GPRS

LONDON—General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-based mobile Internet services are being rolled out across the Middle East, with Jordan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) leading the way. Jordan’s largest mobile-phone …

HELSINKI, Finland—Sonera, the Helsinki-based telecom company, has abandoned its fixed monthly connection charge for its consumer General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) offering in a move designed to increase use of …

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario—Technology consultancy Plextec Ltd. unveiled a dual-band GSM900/DCS1800 GPRS/Bluetooth multimode PC card. The card, which comprises an always-online GPRS system combined with Bluetooth technology, enables wireless Internet access and …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said it has developed a multimode global positioning system processor and system software, the MGP6200, which supports the Third Generation Partnership Project Frequency Division Duplex mode for …

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indosat Multimedia Mobile (IM3), a new entrant in Indonesia’s cellular market, reached an agreement to use Satelindo’s GSM network to cover blank spots in its network. IM3, which began …

WATERLOO, Ontario—Research In Motion Ltd. announced Canadian carrier Rogers AT&T Wireless will sell voice and data-integrated BlackBerry wireless devices for its GPRS network. The carrier deal is the latest in …

ATLANTA—RF Solutions Inc. said it has developed a chipset technology that converges cellular networks with wireless LAN, including 802.11a,b and g. The announcement of the multiband, multistandard solution covers GSM, …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—Anite Telecoms Inc. is working to improve GPRS and GSM technology in the United States with enhanced versions of its SAT and SAT+ wireless test solutions. The enhanced …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Manx Telecom, Europe’s first commercial third-generation (3G) operator, has chosen Calaba’s wireless directory and search engine software in an effort to provoke greater uptake of mobile data services. …

RESTON, Va.—In a move to combine almost all of their popular business services and applications into one offering, Research In Motion Ltd., Nextel Communications and Motorola Inc. announced they will …

MANILA, Phillipines—Short message service (SMS) technology remains a dominant force in the growth of data services in Asia, despite the availability of more advanced technologies, such as the Wireless Application …

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AUSTIN, Texas, United States—Motorola said it sold its GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) handset chip technology to Benq of Taiwan, one of Asia’s leading original design manufacturers of mobile phones. …

DENVER, United States—European wireless giant Mm02 announced a series of major deals that further the carrier’s strategy to offer a range of unique products and services in the European market …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having originally planned to launch third-generation (3G) services in Spain in the later part of this year, Vodafone has now placed any deployment plans on hold for at …

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Less than two months since the rollout of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) services last November, Optus made Australia’s first live third-generation (3G) call, the carrier said. Keir Preedy, …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—In an effort to stimulate the use of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-based services, Telia Mobile has become the first cell-phone operator to offer GPRS roaming throughout the …

LONDON—Jordanian operator Fastlink has unveiled its countrywide commercial General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) service. The service will enable post-paid customers to have always-on connections to the Internet via their mobiles. …

MENLO PARK, Calif.—Interwave Communications, which sells compact wireless voice communications systems and broadband wireless data networks, announced a $4.4 million contract with Micronesian carrier FSM Telecommunications Corp. to deploy its …

MOSCOW—Despite a recent Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) test by one of Russia’s largest operators, Russian Communications Minister Leonid Reiman refused to disclose the timeline for issuing the first third-generation …

BOSTON—2002 will probably offer up the same struggles the wireless industry saw in 2001, according to a recent Yankee Group study. The Yankee Group highlighted next-generation networks, including the deployment …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—The Federal Communications Commission and Industry Canada have issued regulatory approvals for Sierra Wireless’s AirCard 710 Wireless Network Card, the first GSM/GPRS product in the company’s AirCard product …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium says it has dissolved its operations, having concluded its five-year program in support of TDMA, WIN and EDGE technologies. A yet-unnamed group will carry …

1. Jan. 29 Re-auction brings in record $17B to FCC After 101 rounds and $16.85 billion, the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of 422 personal communications services licenses ended last Friday. …

The personal digital assistant and wireless data device markets shook last week under a series of major announcements that served to puzzle, jar and-in most cases-hearten Wall Street and the …