TOKYO-SpeedNet, a telecom venture company in Japan, on Wednesday announced it launched an experiment for its wireless local area network (WLAN) services using the 5 GHz band. The experiment will be carried out through the end of December, the firm said.During the experiment, using...
While U.S. wireless carriers have often strayed from the international model when it comes to delivering service, most industry watchers anticipated the U.S.-based GSM carriers would follow a similar path as their worldly brothers when it came to deploying third-generation (3G) networks. Those models...
LONDON-Siemens AG and Aircom International have signed an agreement calling for Aircom to supply its Enterprise Suite of network engineering software tools to Siemens' internal organization and its end users. Included in the agreement are radio planning, project management and rollout; transmission and microwave...
TOKYO-With its competitors' next-generation services clearly outpacing its own offerings, NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported it will cut i-mode packet transmission fees for PDC and FOMA customers beginning Sept. 1 and will introduce a new pricing structure for both services.The new plan will see PDC...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-SkyOnline signed a letter of intent stating that it will buy Diveo Broadband Networks' Argentine and Uruguayan branches for about US$7 million. This decision is in line with recent trends in the region, which has seen numerous companies selling their operations at...
TOKYO-Hitachi, a leading telecom vendor in Japan, is going to provide cdma2000 1x EV-DO base stations to KDDI, Hitachi announced on Thursday. KDDI is planning to launch experimental 1x EV-DO services in April and commercial services in the fourth quarter of 2003 in Japan.According...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS is expected to finally launch its highly anticipated cdma2000 1x-based network services Aug. 8.Raymond James & Associates Inc. analyst Ric Prentiss said in a report that based on a national retailer's ad scheduled for August 11 the network service will...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The National Telecommunications Council in Ecuador assigned two of the three national 3.4 GHz to 3.6 GHz bands for wireless local loop (WLL) services to TV Cable and Sakon Holdings for the next 15 years for US$3.2 million and US$2.1 million respectively....
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo will set up a demonstration room for FOMA in the New York office of AT&T Wireless in the fourth quarter. Visitors of the demonstration room near Central Park will be able to experience 384 kilobits per second (kbps) data transmission service, television...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, is going to return 40 million yen (US$342,000) in communications fees to its photo mail service users because the users were not able to send or receive image data due to technical problems.NTT DoCoMo on 1...
PARIS-Alcatel said it won a contract with Italian third-generation license holder H3G to supply its backbone and metropolitan transmission networks.Under the terms of the agreement, Alcatel will supply its DWDM and SDH multiservice transport systems, along with its latest SDH microwave radio systems.The value...
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-Wireless modem maker Gtran Wireless Inc. has said its dual-band cdma2000 1x EV-DO data card known as the DotSurfer 6200 is now commercially available.The company said the product "future-proofs" the customer against evolving standards."This advanced wireless modem eliminates the need for wireless...
TOKYO-KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, will terminate its service based on PDC by March 31, 2003, Tadashi Onodera, president of KDDI, said on Thursday. By terminating the PDC service, a technology unique to Japan, KDDI is going to concentrate its resources on...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, on Thursday announced that it will launch wireless local area network (WLAN) service on 1 July. The new service, called "Mzone," will be provided in nine locations in the Tokyo metropolitan area, including major hotels and...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Telecommunications Council of Ecuador called to tender on 17 July an auction to assign three wireless local loop (WLL) frequencies from 3.4 to 3.6 GHz, while the Subsecretariat of Telecommunications of Chile called to tender on 18 July an auction for...
TOKYO—NTT Communications, a long-distance and international business unit of NTT Group, announced it would launch wireless service based on the 5 GHz band in July on an experimental basis.Under current regulation, carriers are allowed to provide 5 GHz band wireless service inside buildings. But...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said its Taiwanese partner KG Telecommunications will begin i-mode service on June 20. The operator will launch i-mode services on its GPRS network.Content from about 80 Web sites will be available for a basic monthly fee of $4.95 in addition to...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo said its Taiwanese partner KG Telecommunications will begin i-mode service on 20 June. The operator will launch i-mode services on its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network.Content from about 80 Web sites will be available for a basic monthly fee of $4.95...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Ericsson will begin trialing a UMTS network in the Dallas area beginning later this year.The companies, which completed a live UMTS voice call at AT&T Wireless' headquarters earlier this year, said the network will use about 100 cell...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin selling its PDC-based mova SO504i handset next week that is compatible with the carrier's enhanced i-mode service offering packet data transmission speeds of up to 28.8 kilobits per second.The handset also includes support for Java Archive applications...
TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest operator in Japan, announced that in cooperation with SK Telecom in Korea it launched an image data transmission service between users of the two operators. It is the first international image data transmission service, according to KDDI.Users of the service, called...
TOKYO and DENVER, United States—Toshiba, a leading vendor in Japan, announced that it is going to launch Toshiba-branded mobile handsets in the U.S. market in 2003.As a first step for exploring the U.S. market, Toshiba will increase its stake in Audiovox Communications from its...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it is launching on June 1 its i-shot service, which allows users to transmit still images taken with mova SH251i mobile phones with built-in digital cameras.The photos can be edited prior to sending, and users will be able to attach...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Nigerian Communications Minster Bell Haliru Mohammed has said that the US$306 million in proceeds from the fixed wireless access (FWA) license auction will be used to develop rural telephony in the country.The statement comes amid allegations that the proceeds from the GSM...
