Monthly Archives: November, 2001
Alcatel wins mobile contract in Djibouti
PARIS—Alcatel said it was awarded a contract by Djibouti Telecom to supply a turnkey GSM network with a 25,000-subscriber capacity. The value of the...
FOMA experiences technical glitch
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo said it discovered a software glitch in about 1,500 FOMA N2002 third-generation (3G) handsets causing the phones to malfunction when accessing some...
XO accepts investment
PHILADELPHIA—XO Communications Inc. announced it is fighting bankruptcy by accepting an $800 million investment that will put Mexican telecommunications company Telefonos de Mexico SA...
Samsung forms Chinese joint venture in CDMA contract battle
BEIJING-Samsung Electronics said it formed a joint venture with Shanghai Bell to develop, produce and market CDMA systems in China. The Chinese government approved...
Uruguayan auction postponement follows Paraguay’s delay
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Just as recently happened with the privatization of Paraguay's telecom company Administraci
Oskar in Czech Republic selects optimization software
SOUTH WALES, United Kingdom—Gamma Projects said it was awarded a contract with Czech Republic mobile operator Oskar to supply its Gamma NetOne software for...
Nokia partners with France Télécom on IPv6
HELSINKI, Finland—The research and development (R&D) divisions of Nokia and France T
Nokia wins contracts in Lithuania, Thailand
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia has signed an agreement with Omnitel, a Lithuanian GSM operator, for the supply and installation of additional switching capacity to expand Omnitel's...
Polish carrier implements location services
MUNICH, Germany—Polish mobile operator PTC-Era has chosen a location-based services platform from Siemens and SignalSoft for delivery via Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and short...
MobileGIS launches location-based services platform
BELLEVUE, Washington, United States—MobileGIS announced the availability of GeoMobilIT, its single platform for development and deployment of location-based services.According to MobileGIS, the new platform...
Cantv buyback offer oversubscribed
CARACAS, Venezuela—Venezuelan telecom company Cantv said it received offers for 39.7 percent of the company's outstanding shares in its buyback offer. The company launched...
Portuguese operator completes UMTS call
LISBON, Portugal—Portuguese mobile carrier Optimus and equipment vendor Nortel Networks have completed live calls using Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) technology, according to a...
Swedish operator fears 3G equipment delays
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Tele2, the holder of a Swedish third-generation (3G) license, has admitted that Ericsson may not be able to deliver the promised base...
Varig Airlines to begin in-flight e-mail and Web service
SEATTLE, United States—Brazil's Varig Airlines will launch an e-mail and Web service using technology from Tenzing Communications next year. Varig, South America's largest airline,...
European WLAN growth expected
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom—More than 20 million Europeans will use public wireless local area networks (WLANs) by 2006, according to a new report from Analysys,...
Nokia forecast at odds with analysts
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Nokia claims it will see solid sales growth of 15 percent next year as new mobile devices trigger an upsurge in the...
Smartcom PCS completes 1x call with Nortel
SANTIAGO, Chile—Nortel Networks partnered with Smartcom PCS to complete its first call using cdma2000 1x equipment."We are advancing on our plan to expand the...
Third mobile operator launches in Jamaica
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-Centennial Digital Jamaica has become the third company to bring mobile cellular service to Jamaicans.Chief Operating Officer James Beneda said the company's use...
WLIA adopts privacy policy
WLIA adopts privacy policyWASHINGTON, D.C.—The Wireless Location Industry Association (WLIA) has adopted a new privacy policy based on the Federal Trade Commission's Fair Information...
Spanish government gives way on 3G network sharing
OXFORD, United Kingdom-The Spanish cell-phone operators Telef
Czech government reduces 3G license prices
PRAGUE, Czech Republic—The Czech government has reduced the price of its third-generation (3G) licenses from 6.7 billion crowns (US$178 million) to 3.5 billion crowns...
Cyprus telecom company selects messaging system
LONDON—Finnish company Tecnomen was awarded a contract by the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) to supply a new messaging system. The system will be delivered...
Nokia allies with financial world
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia has allied with companies with banking and financial expertise to produce and market software for mobile and online financial services using open...
Telia announces open interface initiative, new billing method
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Telia announced a new initiative to offer an open interface to content providers for mobile Internet services. The initiative is based on a...