Only a year ago, prospects for the GSM standard in Latin America seemed dim. At that time, Chile's Entel PCS and Venezuela's rural operator Infonet were the only operators offering GSM-based services in Latin America, and only a handful of other operators in Bolivia...
DENVER, United States-With AT&T Wireless Services' announcement it will overlay its existing TDMA-based network with a GSM network supporting General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), the pressure is on other TDMA carriers, specifically the largest U.S.-based TDMA carrier Cingular Wireless, as to its future technology...
Dear Editor: I have found your Global Wireless news to be quite edifying. I, however, must correct you on the "First Caribbean CPP provider emerges" article in the September-October 2000, volume 3, number 5 issue.I was quite disappointed in reading, "Trinidad and Tobago ... has...
AirNetUnited States. With MBO for a GPRS system.Value: UndisclosedAlcatelGambia. With Gamtel for a turnkey GSM network to be installed in the greater Banjul area.Value: UndisclosedPortugal. With TMN for a high speed mobile data service on its GPRS commercial network.Value: UndisclosedPortugal. With TMN for UMTS technology in the...
With a population hungry for services, Latin America is challenging telecom and Internet companies to tap their imaginative resources to provide the devices, killer applications, high-speed networks and customized content, which will be the pathway to a robust wireless Internet industry there in the...
Every day another vendor announces it has won a contract to provide third-generation services. And with each 3G announcement is the implication that 3G services will soon be here.And they will. But one only has to look back at the rollout of second-generation wireless...
AT&T Wireless Inc. last week outlined a new migration path to third-generation services rife with ramifications affecting the wireless industry worldwide.The company said it will overlay a GSM/general packet radio service system atop its existing TDMA network in the nation's top 100 markets where...
European operators are expected to spend more than $125 billion by the beginning of 2007 on next- generation wireless Internet services and infrastructure, according to a report by The Strategis Group Europe.The report, "European Next Generation Wireless: Licensing, Infrastructure and Development," found that 30 of...
With AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s announcement that it will overlay its existing TDMA-based network with a GSM network supporting GPRS, the pressure is on other TDMA carriers, specifically the largest U.S.-based TDMA carrier Cingular Wireless, as to its future technology choice. Will the company...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said Bolivian operator Entel Movil selected it to deploy Latin America's first General Packet Radio Service network. The three-year $36 million agreement is for a full GSM/GPRS 1900 MHz system.Entel Movil is 50-percent owned by Telecom Italia and offers TDMA cellular...
The hunt for spectrum by wireless carriers continued last week as Verizon Wireless, the country's largest operator, offered more than $2 billion for Price Communications Wireless, a wholly owned subsidiary of Price Communications.While the purchase was not surprising-Price has been looking for a buyer...
Qualcomm Inc.'s much-battered stock received a vote of confidence last week as Lehman Brothers released an equity research report reiterating its "Buy" rating of the company's stock, which has seen its value fall from a 52-week high of $200 per share earlier this year...
WASHINGTON-Carriers last week overwhelmingly warned the Federal Communications Commission that while they will make their best efforts to meet implementation deadlines for enhanced 911 Phase II, they are concerned that solutions-whether they be handset, network or hybrid-will meet the time lines or accuracy requirements...
The specialized mobile radio industry is quickly becoming a fractured market divided between the traditional small SMR carriers, which are focused on providing dispatch services to customers at reasonable prices, and big players, which are marketing services as a high-end alternative to personal communications...
WASHINGTON-The hearing-impaired community has asked the Federal Communications Commission to consider mandating hearing aid compatibility for digital mobile phones, saying the wireless industry has failed to adequately address the problem.The FCC has requested comments on the petition by Dec. 8. Reply comments are due...
TOKYO-A press report has stated Japan's NTT DoCoMo is in talks with AT&T Corp. regarding taking a minority stake in the U.S. carrier's mobile-phone business.NTT DoCoMo has said repeatedly it is interested in the United States and other foreign markets and would take a...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Israel is determined not to be shaken from its pristine position of having one of the highest cellular penetration rates in the Middle East by the current unrest in the region."Penetration in Israel is growing steadily at a double-digit rate for next...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Unlike the hype that surrounded the launch of Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) services, European mobile operators are taking a conservative approach to how General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) will be commercially deployed.This time, no TV advertisements proclaim the wonders of accessing the...
CanadaBell Mobility began offering two-way wireless data service in October in Ontario and Quebec, with plans to extend service nationwide by the end of the year.United StatesA report stated Japan's NTT DoCoMo is in talks with AT&T regarding taking a minority stake in the...
CHICAGO, United States-One of the first commercial deployments of Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) technology could be in Mexico next year based on presentations and interviews at the PCIA GlobalXchange event in late September. Mexico's largest wireless carrier, Telcel, plans to roll...
IRVINE, Calif.-STM Wireless Inc. announced it was awarded a patent for its special form of CDMA called Cyclic Code Phase Multiple Access.The technology provides the benefits of CDMA but is designed for a low to moderate throughput in the upstream channel and is applicable...
NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. has begun carrier trials of its first Bluetooth-capable wireless phone, the Timeport 270, and expects to begin shipping the CDMA handsets by year-end.Depending on "carrier testing regimens," the manufacturer expects to ramp up to full production of the tri-mode PCS, analog...
Noting the importance of wireless Internet and data services to wireless service providers, along with Goldman Sachs findings that more than 50 percent of all Web access will be delivered through a wireless device within the next five to 10 years, Telephia Inc. has...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-The Gartner Group predicts Brazil will have about 600,000 WAP users at the end of the year.The market research company said handset suppliers did not accomplish their goals of making available WAP-enabled TDMA handsets, and the carriers did not set the price...
