GPRS

ST. LOUIS-Amdocs expanded its Ensemble customer care, billing and order management system installed at Pacific Bell Wireless to provide full support for GPRS services. Amdocs completed initial deployment of the …

KUALA LUMPUR-Malaysian mobile service provider Maxis reported the first live General Packet Radio Service call in Malaysia using Motorola Inc.’s Global Telecom Solutions Sector’s data network solution and handsets. The …

Austria Nokia Corp. will supply its MetroHopper Radio, a wireless access link antenna using the 58 GHz frequency band for transmission, for base station access to Austrian mobile operator Max.mobile. …

NEW DELHI, India-The Southeast Asian region is set to enter a new era of wireless data within the next two years. Many operators in the region have already introduced wireless …

Ericsson Canada. With Microcell Connexions for a GPRS network. Value: Undisclosed China. With China Unicom for GSM expansions in Jilin, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Anhui and Hubei provinces. Value: US$176 million Laos. …

New Zealand Nokia Corp. will integrate its General Packet Radio Service core network solution into Vodafone New Zealand’s network, providing mobile Internet access to Vodafone’s subscribers. Vodafone plans to launch …

SHENZHEN, China-Chinese GSM operator China United Telecommunications Corp. launched General Packet Radio Service mobile data on its network in Shenzhen, China, enabled by the core GPRS network solution supplied by …

SYDNEY, Australia-Cable & Wireless Optus, which operates a mobile-phone network in Australia, said it is in discussions with other telecom companies about forming a partnership in mobile telephony outside Australia. …

Austria Austrian mobile operator Mobilkom Austria launched wireless packet data service using a GPRS core network infrastructure solution provided by Nortel Networks through its local distributor, Austria Telecommunication GmbH. Nortel …

Alcatel supplied European wireless operators France Telecom Mobiles, Mobistar and Dutchtone a solution that will allow their customers to continue making or receiving calls on their prepaid mobile phones when …

ISTANBUL, Turkey-Turkish GSM operator Telsim launched a commercial General Packet Radio Service network, four months after successfully completing technology trials. Motorola Inc.’s Network Solution Sector, along with Cisco Systems Inc., …

Work is under way at the European Telecommunications Standards Institute to ensure that all International Telecommunication Union-accepted third-generation standards can receive type approval in Europe. The European Commission last month …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson and Canada’s Microcell Connexions Inc. entered a multimillion-dollar contract for a new General Packet Radio Service network. The agreement covers a complete GPRS system, including software and hardware …

NEW YORK-In order to handle the converged communications revolution, the vision of L.M. Ericsson is the evolution of network reliability to a degree that today is only a dream on …

The speculation started in late June. Analysts began questioning whether the mobile-handset market was going soft. Their suspicions appeared justified when the world’s largest handset vendor, Nokia Corp., said third-quarter …

NEW YORK-Any wireless carrier that frets about competition on its turf should consider SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd., the fourth licensee in Hong Kong. The city-state has a population of 6.9 …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed an agreement to supply Austrian Global System for Mobile communications operator One a core Nokia General Packet Radio Service network. One is currently using a Nokia …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. was selected by four European mobile operators to provide General Packet Radio Service core network infrastructure solutions to their existing Global System for Mobile communications networks. Nokia …

The Netherlands opened its auction for five third-generation Universal Mobile Telecommunications Services mobile-phone licenses Thursday, and immediately two of the eight bidding companies bowed out. Hutchison 3G Netherlands and Nogenta …

SWINDON, United Kingdom-Lucent Technologies Inc. completed network enhancements enabling German mobile operator T-Mobil to deploy a commercial mobile Internet service based on General Packet Radio Service. With the introduction of …

NEW YORK-Telstra Corp., Australia’s dominant telecommunications provider, “hates to be considered an incumbent because we transitioned to a New Age company years ago,” said Philip Wise, managing director of its …

Two-way messaging equipment Motorola Motorola introduced its Talkabout T900 two-way messaging device, featuring a full Qwerty keyboard with a flip-top screen and a four-line, 80-character display. It supports two-way messaging, …

SANDTON, South Africa-The wave of liberalization and privatization that has been sweeping the African economic markets has spread to communications, revealing rich untapped potential for future investment. Cellular markets have …

HONG KONG-The government of Hong Kong is likely to be among the first in the Asia-Pacific region to clear spectrum and issue licenses for third-generation (3G) mobile phones, according to …

Alcatel. Benin. With Office des Postes et Telecommunications (OPT) for a GSM network, along with fiber-optic and switching equipment. Value: US$32.8 million Kenya. With KenCell for a 50,000-subscriber capacity GSM …