WASHINGTON-Huawei Technologies Inc., a Chinese telecom firm that is quickly becoming a global wireless juggernaut, is reportedly suspected of violating U.N. sanctions by supplying Iraq with fiber optic cable to improve its air defense capability.The Washington Post, citing Western and Asian sources, said Western...
WASHINGTON-Huawei Technologies is reportedly suspected of violating U.N. sanctions by supplying Iraq with fiber optic cable to improve its air defense capability.The Washington Post, citing Western and Asian sources, said Western officials have asked Beijing to investigate whether Huawei was the supplier of fiber-optic...
BEIJING-Huawei Technologies, based in China's southern boomtown of Shenzhen, is poised to become a global player in the telecommunications field. Already China's largest producer of telephone switches, the company is now branching out into the mobile field and aggressively moving abroad. While privately owned,...
GERMANYSonera is looking to reduce its stake in Group 3G, the consortium that won a third-generation license in Germany last year. Sonera, which currently holds 42.8 percent of the consortium, would like to reduce its stake to around 20 percent, according to international press...
WASHINGTON-Beijing appears to be thumbing its nose at wireless provisions of the landmark U.S.-China trade agreement, posing potential problems for American mobile-phone firms and the next administration.The move comes as a group of U.S. wireless executives prepare to meet with their counterparts in China...
BEIJING-A department chief from the Ministry of Information Industry, Xie Linzhen, has said mobile phones manufactured by local companies would comprise 15 percent of the market by the end of this year, up from 8 percent by the end of June. Currently, 10 domestic...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Telecom regulatory authority, Anatel, said Brazil's personal communications services (PCS) licenses will be auctioned later this year in three geographic areas, with up to three operators in each area. The regions will be similar to the current fixed telephony regions: northeast, central-south and...
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...
BEIJING-In the wireless world, China no longer is a forgotten backwater, but is rapidly moving to center stage. According to the new Ministry of Information Industry (MII), the country had a 92-percent growth rate last year, bringing total mobile users to 13 million, and...
Celcore Inc. introduced a Global System for Mobile communications system, designed specifically for emerging markets around the world-at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The system is built around a compact GlobalSwitch, which integrates the functions of the mobile switching center, base station...
