Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc. and L.M. Ericsson all announced infrastructure contracts Monday. Nokia said it will supply High-Speed Downlink Packet Access gear to Kuwaiti mobile operator Wataniya Telecom. Nokia said it will also modernize Wataniya's GSM network to create an EDGE layer to support...
WASHINGTON-U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake stopped cold the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions' legal efforts to shut down IFAST Ltd., the Maryland-based firm that assigns codes enabling foreigners to operate their cell phones in this country. ATIS, an industry standards group that used to...
CANADACanada's Minister of Industry, David Emerson, announced a full review of Industry Canada's spectrum policy framework. The initiative aims to bring Canadian policy and regulatory regimes overseeing telecom and radio communications systems up to date to accommodate demand for wireless service.UNITED KINGDOMAir2Web acquired Consult...
NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said its managed wireless network in Iran, the Rafsanjan Industrial Complex, has launched GSM services in greater Tehran. Millicom entered into an agreement with RIC in 2004 to manage a network for 2 million prepaid customers to be owned...
MUNICH, Germany-Bangladesh mobile operator Banglalink, a 100-percent subsidiary of Orascom Telecom, has commissioned Siemens AG to set up its GSM network in Bangladesh. Siemens will install turnkey radio and switching systems to Banglalink for up to 3 million subscribers under a two-year frame contract...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-The GSM subscriber base in the Western Hemisphere reached 136.3 million during the first quarter, more than double the 65.9 GSM subscribers reported during the first quarter of last year, according to 3G Americas. During the quarter, GSM subscribers grew by more than...
WASHINGTON-U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake today stopped cold the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions' legal efforts to shut down IFAST Ltd., the Maryland-based firm that assigns codes enabling foreigners to operate their cell phones in this country.ATIS, an industry standards group that used to...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson has signed a $150 million contract with Russia's largest mobile operator, OAO Mobile TeleSystems, to expand its GSM network capacity and coverage in six regions.Ericsson will deliver switching and radio equipment, supporting both GSM and GPRS technology. The network also will...
NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. sold its entire equity stake in Honduran wireless carrier Celtel. Millicom International Cellular said it acquired part of the stake from Motorola, bringing Millicom's ownership to two-thirds of the total outstanding shares. Local minority shareholders purchased the remaining Motorola stake.The value...
NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said its managed wireless network in Iran, the Rafsanjan Industrial Complex, has launched GSM services in greater Tehran.Millicom entered into an agreement with RIC in 2004 to manage a network for 2 million prepaid customers to be owned by...
The Unlicensed Mobile Access group is shuttering its doors after getting its specifications included in the Third Generation Partnership Project's Release 6. "It has always been the intent of the UMA participating companies to transition our efforts into a formal, global standards organization," wrote...
Sales of mobility infrastructure equipment exceeded $9.6 billion during the first quarter, representing an increase of 14 percent from the same period last year, according to a new Dell'Oro Group report.The report said the solid results were due partly to robust sales of GSM...
WASHINGTON-A new report delivered by an industry standards group to the Federal Communications Commission says mobile-phone vendors likely will meet initial hearing-aid compatibility requirements later this year.After years of debate and controversy, the FCC in 2003 voted to require 25 percent of digital handsets...
BARCELONA, Spain-Brazilian GSM operator Oi announced plans to roll out a new generation of location-based services in partnership with Cambridge Positioning Systems. Oi selected CPS's software-only Matrix technology to power the new service following successful trials-including testing in dense urban, suburban and rural areas....
WASHINGTON-The Rural Cellular Association told the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau last week that the Federal Communications Commission in a recent report to Congress underestimated and poorly reflected the efforts of Tier III wireless carriers to implement wireless enhanced 911 Phase II. "With the small...
WASHINGTON- The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions' fight to shut down and reclaim assets of a U.S. firm that assigns codes so foreigners can operate their mobile phones in the U.S. moved into the court room last week, putting into full view the inner...
CHICAGO-Astellia, which provides wireless network performance optimization products, said it signed a deal with a U.S. wireless operator through the company's recently launched U.S. subsidiary.The company will provide its GSM network performance optimization solution for the carrier to provide automatic customized reports on performance...
Sprint Corp. said it has added seven countries to its international CDMA roaming list, bringing the total number of countries in which Sprint's wireless customers can use their CDMA devices to more than 40 countries. The carrier noted the newest roaming partnerships expand service...
PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint, Inc. announced Brightpoint North America L.P. will begin distributing LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A. Inc. wireless devices and accessories in the United States under the terms of a distribution agreement between Brightpoint and LG. Brightpoint will carry a complete range of LG CDMA...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Boosted by strong growth in both service and roaming revenues, Dobson Communications Corp. reported a 16.2 percent year-over-year increase in revenues from $233.8 million during the first quarter of 2004 to $277.8 million this year. Service revenues jumped 13.4 percent from $181.7 million...
The GSM Association again blasted proposed rates for licensing anti-piracy technology, calling the revised rates "unreasonable and unworkable." The trade association of more than 600 wireless operators rejected the latest royalties proposal from licensing clearinghouse MPEG LA for digital rights management software. MPEG LA's...
Broadband service provider Speakeasy launched what it called "WiMAX-class" fixed wireless broadband covering parts of downtown Seattle. The service, which Speakeasy said will expand later this year to cover all of Seattle, uses Alvarion's BreezeAccess infrastructure deployed at selected city sites, including its landmark...
Motorola Inc. appears to be in the midst of reordering its phone design and manufacturing strategy, moves that could yield either boon or doom for those along its supply chain. Motorola's exercises also highlight the complex, cutthroat nature of electronics manufacturing. Specifically, Motorola last...
NEW YORK-Mobile handset design company China TechFaith Wireless Communication Technology Ltd. scored around $141 million in its initial public offering Thursday, coming in at the high range of its expectations.The company's stock was down slightly in its second day of trading to about $15...
