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...
SINGAPORE-After two years of bad debts and line terminations, wireless operators in the economically worst-hit Asian nations of Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia can finally look forward to better times ahead.Analysts say economic recovery combined with the growing acceptance of prepaid will help...
SINGAPORE-Lost accounts, lost jobs, lost profits, lost confidence: These words have been used to describe Indonesia's wireless industry, but they may not necessarily be true.Although it is undeniable that wireless telecommunications operators, such as Telkomsel and Satelindo, have been slapped with problems, including falling revenues,...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has a $30 million contract to deploy a digital cellular phone network for PT Telkomsel in Indonesia.The Global System for Mobile communications system will be able to serve 50,000 cellular customers in the capital city of Jakarta, the...
JAKARTA, Indonesia-The government of Indonesia could issue several new personal communications services licenses next year in the 1.8-1.9 GHz frequency band, according to international news reports.Three new cellular operators were licensed in the last two years to build Global System for Mobile cellular communications...
U.S. telecom companies have the chance to buy into one of Indonesia's cellular operators, PT Telkomsel, which is seeking a strategic partner to help combat the $586 million investment Deutsche Telekom AG has made in competitor Satelindo.Telkomsel turned on the country's second nationwide Global...
