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 laid out the standardization details ETSI must follow. It wants technical preparatory work done before...
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 upgrades of existing Microcell Global System for Mobile communications infrastructure and deployment of newly developed...
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 a drawing board.The so-called 10 nines, or 99.99999999 percent reliability, is a Holy Grail...
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 results would be lower because of the Finnish company's timing of new product introductions. Investors...
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 million, of whom 4 million already are mobile customers. Serving this market are six mobile...
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 supplied pre-commercial GPRS system to test new and existing applications.
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 will integrate its GPRS solution into the existing GSM networks of France's Cegetel, Germany's E-Plus,...
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 Swedish Acquisitions withdrew from the auction just as it was getting under way. The...
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 GPRS to its network, T-Mobile customers will be able to download Internet information and send...
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 Mobile Consumer Division.To provide a full suite of services, the company is involved in...
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 the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA)."While the USA and Europe may take five...
Alcatel.Benin. With Office des Postes et Telecommunications (OPT) for a GSM network, along with fiber-optic and switching equipment.Value: US$32.8 millionKenya. With KenCell for a 50,000-subscriber capacity GSM network.Value: UndisclosedMorocco. With Maroc Telecom for mobile switching centers.Value: UndisclosedPortugal. With Portugal Telecom's TMN for a GPRS network.Value: UndisclosedQatar. With Q-Tel...
SINGAPORE-Governments in Asia will issue licenses of third-generation (3G) cellular networks to around 40 operators in 11 countries within the next year, representatives from several equipment vendors said at the CommunicAsia show here recently. And 3G deployments may begin in the most advanced markets...
TORONTO-The major Canadian carriers are cautiously laying the groundwork for third-generation (3G) wireless networks. But true, full-blown 3G in Canada is at least three to four years away."Canadian mobile operators are unlikely to reach the promised land of mobile data services in one single...
BEIJING-The mobile Internet revolution is knocking on China's door. With 60 million mobile-phone subscribers and only 10 million people surfing the Internet using personal computers, Web access through mobile phones is a hot topic in China. Web portals, such as Sohu and Sina, and...
Two-way messaging equipmentMotorolaMotorola 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, wireless Internet e-mail and on-demand information services. It also features a private-time feature, which users may...
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 been the area's most dynamic telecoms sectors, with extraordinarily high growth rates and numerous new...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Portugal operator Telecel Comunicacoes Pessoais signed a contract with L.M. Ericsson calling for Ericsson to upgrade Telecel's Global System for Mobile communications network and introduce mobile Internet capability using Wireless Application Protocol and General Packet Radio Service technologies.Ericsson already has delivered a GPRS...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. started testing third-generation wireless technology at AT&T Labs research center in Menlo Park, Calif., where the company has established a testbed for wireless data transfer using General Packet Radio Service equipment from a variety of vendors. "Our focus in California...
LONDON-Within three years, mobile telecommunication operators will be sending 100 billion short messages per month, a 170-percent per year increase over current levels, according to computer consultancy firm Logica plc.At the predicted growth rate, short messages will surpass Internet usage over the same period...
HELSINKI, Finland-Singapore wireless operator M1 demonstrated a General Packet Radio Service packet data call over its live network using Nokia Corp.'s GPRS technology."While other operators are only starting to introduce GPRS in their networks, M1 is pleased to have completed an end-to-end packet data...
BERLIN-Motorola Inc. said its new Berlin-based center for developing General Packet Radio Service will be completed later this year and will accommodate around 40 packet data technology specialists.The German facility will focus on interoperability testing, operator-specific network validation and overall advancement of Motorola's GPRS...
DALLAS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will conduct noncommercial trials with Nortel Networks Corp. of its General Packet Radio Services technology in several major U.S. cities beginning this summer.AT&T Wireless said it plans to deploy third-generation Time Division Multiple Access Enhanced Data for Global...
HELSINKI, Finland-Sonofon became the first operator in Denmark to complete a General Packet Radio Service data call in its live Global System for Mobile communications network using Nokia Corp.'s GPRS technology."Sonofon is proud to get the network up and running this early and complete...
