ARLINGTON, HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector signed a $123.5 million digital cellular network expansion contract with China's Hunan Mobile Communications Corp., a Global System for Mobile communications network operator.Under terms of the contract, Motorola will deploy its Horizonsystems and M-Cell infrastructure solutions to...
ing negative news about Code Division Multiple Access technology prospects for China Unicom, Qualcomm Inc. quickly hammered out eight intellectual property research and development deals with local mobile-phone vendors in China.Unicom, which competes with giant China Mobile, already offers Global System for Mobile communications...
BUDAPEST, Hungary-Euronet Services Inc. said it signed an agreement with EuroTel, a Global System for Mobile communications wireless service provider in the Czech Republic, allowing consumers to purchase prepaid mobile phone vouchers at Euronet ATMs in the Central European country.The agreement will allow EuroTel...
NEW YORK-In a move that, ironically, furthers consolidation in Europe's deregulated telecommunications market, France Telecom said May 30 it would buy Orange plc from Vodafone AirTouch plc for $38 billion plus the assumption of $2.7 billion in outstanding Orange debt.The acquisition gives the French...
CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc. has initiated testing of its Cellocate System for the Global System for Mobile communications air interface, the company said.The Cellocate System locates the position of wireless devices."The GSM interface will be useful as we roll out across North America, but absolutely...
LONDON-Sema Group plc, a worldwide Internet technology and consulting company, recently announced that Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, a subsidiary of SBC Communications Inc., has selected both Sema Group's Short Message Service Center and Over-the-Air Activation and Programming solution.Sema Group's SMSC supports both Time Division...
The wireless industry shouldn't be surprised about the confusion surrounding China Unicom's cdmaOne technology deployment plans in China.After all, the prospect of widespread cdmaOne technology deployments have been uncertain for at least two years, resulting in a continuing political saga. One thing is for...
TORONTO-Microcell Connexions, a subsidiary of Microcell Telecommunications Inc., and Ernst & Young reported the deployment and real-world trial of Microcell Wireless Office, a next-generation service enabling a company to incorporate Global System for Mobile communications equipment into its existing Internet Protocol-based Local Area Network.Ernst...
HELSINKI, Finland-A unit of Finish operator Sonera reportedly was awarded the third Global System for Mobile communications license in the Moscow metropolitan area for $25 million. Sonic Duo, held 35 percent by Sonera and 65 percent by Central Telegraph Mobile, won the license without...
Time will tell if new prepaid plans offered by U.S. nationwide operators this year spur more growth in the wireless industry.Verizon Wireless plans to introduce a new nationwide prepaid pricing strategy in the third quarter. Though it won't release the details, Verizon said the...
IPmobileWireless communications infrastructure company IPmobile Inc. hired Louis Wooldridge as its vice president of sales in Asia, and Chuck Derrick as its vice president of product development. Wooldridge will spearhead the company's initiative to secure and capitalize on the growing wireless data market opportunity...
BUDAPEST, Hungary-Hungary's Pannon GSM said it began a data service that allows users to download data at 43.2 kilobits per second free using High Speed Circuit Switched Data technology. The PannonSztrada service is dependent, however, on no or low traffic on the network.The service...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed a contract to provide a Global System for Mobile communications network to Nuevatel PCS de Bolivia S.A.The contract, valued at about $25 million, covers the supply of a full GSM 1900 network including switching, base station systems and radio transmission...
MOROCCO-Motorola Inc. won a Global System for Mobile communications network expansion contract valued at $46 million from Moroccan operator Maroc Telecom covering the carrier's evolution to a GSM 900 network.Motorola's Network Solutions Sector will install its Horizonsystems portfolio of GSM infrastructure solutions, integrating with...
Bad news hit the cdmaOne community last week as the South Korean government put a stop to cdmaOne handset subsidies and uncertainty lingered about China Unicom's plans to deploy the technology.Though technology stocks across the board took a hit last week, Qualcomm Inc.'s stock...
Nokia Corp. captured almost 28 percent of the world wireless handset market, shipping more than 25 million units, according to a recent Dataquest report. More than 90 million wireless handset units were shipped during the first quarter of 2000.According to those numbers, total handset...
TEMPE, Ariz.-Worldwide cellular subscribers are expected to exceed 1.2 billion by 2004, according to a market study conducted by Forward Concepts titled "Wireless2000."The report predicts the cellular subscriber base will pass the 1 billion mark in 2003, with 11 million of those subscribers having...
WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc., a personal communications services provider serving the southeastern United States, introduced its PowerChat text message service designed to deliver messages between Powertel and other Global System for Mobile communications digital handsets worldwide."PowerChat is Powertel's customized version of short text messaging...
Wireless high-speed solutions didn't garner much thought just a year ago. Qualcomm Inc. seemed to be the only company in the industry touting a high-speed megabit solution for the cdmaOne operator community called High Data Rate. But today, the high-speed market is becoming crowded...
While the big names in the wireless industry usually get most of the credit for providing wireless coverage across the country, it is the smaller players who often make up the backbone of the much larger beast.Affiliations between large, national carriers and small, local...
APTOS, Calif.-RangeStar Wireless raised $25 million in its mezzanine round of funding, which the company said it would use to continue development of its Invisible Antenna technology and support general product development.The round included new investments from Dell Computer Corp., Intel Capital and Summit...
TORONTO-Microcell Connexions Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. announced their intent to proceed with trials to jointly test mobile data services based on General Packet Radio Services wireless technology and incorporate RIM's "Always On, Always Connected" features.The companies noted that the joint trial will...
TORONTO-Canadian personal communications services provider Microcell Telecommunications Inc. announced it formed a new mobile Internet services development company, Microcell i5 Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of Microcell, Microcell i5 plans to launch its first service in third-quarter 2000.Microcell i5, with an initial $33.58 million...
They may be working closer these days, but make no mistake about it, the GSM Association, the CDMA Development Group and the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium remain strong competitors.All three associations will convene this week in Las Vegas at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's...
