SEOUL-South Korean electronics vendor Pantech Group said it plans to increase its handset sales in the United States by 20 percent this year. The company also said it will work to sell its products directly to U.S. wireless carriers. "Even though we are a...
RUSSIAInfiNet Wireless, which provides broadband wireless access and pre-WiMAX equipment, said Enforta BV selected it to provide equipment for a nationwide broadband network in Russia. The network is expected to span 28 major cities and be constructed during the next two years. InfiNet will...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.CarriersRobert W. Baird adjusted estimates on Alltel Corp. following the company's third-quarter report. Baird raised its estimates on Alltel to EPS of $3.45 from $3.38...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-South American carrier Vivo announced a series of new partnerships with vendors including Convergys Corp., Motorola Inc. and Nortel Networks Corp. Vivo is a joint venture of Portugal Telecom and Telefonica Moviles SA and counts 28 million customers in Brazil.Vivo announced it...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it signed a new infrastructure agreement with Vivo to expand its EV-DO network in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The expansion will allow Vivo to offer EV-DO to more businesses and consumers. The value of the deal...
BRAZILTwo wireless equipment suppliers said they won deals to supply gear to Vivo, Brazil's largest mobile operator. L.M. Ericsson said it will expand and enhance Vivo's access transmission network. Ericsson said its Mini-Link microwave transmission solution will provide extra backhaul capacity and flexibility, as...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Two wireless equipment suppliers said they won deals to supply gear to Vivo, Brazil's largest mobile operator.L.M. Ericsson said it will expand and enhance Vivo's access transmission network. Ericsson said its Mini-Link microwave transmission solution will provide extra backhaul capacity and flexibility,...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it was selected by Vivo, the largest mobile operator in Brazil, to manage Vivo's field operations in more than 2,000 sites in the states of Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo...
ALGERIAChinese vendor ZTE Corp. said it will supply CDMA gear for a network covering the three provinces of Tizi Ouzou, Bouira and Bejaia in northern Algeria. The contract value was not disclosed, but ZTE said the new network will include switching systems; base-station systems;...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Vivo, the largest wireless carrier in Brazil, has selected Motorola Inc.'s Push-to-Talk over Cellular product following a three-month trial. Vivo has offered PoC service, known as VIVO Direto, on its nationwide CDMA2000 1x network since September.Motorola, which last week announced another push-to-talk...
CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. said it has signed a long-term contract to provide its Atlys billing solution to Vivo, a joint venture led by Portugal Telecom and Telefonica Mobiles SA that provides wireless service in Brazil.Convergys will license its Atlys billing solution and use its local...
SOUTH KOREAThe W Seoul Walkerhill Hotel has implemented a voice-over-wireless local area network solution from Nortel Networks Ltd. and its channel partner ECS Telecom to enable mobile communications for its hotel management and staff. "This is the first introduction of our VoWLAN technology in...
SAO PAULO-Brasilcel, the company jointly owned by Telefonica Moviles and Portugal Telecom, has launched a plan to buy additional stakes in the other Brazilian subsidiaries partially owned by the two European telecom companies in a $508 million deal. Brasilcel intends to launch voluntary public...
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...
KARACHI, Pakistan, and RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. made two CDMA2000 1x-related announcements.In Brazil, Lucent said VIVO, the country's largest wireless carrier, will launch a 1x EV-DO network trial in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo using Lucent gear. Lucent will upgrade 120...
Qualcomm Inc. announced its BREW application download service will be available in Europe through a new deal with CDMA 450 MHz operator Zapp in Romania."Zapp is proud to be the first CDMA 450 operator to introduce BREW-based services to the market," said Cuneyt Turktan,...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse said it will supply a multimedia messaging service center for Brazil's largest wireless carrier Vivo."Vivo already offers the FotoTorpedo to its customers, and with the significantly increased use of the service, we decided to scale up the platform and take full advantage...
LONDON-Intec Telecom Systems will supply mediation software for Vivo, a joint venture between Telefonica Moviles and Portugal Telecom that serves more than 21 million customers in 19 Brazilian states.The contract includes Intec's Inter-mediatE convergent mobile mediation platform with Duplicate and Correlation Manager and Inter-mediatE...
Following are mobile contracts awarded in January 2004:AlcatelChina. With Gansu Mobile Communication Co., a subsidiary of China Mobile, for GSM/GPRS/EDGE network.Value: $14 millionCyprus. With Investcom for GSM/GPRS/EDGE radio and mobile core network.Value: UndisclosedNetherlands. With T-Mobile for data over asynchronous transfer mode, gigabit Ethernet transport...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Brazil's largest mobile operator signed a contract with Lucent Technologies Inc. to expand the operator's CDMA2000 1x network. The expansion will cover Vivo's network in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and other regions in both states, including the cities of Praia Grande...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. said its messaging technology will be used by BellSouth International across its Latin American properties.Openwave will supply its Multimedia Messaging Service Technology to allow BellSouth to begin messaging services across its subsidiaries in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua,...
Following are mobile infrastructure contracts announced in October 2003.China. With China Mobile to expand its GSM networks.Value: $50 millionComorian Union. With SNPT to roll out the country's first GSM network.Value: UndisclosedEricssonFinland. With Finnish 2G for GSM, GPRS, EDGE and W-CDMA mobile services.Value: UndisclosedLithuania. With...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Motorola Inc. said it has won a contract to supply base stations and transmission equipment for Brazilian carrier Vivo's CDMA2000 1x network in the northern and western parts of the country.The contract signals the first phase of Vivo's migration from TDMA to...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless Internet software provider Openwave Systems Inc. reported a solid quarter, showing increasing revenues and a decreasing net loss, with an outlook for generally improving numbers next quarter."We continue to execute on our plan toward profitability," said Don Listwin, the company's president...
