India's government is reportedly working overtime to get much-needed spectrum into the hands of GSM-based operators by the end of the year so they can deploy third-generation services. But until it does, it's not allowing CDMA operators to launch 3G networks either. According to...
In the wireless universe, one outstanding fact about India trumps its ancient history, heterogeneous society and complex political and economic mix: With more than 1 billion people, India is the second-most-populous country in the world, and with rising prosperity, its citizens are buying wireless...
COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced that Indian CDMA operators Reliance Infocomm and Tata Teleservices Ltd. are set to offer data-enabled CDMA2000 phones to their most price-sensitive customers by leveraging the requirements developed by the CDG's Global Handset Requirement for CDMA team."The developments...
MUMBAI, India-Qualcomm Inc. said it has opened a BREW developer lab here, making it one of nine such labs around the world.The company said the lab will provide Indian application developers access to the latest BREW handsets, software and testing tools. Qualcomm will also...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will expand its CDMA2000 1x contract with India's Tata Teleservices in 12 new circles. The Swedish vendor currently provides 1x infrastructure in six Tata circles. Under the new contract, Ericsson will deploy its AXE-based MSCs, which are used to...
BANGALORE, India-LogicaCMG has been awarded a $6 million contract to implement a CDMA-based next-generation Short Messaging Solution Center for Tata Teleservices Ltd. Tata Teleservices said it will implement the SMSC to deliver reliable short messaging service capabilities to its growing subscriber base.S. Ramakrishnan, managing...
SINGAPORE-Lucent Technologies Inc. flexed its muscles at the CommunicAsia trade show with a series of contracts with Indian, Vietnamese and Korean operators.In India, Lucent signed a $30 million contract with Tata Teleservices to support the carrier's CDMA network in the state of Andhra Pradesh.Lucent...
SINGAPORE-Lucent Technologies Inc. flexed its muscles at the CommunicAsia trade show with a series of contracts with Indian, Vietnamese and Korean operators.In India, Lucent signed a $30 million contract with Tata Teleservices to support the carrier's CDMA network in the state of Andhra Pradesh.Lucent...
Qualcomm Inc. and its BREW partners released a rash of announcements in conjunction with the BREW developer's conference last week. The CDMA technology pioneer joined carriers, handset makers, technology vendors and content providers in pushing forward the BREW platform with it annual event, this...
SAN DIEGO-As expected, Qualcomm Inc. and its BREW partners released a rash of announcements in conjunction with the BREW developer's conference. Qualcomm joined handset makers, technology vendors and content providers in pushing the BREW platform forward.Among those making announcements were: Qualcomm, which announced Tata...
The new wireless gizmos may be humming with new applications, but promises keep outweighing results. CDMA, the technology leading the march toward a full third-generation era, continues to confront challenges. Data services have been unfurled, but adoption is still in its infancy. Enterprise players...
SAN DIEGO-Indian carrier Tata Teleservices is the first operator to launch a push-to-talk service based on Qualcomm Inc.'s BREWChat solution.The technology enables person-to-person and person-to-group communication between subscribers at the push of a button, said Qualcomm."Offering a BREWChat-powered push-to-chat service to our subscriber base...
Countering a similar offering by rival wireless provider Tata Teleservices, Indian wireless carrier Hutchison Essar launched Fastmobile Inc.'s push2talk service, which combines walkie-talkie services with instant messaging, short message service, multimedia messaging service and voice messaging.The carrier said the service would be available to...
Indian carrier Tata Teleservices is the first operator to launch a push-to-talk service based on Qualcomm Inc.'s BREWChat solution.The technology enables person-to-person and person-to-group communication between subscribers at the push of a button, said Qualcomm."Offering a BREWChat-powered push-to-chat service to our subscriber base allows...
NEW DELHI, India-Qualcomm Inc. said it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to allow Tata Teleservices to use Qualcomm's BREWChat solution for push-to-chat services planned for launch in mid-2004.The services will enable the carrier's customers to download games, ring tones, communication, e-mail and...
Following are mobile contracts awarded in February 2004:Iraq. With Orascom Telecom for a GSM network in Central Iraq.Value: UndisclosedSerbia. With Telecom Serbia for a UMTS network field trial.Value: UndisclosedUnited Kingdom. With 3 UK for an optical multiservice solution.Value: UndisclosedUnited Kingdom and France. With Orange...
GERMANYU.S. company Danger Inc. announced its first European customer, reporting German operator E-Plus will soon launch Danger's Hiptop device. The German carrier also plans to offer an unlimited data plan that will enable customers to use the phone's e-mail, Internet and instant messaging features...
NEW DELHI, India--India, one of the fastest-growing wireless markets in the Asia Pacific region, is set for a churn. But it is unable to decide which way it will go--toward GSM or CDMA or perhaps both.The battle lines are clearly drawn between full mobility...
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. posted a first-quarter net profit of $241 million, or 30 cents per diluted share, a rise from a profit of $139.2 million, or 17 cents a diluted share, in the same period last year.It recorded $1.1 billion in revenue for...
NEW DELHI, India-Cellular phone customers in one of the fastest-growing markets in Asia are a happy lot, but this happiness is not shared by operators, as they face mounting losses due to high government tariffs. This is the trend in India, where the subscriber...
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 approaching courts to quash the government decision.The Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) and...
NEW DELHI, India—Tata Teleservices, a basic services provider, will launch its "limited mobility" service using wireless local loop (WLL) technology in five circles, or service areas, in the second half of 2002. It plans to have nearly 2.5 million CDMA subscribers during the next...
NEW DELHI, India—The continuing consolidation trend in India's cellular industry is now spilling over to basic service providers as well. Tata Teleservices—provider of CDMA-based limited mobility services under the "Tata mobitel" brand in Andhra Pradesh state circle—and Hughes Tele.com, a basic service provider in...
NEW DELHI, India-The Indian wireless market, so far a preserve of GSM, has been opened to the competing CDMA technology in a big way. CDMA growth is expected to pick up in all segments of the telecom market-rural telephony, urban fixed wireless services and...
