infrastructure for Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s ongoing migration to GSM/GPRS/EDGE technologies. Nortel said the HLR technology is designed …

NEW YORK-The number of global wireless users will increase 49 percent during the next four years to total 1.72 billion by 2007, according to the Yankee Group. Analysts further predict …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a contract with Guangxi Mobile of China. Ericsson signed a $30 million deal to supply GSM and GPRS network equipment to Guangxi Mobile, bringing the subscriber …

MEXICO CITY-Nokia Corp. reported that Mexican wireless operator Telefonica Moviles Mexico has selected the infrastructure provider to supply at least 50 percent of the radio-access system and all of the …

WASHINGTON-Mobile satellite service provider Inmarsat Ltd. announced its Regional BGAN solution now supports Virtual Private Networks, allowing its mobile users to securely access corporate networks, and the H.323 standard for …

Keeping itself ahead of a rapidly approaching pack, Nextel Communications Inc. this week is set to launch the first phase of its much-hyped nationwide Direct Connect service, which will allow …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Cincinnati Bell Wireless selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to plan, design and deliver a GSM/GPRS core wireless data network for CBW’s planned overlay of its existing …

German vendor Siemens AG said it has signed two contracts, one for EDGE technology. Siemens announced a deal with Malaysian mobile operator DiGi Telecommunications to supply it with GSM, GPRS …

SINGAPORE-MobileOne said it will launch a video streaming service Monday for its users with Nokia 3650 phones, making it the first operator in Singapore and one of the first in …

DALLAS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Cincinnati Bell Wireless selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to plan, design and deliver a GSM/GPRS core wireless data network for CBW’s planned overlay of its existing …

MUNICH, Germany-German vendor Siemens AG said it has signed two contracts, one for EDGE technology. Siemens announced a deal with Malaysian mobile operator DiGi Telecommunications to supply it with GSM, …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile said it created a new operations support system for its wireless carrier customers, a move the company said gives operators a single point …

Verizon Wireless announced it will shut down its slow-speed wireless data CDPD network by December 2005, following a similar move by CDPD network operator AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The move …

Nokia Corp.’s 6200 EDGE-capable phone hit store shelves this week, making AT&T Wireless Services Inc. the first carrier in the world to sell an EDGE phone. However, the phone today …

RESTON, Va.-Wireless data carrier Motient Corp. scored reselling agreements with two of the nation’s largest wireless carriers, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc., moves that follow up on the company’s …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it will allow subscribers to bundle unlimited access to its HotSpot service to their current wireless voice and data bill for an additional $20 per …

REDMOND, Wash.-Nokia Corp.’s 6200 EDGE-capable phone hit store shelves this week, making AT&T Wireless Services Inc. the first carrier in the world to sell an EDGE phone. However, the phone …