BEIJING-Chinese telecom supplier Huawei said it won a contract with Umniah Mobile Co. for a GSM/GPRS/EDGE network in Jordan. The network is based on GSM 1800 MHz technology, Huawei said.In addition to the core network, the contract covers the radio access network and all...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late Friday said it was rejecting a request that it relax the enhanced 911 Phase II rules for small wireless carriers, but it is giving Tier III carriers using a handset-based solution more time beyond the Dec. 31 deadline. "We...
LONDON-The backlash against proposed rates to license digital rights management technology continued this week, with a powerful group of wireless carriers threatening to abandon the open-standard system. The GSM Association blasted royalties for the technology proposed earlier this year by the MPEG Licensing Authority...
The backlash against proposed rates to license digital rights management technology continued this week, with a powerful group of wireless carriers threatening to abandon the open-standard system.The GSM Association blasted royalties for the technology proposed earlier this year by the MPEG Licensing Authority for...
LAS VEGAS-Gemplus International S.A. said six wireless carriers have selected its SIM cards and over-the-air provisioning services for their GSM launches.The carriers include Plateau Wireless, Douglas Communications, Endless Telecom, Farmers Wireless, Petrocom LLC and RCC."RCC feels that Gemplus has a seasoned team that is...
WASHINGTON-In a report to Congress obtained by RCR Wireless News, the Federal Communications Commission told lawmakers last week that it had granted 32 whole or partial waivers for rural wireless carrier enhanced 911 Phase II obligations. The FCC denied or dismissed eight other requests....
A licensing disagreement between GSM phone maker Sendo Holdings plc and wireless technology giant L.M. Ericsson has blossomed into a full-blown legal battle, with Sendo arguing that Ericsson and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute are conspiring to limit competition in the wireless market. Ericsson...
As a tower operator, Crown Castle International Inc. is venturing into a less familiar environment as an enabler of what may grow into a major application in the wireless industry: mobile television. By a stroke of good fortune, the company acquired a spectrum license...
SAUDI ARABIANokia Corp. has signed an agreement with Aljawal, the GSM operator of Saudi Telecom Co., to supply the Nokia multimedia messaging service solution. Deliveries have already begun, and the service is expected to be launched nationwide during first half 2005, making it the...
When it comes to mobile phones, Sprint PCS has long been in a class of its own. Since the carrier's beginnings, Sprint has traveled its own path in the handset market. Instead of relying on stock phones, Sprint has carved out its own phone...
High-end devices and services may draw flocks of end users, but the poor have more basic communications needs. The Personal Handyphone System is one service perfectly suited to economically meet basic wireless needs. Born in Japan in the mid-1990s without fanfare or promise of...
WASHINGTON-In a report to Congress obtained by RCR Wireless News, the Federal Communications Commission told lawmakers late Wednesday that it had granted 32 whole or partial waivers for rural wireless carrier enhanced 911 Phase II obligations. The FCC denied or dismissed eight other requests....
LOS ANGELES-TechnoCom Corp. said that Pennsylvania-based carrier Triton PCS has licensed its LocatePredict platform to help deploy a new location-based infrastructure.LocatePredict is a wireless location platform for GSM and TDMA networks that supports handset-based location technologies. The regional operator will use the technology to...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. has signed an agreement with Aljawal, the GSM operator of Saudi Telecom Co., to supply the Nokia multimedia messaging service solution. Deliveries have already begun, and the service is expected to be launched nationwide during first half 2005, making it the...
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-A licensing disagreement between GSM phone maker Sendo Holdings plc and wireless technology giant L.M. Ericsson has blossomed into a full-blown legal battle, with Sendo arguing that Ericsson and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute are conspiring to limit competition in the wireless...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. signed $22.4 million in GSM network expansion contracts with Jilin Mobile Communication Co. Ltd. and Shanxi Mobile Communication Co., two subsidiaries of China Mobile.Under the terms of the contracts, Alcatel will provide base stations, base station controllers, an operation and maintenance controller...
Alcatel Althsom may not be the first names in the CDMA business, but the French vendor aims for a robust market share in the space. Barely a month after inking a major cooperation deal with Chinese vendor ZTE Corp., Alcatel has been presenting what...
NEW ORLEANS-Several infrastructure suppliers announced third-generation contract wins. L.M. Ericsson said Swedish 3G operator Svenska UMTS-Nät AB, the joint venture between Tele2 and TeliaSonera, awarded it a new three-year frame agreement for the delivery of a core and radio access network. Under the agreement,...
BEIJING-China's Ministry of Railways has selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to provide a digital wireless communications network for the world's highest altitude rail service-the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. The value of the deal was not disclosed. Nortel said this will be the first commercial use of GSM...
BEIJING-China's Ministry of Railways has selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to provide a digital wireless communications network for the world's highest altitude rail service-the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. The value of the deal was not disclosed.Nortel said this will be the first commercial use of GSM for...
WASHINGTON-A federal judge in Detroit has ordered the government of Lebanon to pay a Michigan telecom firm $420 million for preventing it from bidding on a mobile-phone contract in that country.According to court documents, two companies-Cellis and LibanCell-launched GSM mobile-phone systems in Lebanon in...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it won a network expansion contract worth up to $268 million with MegaFon, one of the top three mobile operators in Russia. The framework agreement that was signed in August 2004 has now been extended from $80.4 million to $268...
NEW ORLEANS-CellStar and Sybase entered a strategic partnership to incorporate Sybase's mFolio Content Services Solution into CellStar's existing wireless communications portfolio of products and services. CellStar said it will seamlessly provide the mFolio Content Services Solution to wireless carriers via a wide range of...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan-Telenor Pakistan opened its GSM mobile network for commercial service this week.Telenor won a license to build and operate a mobile network in Pakistan in April 2004. The network is Telenor's only sole-owner mobile operation outside Norway.The network initially covers close to 20...
