South AfricaElectronic services company Molapo Technology said it has extended its services-level $130 million agreement with service provider TelKom South Africa. The contract will last till 2008, said Molapo. "As the economy grows and diversifies, so too has the role of TelKom," said Essa...
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is set to file papers with the Federal Communications Commission today seeking approval for its proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc.The FCC is expected to issue a notice requesting public comment on the proposed transaction in mid-April.The merger,...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-LGP Allgon announced it has been chosen to provide wireless coverage at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.The coverage solution will be provided to Vodafone Group plc through Plural, LGP Allgon's distributor in Greece. The solution will extend to both indoor and...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s presence in the wireless industry is set to come to an end sometime later this year when Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s pending $41 billion acquisition of the nation's third-largest operator is set to close. Along with the reduction in number of...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week launched an inquiry to assess the impact of high foreign mobile termination fees on American consumers, dragging the United States further into a controversy that domestic and international wireless carriers would rather see settled by overseas regulators and...
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. announced it will team with TWI Interactive and Vidiator Technology Inc. to offer a wireless video product for sale to mobile network operators. The companies' new MobileVision technology is optimized for Microsoft's Windows Media 9 Series and supports industry-standard 3GPP formats...
BOSTON-While it failed to gain a direct foothold in the U.S. market when it was outbid by Cingular Wireless L.L.C. during the AT&T Wireless Services Inc. auction, Western European wireless customers rated Vodafone Group plc as their preferred carrier according to a report from...
TOKYO-Vodafone in Japan said it will offer its new Global Mail service, which allows users to exchange multimedia messages such as Sha-mail and Movie Sha-mail with overseas subscribers who have compatible handsets on participating networks. The service is scheduled to begin with participating networks...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today launched an inquiry to assess the impact of high foreign mobile termination fees on American consumers, dragging the United States further into a controversy that domestic and international wireless carriers would rather see settled by overseas regulators and the...
A quick Google of the acronym "TSI" can turn up at least 10 different companies, all using the same three letters to sell wildly differing products and services. However, Googling the word "Syniverse" turns up only one company-Syniverse Technologies Inc."It's like an alphabet soup,"...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-New research shows Vodafone's Live! wireless data service and NTT DoCoMo's i-mode service are both poised for growth outside of Japan.According to research and consulting firm Analysys Research, data services beyond text messaging will gradually take hold, but operators will have to...
CANNES, France-Despite the less-than-ideal weather conditions at this year's 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, the event was highlighted by the GSM industry's announcement of signing up its 1 billionth customer worldwide and the European market's bright expectations for full third-generation networks that have...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Mobile carriers worldwide will increase their spending to $763 million by 2008, well up from the $262 million expected to be spent in 2004, according to research from Probe Group.Carriers are garnering revenues from their 2.5G networks and behind-the-scenes activity on 3G...
Although wireless by and large caters to the consumer market, many of the industry's major mobile-phone makers zeroed in on the high-margin business user during the 3GSM show in Cannes, France.Nokia, the world's No. 1 handset manufacturer, used the show as a platform to...
CANNES, France-Both Vodafone Group plc and Verizon Wireless renewed their commitment to their four-year-old partnership, according to various news reports, but a shadow still hangs over the sometimes-antagonistic alliance.Vodafone's chief executive Arun Sarin said in recent reports that he remains committed to the company's...
CANNES, France-The 2004 GSM Association Awards, sponsored by Intel, Microsoft, Vodafone, Nortel, Nokia and Convergys, were presented last night at 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The winners were:Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' Sony Ericsson T610 device won for best mobile terminal handset or device....
LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced its second GSM carrier partner with the release of the G4011 clamshell phone for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The phone follows the release of two similar handsets through Cingular Wireless L.L.C."LG's goal is to provide consumers with a range...
Ladies and gentlemen, AT&T Wireless (like Elvis) has left the building.So now what? Is this a new Ma Bell? Not likely, but I suspect the new and improved Cingular (if the company can integrate AT&T Wireless assets successfully) will put some spark into the...
Only time will tell whether Arun Sarin and other Vodafone Group plc execs were snookered by indefatigable Yanks or all the wiser for hitting the sack at a proper hour. For sure, Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s winning $41 billion bid for AT&T Wireless Services...
In addition to propelling the combined entity past Verizon Wireless as the nation's largest wireless carrier, Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s successful $41 billion acquisition of smaller rival AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is expected to have an enormous impact on many of its competitors as well...
LONDON-Failing to capture U.S.-based operator AT&T Wireless Services Inc. during a heated auction earlier this week, Vodafone Group plc chief executive Arun Sarin told analysts the company's future did not have to include a presence in the United States calling into question whether the...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Vodafone Sweden said it will launch the Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G/GPRS PC Card for the carrier's next-generation network next Monday, providing customers with Internet access at speeds of up to 384 kilobits per second. The carrier said the card is the first product...
SAN DIEGO-As mobile-phone news continues to roll in, LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced its second GSM carrier partner with the release of the G4011 clamshell phone for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The phone follows the release of two similar handsets through Cingular Wireless."LG's goal...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Mobile carriers worldwide will increase their spending to $763 million by 2008, well up from the $262 million expected to be spent in 2004, according to research from Probe Group.Carriers are garnering revenues from their 2.5G networks and behind-the-scenes activity on 3G...
