L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc. and ZTE Corp. joined Asia-Pacific's largest mobile alliance group, Bridge Mobile Alliance, increasing the membership base from eight to 11. The vendors joined the alliance through a new associate-membership scheme, which extends membership to global technology partners and breaks from...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG announced it has set up a third-generation High Speed Downlink Packet Access testing network for Telkomsel, an Indonesian mobile operator, and plans to test broadband and multimedia services on the network during the next six months. Siemens said the 3G test...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG announced it has set up a third-generation High Speed Downlink Packet Access testing network for Telkomsel, an Indonesian mobile operator, and plans to test broadband and multimedia services on the network during the next six months.Siemens said the 3G test network...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. has signed an agreement with leading Indonesian operator Telkomsel to expand its packet core network in Indonesia. The value of the contract was not disclosed. Under the contract, Nokia is supplying a Third Generation Partnership Project packet core network solution and...
SINGAPORE-Following their European counterparts, seven Asia-Pacific mobile operators inked a deal to form a regional alliance, called Bridge Mobile Alliance, which will operate through a Singapore-incorporated company, Bridge Mobile Pte Ltd. The joint-venture company aims to drive economies of scale for equipment purchases and...
SINGAPORE-Following their European counterparts, seven Asia-Pacific mobile operators signed an agreement to form a regional mobile alliance, called Bridge Mobile Alliance, which will operate through a Singapore-incorporated company, Bridge Mobile Pte Ltd. The joint venture company aims to drive economies of scale for equipment...
MUNICH, Germany-Indonesia's largest wireless carrier Telkomsel and Siemens have signed a $381 million framework agreement to expand Telkomsel's GSM network. Under the terms of the contract, Siemens will supply new network technology during the course of the next three years and install it on...
SINGAPORE-Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., which has embarked on a regional expansion of its mobile subsidiary, said it increased its wireless subscribers by 64 percent in 2002 compared with the year before.SingTel said its aggregate mobile subscriber base in the Asia-Pacific region exceeded 32 million as...
JAKARTA, Indonesia-Economic factors coupled with customers' general habits have driven most Southeast Asian customers to choose the most appropriate payment method for their mobile-phone plans. In developed countries like Singapore, the number of postpaid subscribers compared with prepaid subscribers is roughly a 3:1 ratio....
JAKARTA, Indonesia-Telkom, Indonesia's incumbent information and communication services carrier, has decided to divest its non-GSM subsidiaries.Currently, Telkom has five cellular subsidiaries-Telkomsel, a GSM operator; Komselindo and Mobisel, CDMA operators; and Metrosel and Telesera, AMPS carriers.Kristiono, chief executive officer (CEO) of Telkom, said this strategic...
LONDON-Indonesia's Telkomsel contracted CMG Wireless Data to upgrade its short messaging service center from a capability of sending 160 messages per second to 1,500 messages. Telkomsel deployed the expansion in the regions of Surabaya and Medan at the end of May.The operator will also...
CUPERTINO, Calif.—Vodafone's Sweden business announced it will replace its old billing system with Portal Software Inc.'s Infranet Wireless convergent billing software, for use with its messaging and voice services.Separately, Indonesian wireless carrier Telkomsel will use Convergys' Geneva billing product to charge for its GSM...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology will not bring killer data applications, at least during this year in Indonesia, according to industry executives.Rudiantara, head of the country's cellular association, said Indonesia's cellular subscribers experienced many new short message service (SMS)-based applications last year,...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Singapore Telecom (SingTel) embraced its Asian subsidiaries, Australia's Optus and the Philippines' Globe Telecom, to set up new roaming services for data communications. Later this year, it plans to announce similar agreements with its additional Asian subsidiaries, including PT Telkomsel in Indonesia in...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indosat Multimedia Mobile (IM3) said it will continue its free General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) offering until the end of April, with an additional extension possible. IM3 originally set its free GPRS services schedule for November 2001 through February.Sumedi Kirono, IM3's director of...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—SingTel Mobile confirmed that it purchased an additional 12.7-percent stake in Indonesia's Telkomsel for US$429 million from PT Telkom, giving it a 35-percent stake in the mobile operator.Telkom's stake will reduce to 65 percent. SingTel bought its original 22.3-percent stake from KPN Mobile...
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 message service (SMS) traffic, followed by General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) offerings in recent...
LONDON—Indonesian cellular operator PT Telkomsel announced plans to invest US$500 million during the next year to expand its GSM network.The network expansion will see Telkomsel increase its subscriber base to 5 million by the end of next year from the existing figure of 3.05...
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands—Heavily indebted KPN Mobile said Singapore Telecommunications Mobile will purchase KPN's 22.28-percent holding in Indonesia's Telkomsel for US$601 million. SingTel Mobile will also settle KPN Mobile's remaining technical service obligation to Telkomsel valued at US$25 million.Telkom, which holds the remaining 77.72...
AlcatelChina. With China Mobile for GSM network expansion contracts by Shanghai Mobile and Jilin Mobile.Value: US$70 millionMalaysia. With Telekom Cellular to expand its existing GSM 1800 MHz capacity and ready it for GPRS.Value: US$85 millionPhilippines. With Digitel to roll out its mobile network by...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. says it has signed an agreement with Indonesian carrier Telkomsel to supply radio-access network equipment and services to expand its GSM dual band network.Under the pact, Nokia will deliver GSM 900 and 1800 base stations and cellular transmission for Telkomsel's network...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia said it signed an agreement with Indonesian carrier Telkomsel to supply radio access network equipment and services to expand its GSM dual-band network.Under the pact, Nokia will deliver GSM 900 MHz and 1800 MHz base stations and cellular transmission for Telkomsel's network...
JAKARTA, Indonesia-Amid an unpredictable economic crisis, Indonesia's telecommunication sector is moving forward, with new regulation in effect since 8 September, 2000. The new regulation, which says any company can provide telecommunication services, has received positive market response. Many new players, mostly cellular and wireless...
EricssonCanada. With Microcell Connexions for a GPRS network.Value: UndisclosedChina. With China Unicom for GSM expansions in Jilin, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Anhui and Hubei provinces.Value: US$176 millionLaos. With Lao Telecommunications Co. for GSM switching.Value: US$1.2 millionMexico. With Pegaso forCDMA equipment for its PCS network.Value: US$200 millionTurkey. With Turkcell for a...
