GPRS

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DALLAS-Edge Wireless L.L.C., a member of the AT&T Wireless network, signed a three-year contract with Nortel Networks to upgrade its current TDMA network to GSM/GPRS. The $18.5 million contract calls …

RICHARDSON, Texas—Wireless data infrastructure company Cyneta Networks Inc. announced it will team with optimization technology provider Idetic Inc. to create a wireless data optimization product for sale to wireless carriers. …

HELSINKI, Finland—Finland’s Sonera Corp. and Hong Kong CSL Ltd. launched the world’s first commercial inter-operator multimedia messaging services over Aicent Inc.’s and Sonera’s GPRS Roaming Exchange networks. The service allows …

HONG KONG—Ericsson demonstrated cross-technology MMS over cdma2000 and GPRS technologies at this week’s 3G World Congress in Hong Kong. In its demonstration, Ericsson sent MMS from a cdma2000-enabled PDA to …

ALLENTOWN, Pa.—Agere Systems said NEC has standardized Agere’s GPRS cell phone platform for new i-mode products. According to Agere, its platform, which uses hardware and software to develop and customize …

NEW YORK-Exuding good fortune in a time of stress, Texas Instruments says it expects to ramp up sales of GPRS chips by up to 50 percent in the next quarter. …

LONDON—Orange SA said it accepted a UMTS license in Luxembourg following the country’s “beauty contest” for licenses, making Orange a new entrant in the market when it launches a UMTS …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said its Taiwanese partner KG Telecommunications will begin i-mode service on June 20. The operator will launch i-mode services on its GPRS network. Content from about 80 …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—MTN South Africa has launched its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) service, to be available in a trial phase to its contract subscriber base prior to the commercial …

LONDON—Network operators need to focus on more than technology availability in order to see an increase in worldwide adoption of wireless services, according to a recent report from the Global …

JAKARTA, Indonesia—After offering free General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) services since last November, Indonesia’s IM3 finally decided to release its GPRS price plan commencing in June. At first, IM3 decided …

BUCHAREST, Romania—Jordan’s second-largest mobile operator MobileCom launched commercial General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) access for its customers over its GSM network this week. MobileCom was first registered on 21 September, …

TOKYO—NEC, the leading handset maker in Japan, announced that it shipped 2.5-generation (2.5G) handsets for China Mobile. China Mobile is the largest mobile carrier in China with 115 million subscribers. …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Finnish company First Hop claimed that a number of European cell-phone operators are conducting trials of its compression and caching technologies, which could significantly speed up the data …

REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless introduced a pair of nationwide calling plans designed to take advantage of the carrier’s GSM/GPRS and TDMA network technology. The plans include the Multi-Band One Rate plan, …

BEIJING—China Mobile is to formally launch its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) nationwide on 17 May under the brand name Monternet. The service, offering high-speed Internet and e-mail, could be …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Both Nokia and Ericsson said they have demonstrated what they described as the first inter-operator live demonstration of multimedia messaging service (MMS) technology with leading Chinese operators. Ericsson demonstrated …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Both Nokia Corp. and Ericsson AB said they have demonstrated what they described as the first inter-operator live demonstration of Multimedia Messaging Service technology with leading Chinese operators. Ericsson …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—European cell-phone operators seem in no rush to sign General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) roaming agreements with their counterparts over fears of technology mismatches. Given that GPRS services …

By Alejandro Alfie BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—As the economic crisis in Argentina continues, the impact is being felt throughout South America’s mobile industry. “The situation in Argentina has dramatically affected the …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it has signed a $50 million deal to supply GSM infrastructure equipment to Thailand operator Advanced Info Service Plc.“Under the agreement, Nokia will supply to AIS …

JAKARTA, Indonesia—General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology will not bring killer data applications, at least during this year in Indonesia, according to industry executives. Rudiantara, head of the country’s cellular …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—According to one of the United Kingdom’s largest cell-phone retailers, Carphone Warehouse, less than 1 percent of the 170,000 customers that purchased General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) phones …

TOKYO—NEC, the largest telecom vendor in Japan, announced it will expand its procurement of mobile handsets from China to 200 billion yen (US$1.6 billion) in fiscal 2002. NEC is going …