GPRS

NEW YORK-It is all too easy to get “starry eyed” about the prospects for new generations of wireless services. As a counterpoint, a reality check is required about deployment and …

CAMBODIA In a joint venture with Cambodia’s Royal Group of Companies and the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, Millicom International Cellular launched an international gateway in the country, the company …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-In a deal with GSM operator Telsim that Motorola estimates at $2 billion, the company will supply and deploy a third-generation mobile network capable of advanced multimedia services …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Operators in the Middle East are focusing on extending coverage and considering networks upgrades. The region offers enormous potential, considering the cellular penetration is only 3.5 percent-very low …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Unlike the hype that surrounded the launch of Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) services, European mobile operators are taking a conservative approach to how General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) …

MOSCOW-Russian wireless carriers, which this year considerably expanded their client bases thanks to radically decreased prices, registered a major average revenue per user (ARPU) decrease from more than US$215 two …

CHICAGO, United States-One of the first commercial deployments of Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) technology could be in Mexico next year based on presentations and interviews at the …

Alcatel Europe. With Orange as a strategic supplier for its third-generation networks throughout Europe. Value: Undisclosed Italy. With Wind Telecomunicazioni as a preferred third-generation network supplier. Value: Undisclosed Ericsson China. …

ABU DHABI, UAE-ETISALAT, the United Arab Emirates telecommunications service provider, and Motorola announced today they completed a live mobile data transfer in the Middle East. ETISALAT hopes the transfer, which …

The prospect of playing video games on wireless devices is becoming a factor in the entertainment content being developed for the wireless Internet movement. Ignition Corp., founded by several former …

Endwave Endwave Corp. said its ultra-high performance WavShapr base station antenna is now available for local multipoint distribution services bands. The antenna incorporates characteristics from earlier versions form the 24 …

NEW YORK-Telecommunications carriers worldwide are under significant pressure due to the bandwidth explosion, rising capital expenditures, competition from new players and delays in commercial rollout of new technologies. “I take …

CHICAGO-One of the first commercial deployments of EDGE technology could be in Mexico next year based on presentations and interviews at the PCIA GlobalXchange event. Mexico’s largest wireless carrier, Telcel, …

HELSINKI, Finland-Spanish wireless operator Telefonica Mobiles Espana agreed to implement Nokia Corp.’s General Packet Radio Service core solution into its commercial mobile network, supporting more than 12 million subscribers. Nokia …

CHICAGO-At what was overall a relatively slow show in terms of floor traffic, Handspring Inc. took a piece of the spotlight by introducing an attachment to its Visor organizer product …

VILNIUS, Lithuania-Lithuanian GSM operator UAB Omnitel awarded Motorola Inc. a contract to supply and deploy GPRS mobile data services on Omnitel’s GSM network. The GPRS solution includes Motorola’s Smart Mediator, …

VIENNA, Va.-Aether Systems Inc. said its AIM intelligent messaging software platform is compatible with L.M. Ericsson’s general packet radio services applications performance evaluation, part of Ericsson’s Mobile Applications Initiative. Compatibility …

At the GSM Association we believe third-generation Global System for Mobile Communications (3GSM) will truly mean an exciting worldwide revolution in human communications. It will be a revolution that enables …

Amrel Systems Amrel Systems Inc. released a more powerful version of its Rocky II+ ruggedized mobile notebook computer, certified under MIL-STD 810E, MIL-STD 461C and IP54, offering an Intel Pentium …

NEW YORK-As part of its evolutionary path, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. plans to offer EDGE services in the United States by mid- to late 2001, said Michael Bamburak, vice president …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Sonera completed tests of roaming capabilities for Internet Protocol traffic between GPRS networks. The tests involved GRX, a centralized IP routing network for interconnecting GPRS networks, …

MOSCOW-Russian cellular provider Mobile TeleSystems OJSC launched a Motorola Inc. supplied GPRS mobile data network trial on its dual band GSM 900 network. “We are very pleased to see MTS …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson said it signed a contract to supply equipment for China’s first national Internet Protocol backbone. China Mobile signed the contract, which includes an IP backbone network for voice …

NEW YORK-Within the next few months, Hewlett-Packard Co. expects to open its first United States-based “Mobile Bazaar,” a facility that provides free space, technical expertise and computer hardware to wireless …

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group and PacketVideo Corp. announced a collaborative development agreement to optimize multimedia solutions on next-generation mobile devices. According to the agreement, the companies will optimize …