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HONG KONG—The Hong Kong mobile market is set for a transformation, with four third-generation (3G) mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) established, based on the requirements of Hong Kong’s four 3G …

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Heru Prasetyo, Indonesia’s Accenture country manager, suggested cellular operators should increase their average revenue per user (ARPU) from its current less than US$20 to at least US$25 for financing …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Along with her screen debut, Britney is also entering the wireless industry. Wireless entertainment company nGame Inc. said it scored an agreement with Viacom Consumer Products to publish …

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Southeast Asian operators are predicted to face unprecedented growth in data traffic during the coming years. Operators in the region have witnessed a surge in data traffic through short …

LONDON—Orange has partnered with BBC Multimedia and Digital Bridges to bring the television show “The Weakest Link” to mobile-phone users in Europe. The mobile version of the game show will …

MANILA, The Philippines—According to Merrill Lynch in a recent research study, SMS revenues in Asia, excluding the Philippines, only consist of a minor percentage—between 1 percent and 5 percent—of operators’ …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Mobile operator MTN Uganda has launched a short message service (SMS) content and information service, enabling subscribers to download information and trivia to their handsets. On the first …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Third mobile network operator Cell C announced it enhanced its directory inquiry service by allowing subscribers to receive numbers via short message service (SMS) at no extra cost. …

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Singapore’s two leading cellular operators recently launched new price plans to attract new customers and retain existing ones. Both SingTel and MobileOne (M1) are offering more free talktime and …

CANNES, France—Among the slew of announcements made here at the 3GSM World Congress last week, location services seemed to move farther up on the radar screens of both operators and …

MANILA, The Philippines—Smart Communications, one of the Philippines’ biggest mobile-phone operators, recently reported that its network would be able to handle a 10-million subscriber capacity this year. Smart signed late …

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Dan Kirk, an analyst at Spectrum Strategy Consulting, said growth in Indonesia’s cellular market during 2001-2005 will fall to 47 percent from 70 percent in 2001. According to the …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Mobile network operator MTN Nigeria Communications, reported it has exceeded expectations by signing up 200,000 subscribers six months after its commercial launch in August 2001. The company’s business …

CANNES, France—Agilent Technologies is releasing products to assist mobile operators in quickly and cost-effectively deploying next-generation services over their networks. Agilent Technologies released its acceSS7 Location System, a solution that …

PLEASANTON, California, United States—FunMail plans to introduce version 2.0 of the FunMail Wireless Messaging solution, which can process more than 100 animated messages per second, or more than 8 million …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—The third network operator in South Africa announced that it will target the youth market with the launch of its latest package called Club Chat. Cell C Marketing …

LONDON—The Wireless Village standards group released its version 1.0 specifications for wireless instant messaging, prompting a range of new product and service announcements from Wireless Village members. The standards group …

DUBLIN, Ireland—Vodafone Fiji is using short message service (SMS) software from Ireland’s Xiam. The announcement follows a trial of the software during the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament. The …

MANILA, The Philippines—Filipinos prefer to use text messages on their mobile phones more frequently than e-mail to stay in touch with each other, according to a recent study conducted by …

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LONDON—Cellular handset sales in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are showing signs of recovery, prompting LG to enter the UAE’s GSM phone market with two of its mobile-phone models, the …

TORONTO—Canada’s Bell Mobility launched the country’s first 1x wireless network in the greater Toronto area, with plans to extend the coverage throughout the year to cover most of the country. …

NEW DELHI, India—BPL Mobile, India’s leading GSM service provider, hopes to increase substantially its revenues from non-voice services with its recently launched General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) service in Mumbai. …

LONDON—Logica announced it scored a US$2.3 million sale through its reselling deal with Ericsson. Under the deal, Ericsson sold Logica’s Telepath short message service (SMS) product to a Latin American …