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 operator, Fastlink, announced the commercial launch of its GPRS service six months after successful testing...
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 the service.Under Sonera's new policy, all subscribers to Sonera's GSM service in Finland can...
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 wireless connectivity to local devices. The company said samples of the card will be available...
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 wideband CDMA, GSM and GPRS technologies."Location services represent a rapidly expanding market, and the...
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 its services last September, realized its lack of coverage in the archipelago will slow...
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 a long list for RIM, which has agreements with AT&T Wireless, VoiceStream Wireless, MmO2, Nextel...
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, GPRS and wideband CDMA for high-speed data communications."There is a major market shift emerging in...
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 solutions, which support both the 850 MHz and 1900 MHz frequency bands, help mobile...
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. Manx Telecom, which turned its diminutive network on last month, said that the full-color...
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 team to create a new Personal Data Assistant, one that the companies hope 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 Protocol (WAP) and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), a recent report by London-based analyst...
Handsets/wireless devicesSonySony Electronics unveiled its CLIE handhePEG-T415 ld with reduced profile, featuring a slim design with aluminum case and enhanced infrared port for controlling audio and video equipment. The company also...
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."The scalable, highly integrated i.250 platform combines an advanced chipset with an unparalleled development, field-proven...
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 during the next several months.First, the carrier announced an agreement with Handspring to sell...
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 least two years. The company said it has not forecast significant revenues for Spanish...
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, Optus' acting managing director mobile, said: "While Australians probably won't experience 3G services until mid-2003,...
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 Nordic countries. The company said its subscribers would be able to use the services...
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. Charges are based on use rather than time online. While data transfer rates using...
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 GSM-based cellular and broadband access network equipment throughout Micronesia.Interwave's system provides wireless coverage over...
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 (3G) license in the country. "The main barrier today is a lack of 3G...
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 of CDMA2000 and wideband CDMA in Asia as well as deployment of GPRS in Europe...
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 line. "We are progressing toward launching our new GPRS product line into the global...
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 out the advocacy of the technology along with GSM, GPRS and W-CDMA. The UWCC was...
1. Jan. 29Re-auction brings in record $17B to FCCAfter 101 rounds and $16.85 billion, the Federal Communications Commission's auction of 422 personal communications services licenses ended last Friday. The auction, which began Dec. 12, broke the previous record of $9.2 billion for PCS spectrum...
