Mobile Phones

China Telecom (Hong Kong) in late April announced the purchase of Jiangsu Mobile Communication for US$2.9 billion. China Telecom said the purchase gives it close to 4.8 million cellular subscribers …

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 …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Australia’s long-awaited PCS spectrum auctions began at the tail end of April with nine bidders vying for 230 lots in the 800 MHz and 1800 MHz spectrum bands. Marking …

SINGAPORE-What was to have been one of the most glorious moments in Singapore’s telecommunications history turned out to be a major fiasco in April when one of the tenderers for …

LONDON-After years of uncertainty and confusion, the Russian wireless telecommunications market finally seems set to come out of hibernation and deliver what investors and analysts have been expecting for some …

OXFORD, England-More than a million mobile phone users in Switzerland are under surveillance. Swisscom secretly is storing historical data that can track the movements of its subscribers’ mobile terminals. These …

Nokia GSM phones Nokia Corp. introduced three new GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) phones operating on the 900 MHz frequency band. The Nokia 8810 has a protective slide cover …

DENVER, United States-If all goes as planned, the world could have as many as 10 mobile satellite communications (MSS) systems operating in the next five years. By 2002, the MSS …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. experienced higher revenues and net income in all its business units during the first quarter ended March 31, reporting a slight overall revenue increase, from $2.7 billion …

WASHINGTON-A group that claims mobile phone transmitters pose a public health risk last week asked a federal appeals court in New York to stay the Federal Communications Commission’s implementation of …

ROME-Three consortia have submitted bids for Italy’s third mobile phone license, due to be awarded mid-year. Two of the bids were expected for some time. Picienne-a consortium led by the …

DENVER-The Colorado Public Utilities Commission scrapped a plan that would have provided a new area code for wireless phones and pagers only. Citing legal and financial implications, the commission has …

NEW YORK-Ericsson Inc. Mobile Phones and Terminals announced it will be the exclusive presenting sponsor of Grammy Award winning singer Celine Dion for her 1998-1999 North American concert tour, “Lets …

The Land Mobile Communications Council this week is expected to ask the Federal Communications Commission to allocate 15 megahertz now and more spectrum later for private wireless communications. The request …

MALVERN, Pa.-Triton Cellular Partners reached a definitive agreement to acquire 12 wireless operating territories in Kansas, Alabama and Mississippi from U.S. Unwired for about $158 million. Triton’s strategy is to …

CALABASAS, Calif.-Silverlake Communications Inc. announced it has completed software enhancements for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. with MessageFlash Text Messaging Software version 2.0 in AT&T Wireless’ digital mobile phone and paging …

Mobile phone accessory manufacturers and distributors say the accessory market has redefined itself since the onslaught of increased wireless carrier competition. Retailers no longer try to convince newly activated mobile …

WASHINGTON-In a move that could reignite the debate over the wireless industry’s responsibility to physically challenged Americans, a Colorado-based maker of a device enabling hearing-impaired people to use mobile phones …

Embracing a nickname that employees have given its logo for years, Motorola Inc. launched a $100 million global branding campaign that unites all its business sectors’ consumer products under the …

LONDON-The United Kingdom’s Office of Telecommunications announced it has ended its restrictions on how mobile phone operators may market and distribute airtime and products. The new regulation, which will go …

WASHINGTON-Despite all the hoopla surrounding antenna siting legislation, wireless anti-fraud, privacy and tax-repeal bills stand a far better chance of being passed by Congress and enacted into law this year. …

Robinson-Humphrey Co. L.L.C’s latest quarterly survey of U.S. mobile phone prices indicates the pricing wars may be over. The Atlanta-based company said pricing decreased since December just .8 percent to …

LONFON-Orange plc, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Orange Communications Ltd., said it submitted a bid for the third mobile phone license in the Republic of Ireland. The United Kingdom-based operator …

NEW YORK-Cellnet, a U.K. mobile phone network operator, has placed a contract with Nokia Telecommunications to expand its Global System for Mobile communications network. Nokia will supply equipment to cover …

After years of delays and controversy, the Italian Ministry of Communications began accepting bids for the country’s third mobile phone license last week. The ministry set an April 15 deadline …