LONDON-In the second such European alliance aiming to gain power in numbers, nine second- and third-tier mobile operators joined forces in a new mobile alliance to provide seamless, enhanced voice and data solutions for businesses and consumers across the Continent.MmO2, which operates in the...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. finally hit the 1 million mark for the number of users of its FOMA third-generation W-CDMA service, two years after launching the service and much later than original estimates. After sluggish uptake for its 3G services, DoCoMo improved handset quality by...
SINGAPORE-Wireless streaming video company RealNetworks Inc. announced two Asian carriers purchased the company's Helix server and technology, a move to offer streaming video services to wireless users.MobileOne Ltd. (M1) of Singapore and PT Indosat Multimedia Mobile (IM3) of Indonesia purchased the server, following a...
LONDON-European carrier Vodafone Group plc announced a deal with video game company Eidos for the exclusive rights to the Tomb Raider game across 22 countries, a deal that further shows the growing market for exclusive wireless content and downloadable wireless games.Under the terms of...
SYDNEY, Australia-Australian mobile operators Vodafone Australia and Telstra Wholesale announced a network-partnering trial that will see the operators share mobile base-station infrastructure in areas where duplicate coverage exists.If the pilot project in central regional Victoria is successful, Vodafone will move forward to partner with...
LONDON-European carrier Vodafone announced a deal with video game company Eidos for the exclusive rights to the Tomb Raider game across 22 countries, a deal that further shows the growing market for exclusive wireless content and downloadable wireless games.Under the terms of the agreement,...
SYDNEY, Australia-Australian mobile operators Vodafone Australia and Telstra Wholesale announced a network partnering trial that will see the operators share mobile base station infrastructure in areas where duplicate coverage exists.If the pilot project in central regional Victoria is successful, Vodafone will move forward with...
INGAPORE-Wireless streaming video company RealNetworks Inc. announced two Asian carriers purchased the company's Helix server and technology, a move to offer streaming video services to wireless users.MobileOne Ltd. (M1) of Singapore and PT Indosat Multimedia Mobile (IM3) of Indonesia purchased the server, following a...
The mobile commerce industry saw several new announcements and partnerships in conjunction with the Mobile Commerce World Europe 2003 event in London, but the most notable event included a teaming of perhaps the biggest names in the wireless and commerce industries.Nokia Corp. and Visa...
Jeffrey Glass could be considered a player in the mobile-commerce industry, although you won't find the "m-commerce" designation in any of the literature about his company. However, as president and chief executive officer of M-Qube Inc., Glass for almost three years has been encouraging...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it plans to offer FOMA video-phone handsets beginning Oct. 1, allowing users to make international video phone calls and 64 kilobit per second data transmissions to the United Kingdom with technology partner Hutchison 3G U.K.The service, which DoCoMo noted builds...
GLEN COVE, N.Y.-Acclaim Entertainment Inc. announced it will develop and license interactive entertainment content for mobile gaming platforms under the new publishing label Acclaim Connected."Mobile gaming represents an opportunistic market that we believe is additive to our core publishing business, which can provide incremental...
TOKYO-Japanese mobile operator J-Phone Co. Ltd. announced that its board of directors proposed a resolution to change its name to Vodafone K.K., which will completely rebrand the mobile operator under its U.K.-based parent's name. K.K. stands for Kabushiki Kaisha, J-Phone said.The resolution is subject...
ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. signed a five-year deal with Ericsson Inc. to provide CDMA2000 1x and GSM/GPRS core and radio infrastructure and services as part of the carrier's previously announced overlay of its legacy TDMA network. Rural Cellular said the diverse network plans will...
WASHINGTON-A consortium with investors from Iraq, the United States, South Korea and the United Kingdom applied last week to construct U.S.-engineered CDMA technology mobile-phone networks in Iraq, according to sources, despite indications the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority and new telecom ministry may be leaning...
MUNICH, Germany-L.M. Ericsson and Siemens AG both signed agreements with Panafon Greek Telecommunications Co. to supply its UMTS network. The companies did not release the values of the contracts.Ericsson will supply the core network and engineering and consultancy services.Siemens will begin setting up the...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc announced it agreed to sell Japan Telecom Co. to an affiliate of RHJ Industrial Partners, a Ripplewood Holdings L.L.C. fund. Japan Telecom will receive $2.2 billion for the company, $1.9 billion in cash and the remainder in redeemable preferred equity.The cash...
LONDON-Mobile operators are positioned to beat other content providers at their own game, according to new research from Ovum. The research firm suggests mobile operators will generate more revenue from content than all other players combined by the end of 2005, with revenue produced...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless expanded its board of directors from seven members to nine members with the appointment of Lowell McAdam, its chief operating officer, and Julian Horn-Smith, group COO of Vodafone Group plc. Verizon Wireless noted that when it was formed in April 2000,...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-In addition to its contract with Rural Cellular Corp., Ericsson scored two additional infrastructure contracts this week.In Bangladesh, Ericsson signed a frame agreement to supply and install equipment to expand GrameenPhone's GSM network. The agreement includes base stations, switches and GPRS technology.In addition,...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc announced its second acquisition in as many weeks, reporting it will acquire Singlepoint Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Caudwell Group, for $651.7 million. Singlepoint is a U.K. independent service provider with more than 1,900 employees and 1.9 million contract customers.Market...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc signed a deal with Sony Pictures Mobile for new entertainment products based on Sony Pictures Entertainment, as well as original and third-party content for Vodafone's Live! multimedia service.Vodafone announced several games based on Sony Pictures Entertainment properties that initially will be...
SEATTLE-Streaming-video company RealNetworks Inc. today announced a deal with Sprint PCS to offer an Internet-style media player to Sprint's Vision customers-an offering that marks a significant change in RealNetworks' wireless strategy.RealNetworks will offer its content, which includes feeds from CNN, NPR and others, through...
VIENNA, Va.-Cramer Systems will provide Chile's Entel PCS Telecomunicaciones S.A. with an inventory management solution to manage its nationwide network and to automate delivery of services. "Cramer has had an outstanding record in winning new mobile business because operators know we understand how to...
