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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African mobile network operator MTN announced that it is boosting its network capacity to ensure uninterrupted cellular services are available to both regular subscribers and visitors during …

OSLO, Norway-Pocket IT said Norwegian operator NetCom launched a portfolio of location-based short message service (SMS) services using its technology. The services include information, navigation and community offerings.

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BEIJING-Telecom consultancy BDA China published a new report titled “Mobile Subscribers in China 2002,” based on a survey of 2,000 people between the ages of 18 and 50 in Beijing, …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African company Econoserv has announced it has successfully implemented a business solution in Nigeria. GeeSM is a Nigerian business selling virtual airtime. It recruits agents who go …

BEIJING—Siemens IC Mobile is collaborating with China Mobile to offer Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and short message service (SMS) services to inform subscribers when goals are made in the FIFA …

LEXINGTON, Mass.—Logica signed a multimillion dollar network services agreement with U.S. Cellular, providing the carrier with its Short Message Service Center. U.S. Cellular will use Logica’s SMSC solution to provide …

HONG KONG—Verizon Wireless Inc. is the first customer for Lightbridge Inc.’s Mobile Data Manager, a new service that enables carriers to allow users to self-provision data services. Mobile Data Manager …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Microsoft Corp. closed its Mobile Internet Business Unit in Stockholm, Sweden, cutting about 80 jobs. The affected employees will be offered jobs in the company’s U.S.-based headquarters. The Microsoft …

ATLANTA, United States—U.S. company Inet Technologies said it deployed its short message service tracking and billing technology for Globe Telecom in the Philippines. The solution will help Globe validate interconnection …

WASHINGTON—InPhonic Inc. has deployed its patent-pending, two-way short message service technology in tandem with eBay to provide a real-time alerts and interactive response service called “Wireless Rebidding” that eBay subscribers …

NASHUA, N.H.—Octave Communications said Vodafone New Zealand is performing market and technical trials with its instant group conversation platform, Octave Improv. “Our trials indicate that there is strong demand for …

TORONTO—Canadian operator Rogers AT&T Wireless reported an agreement with InfoSpace Inc. to launch an English and French-language SMS service dubbed EasyInfo on the carrier’s TDMA and GSM/GPRS network. The service …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Looking to build on the runaway success of short message service (SMS), two more European mobile operators have joined in the rush to be among the first to …

JAKARTA, Indonesia—StarHub, Singapore’s third-largest mobile operator, said it has enriched content for its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and short message service (SMS) services with the coming of the 2002 …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—A joint venture between Orange and U.K.-based cable operator NTL should soon enable Orange cell-phone users to order digital content and have it downloaded via NTL’s broadband connection …

HONG KONG—MSN announced a new initiative to bring its Hotmail Web-based e-mail service to mobile phones in Asia. MSN has partnered with U.S.-based Mobileway to allow mobile operators in Asia …

MELBOURNE, Australia—As part of its expanding mobile data strategy, Telstra announced this week a three-month trial in which customers can pay for parking using their GSM mobile phones. “Our customers …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—InfoSpace Inc. announced that it is providing its wireless software and services for the launch of WAP, SMS and speech-enabled data services by Verizon Wireless Puerto Rico. …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—While sending e-mails via cell phones is up to 10 times cheaper than short message service (SMS), mobile operators must still charge users to receive e-mails so their …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Wireless giant Ericsson continued to lead the multimedia messaging service infrastructure industry through its new deal with T-Mobile. T-Mobile will use Ericsson’s MMS center to launch services in its …

NIEUWEGEIN, The Netherlands—CMG Wireless Data Solutions announced a major sale to Portugal wireless carrier Optimus for its full multimedia messaging product line. Optimus will use CMG’s Multimedia Messaging Service Centre, …

NEW DELHI, India—Indian GSM players this week renewed their attempts to stall the rollout of CDMA services—under the name of “limited mobility” wireless local loop (WLL)—by fixed service providers, by …

LONDON—Logica announced a major deal with wireless giant Telefonica Moviles to provide the carrier this virtually all its messaging products, as well as plans to jointly develop new messaging infrastructure …

GREENSBORO, N.C.—RF Micro Devices Inc. said it has started to ship its RF2173 and RF2174 power amplifiers for two additional handsets of a top-tier multinational handset original equipment manufacturer. The …