CANNES, France—The GSM Association presented several awards at the 3GSM World Congress this week."Once again, our industry has surpassed itself," said Rob Conway, chief executive officer of the GSM Association. "The sheer diversity, innovation and technological excellence demonstrated by all the entries made the...
GENEVA—Europe’s mobile users will likely wait much longer than expected for next-generation cellular, as the daunting implications of full-scale third-generation (3G) deployment are finally brought home to the region’s 60-plus operators.With many players already having committed hundreds of millions of euros to securing national...
BUCHAREST, Romania—Partner Communications Company announced the Israeli Ministry of Communications notified the company that it approved the award to Partner of 1800 MHz spectrum and a third-generation (3G) band of spectrum. Partner's original license, awarded in 1998, will be amended and extended for an...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Two European operators with third-generation (3G) licenses have quietly confirmed that their services will not be ready for commercial launch this year. Netherlands-based KPN Orange and Cegetel in France have admitted that second quarter of next year and sometime in 2004, respectively,...
WOODBURY, New York, United States—Dutch wireless carrier Dutchtone, a subsidiary of Orange Group, continued to flesh out its wireless music service by purchasing Comverse's VoiCD music portal product.Comverse said its portal allows users to listen to music tracks, download ring tones and send music...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Dutch wireless carrier Dutchtone, a subsidiary of Orange Group, continued to flesh out its wireless music service by purchasing Comverse's VoiCD music portal product.Comverse said its portal allows users to listen to music tracks, download ring tones and send music tracks to friends."Today's...
NEW DELHI, India—The two leading GSM operators in Thailand, Advanced Info Service (AIS) and DTAC, announced new investments in network expansion and marketing, anticipating the entry this quarter of a third formidable player, CP Orange.AIS said it would spend 17.6 billion baht (US$399 million)...
PARIS—The tender to sell France's remaining two Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) licenses opened on 1 January, with bids due by 16 May.The government's first attempt to sell four UMTS licenses last year resulted in a lack of interest and the awarding of only...
DENVER, United States—Orange U.K. has completed its transition of its GSM network to an Internet Protocol (IP)-based signaling network. Orange U.K. has replaced 90 percent of its Time Division Multiplex (TDM)-based signaling network with next-generation technology.U.S.-based Tekelec, which supplied the equipment, said the upgrade...
MORRISVILLE, N.C.—Orange U.K. has completed its transition of its GSM network to an IP-based signaling network. Orange U.K. has replaced 90 percent of its Time Division Multiplex-based signaling network with next-generation technology.Tekelec, which supplied the equipment, said the upgrade represented the first large-scale deployment...
PARIS—France has set 16 May as its deadline for candidates to submit bids for two remaining third-generation (3G) licenses. Winners will be announced by the end of September.This year's attempted sale of four 3G licenses ended with only two licenses being awarded due to...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The four Swedish telecom operators that acquired third-generation (3G) licenses last year will face heavy fines if they fail to complete their network deployments on time, said the Swedish National Post and Telecom Agency.A lawyer for the agency stated that the fines...
LONDON—Logica, a wireless messaging company, said it will conduct a live trial of its Multimedia Messaging Service over United Kingdom wireless carrier Orange's GPRS network.Logica said its Multimedia Messaging Service Center enables the delivery of mobile messages containing audio, pictures, animation and real-time video...
DUBLIN, Ireland—Logica announced a live trial implementation of multimedia messaging service (MMS) over Orange U.K.'s General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network. The trial is the first step toward full implementation, Logica said.Orange will use the trial to develop and test a range of MMS...
MAISONS-LAFFITTE, France—Webraska announced it is going to supply Orange U.K. with upgrades to Orange's existing multimedia location-based services.The upgraded service will allow users to be automatically located by the network rather than having to type in their address themselves, Webraska said.Orange's initial set of...
MAISONS-LAFFITTE, France—Webraska announced it is going to supply Orange UK with upgrades to Orange's existing multimedia location-based services.The upgraded service will allow users to be automatically located by the network rather than having to type in their address themselves, Webraska said.Orange's initial set of...
HELSINKI, Finland—PTS, Sweden's telecom regulatory organization, has warned telecom companies that secured third-generation (3G) network licenses that they risk losing these licenses in the event that they stall development plans any further. Twelve months after PTL allocated four 3G licenses, licensees have only applied...
WASHINGTON—Verizon Communications Inc. has reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with the Communications Workers of America, to be effective when the current contract expires on March 16, for employees in Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange Counties and the Inland Empire region...
LONDON—French telecommunications regulator ART has said that it will cut the price of calls from fixed lines to mobile phones by nearly 40 percent during the course of the next three years. The decision will affect Orange and SFR, the country's two largest mobile...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, United States—Luxxon announced Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) purchased its Mediator Streaming System, which Luxxon said will allow the carrier to demonstrate to the public the next-generation wireless streaming services at its Orange shops."By showcasing Hong Kong's first and most compelling streaming...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Luxxon Corp. announced Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Ltd. purchased its Mediator Streaming System, which Luxxon said will allow the carrier to demonstrate to the public the next-generation wireless streaming services at its Orange shops."By showcasing Hong Kong's first and most compelling streaming...
BUCHAREST, Romania—According to the Swedish financial newspaper Finanstidningen, Skanska is exercising its option to sell its 10-percent shareholding in Orange Sweden, which won a third-generation (3G) license in Sweden last year. France T
PARIS—Orange said it has conducted the first voice, data and video communications on the Orange Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network in Paris, with equipment from Alcatel. The pre-commercial network carries voice communications in circuit mode and transfers data and video in packet mode.The...
