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Huawei releases tri-mode LTE modem

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. has released the E398 modem, which claims to be the first tri-mode LTE modem. The E398 modem supports LTE, 3G and 2G network technologies. The Chinese vendor says it has already shipped the new equipment to Net4Mobility in Sweden and Mobilkom...

Huawei releases tri-mode LTE modem

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. has released the E398 modem, which claims to be the first tri-mode LTE modem. The E398 modem supports LTE, 3G and 2G network technologies. The Chinese vendor says it has already shipped the new equipment to Net4Mobility in Sweden and Mobilkom...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Nokia Siemens Networks, Ericsson, Motorola and more

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--Austria: L.M. Ericsson said it has been chosen by Mobilkom...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. CellularAustria, Bulgaria, Croatia and Liechthenstein: L.M. Ericsson said it...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Cellular Austria: Mobilkom Austria Group chose Alcatel-Lucent to...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. CellularAustria: L.M. Ericsson signed a contract to supply HSDPA hardware...

Mobilkom Austria demos HSDPA technology

VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria, the largest Austrian wireless carrier, demonstrated High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology from Nortel Networks Ltd.At a retail store in Vienna, the HSDPA technology supported applications such as FTP downloading, real-time television broadcasts from Austria's GoTV and live Web cams, Nortel...

Mobilkom Austria to add EDGE to UMTS network

VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria said Thursday it will incorporate EDGE technology to expand its UMTS network coverage.The carrier said it currently has UMTS coverage across 60 percent of Austria's population, and the EDGE addition will allow for 95-percent population coverage. The new network is scheduled...

Telefonica Moviles sells Austrian UMTS spectrum

VIENNA, Austria-Telefonica Moviles said last month it sold its third-generation license in Austria to market leader Mobilkom Austria for an undisclosed amount.The Austrian regulator RTR has already approved the sale, according to Telefonica Moviles. Under Austrian regulations, Mobilkom Austria has agreed to sell part...

Telefonica Moviles sells Austrian UMTS spectrum

VIENNA, Austria-Telefonica Moviles said last week it sold its third-generation license in Austria to market leader Mobilkom Austria for an undisclosed amount.The Austrian regulator RTR has already approved the sale, according to Telefonica Moviles. Under Austrian regulations, Mobilkom Austria has agreed to sell part...

GPRS to benefit from UMTS delays

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Continued delays in the launch of third-generation services in Western Europe could boost opportunities for GPRS technology, according to new research from U.K.-based consultancy Analysys.Analysys expects revenue from GPRS subscribers to be $17.6 billion in 2003 and to grow to $85.5 billion...

3G operators implement Anystream video encoding technology

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-U.S. company Anystream said its broadcast video encoding software is in use by Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.'s third-generation subsidiaries in Hong Kong and Australia, along with Mobilkom Austria.Anystream said it Agility software automates the process of repackaging broadcast video for use within mobile...

Western Wireless sells stake in Croatian operator

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. subsidiary Western Wireless International Corp. reported an agreement to sell its 19-percent interest in Croatia's largest GSM wireless operator VIPnet d.o.o. to Mobilkom Austria Aktiengesellschaft & CO KG.Western Wireless International said it expects to receive $70 million in proceeds from...

New billing solutions, agreements announced

LONDON-Several billing and customer relationship management companies unleashed news at this week's IIR Billing Systems 2003 conference in London.Amdocs announced the availability of version 5.0 of the Amdocs Enabler. The enhanced solution includes integration with Amdocs ClarifyCRM, advanced online charging capabilities, enhanced product architecture...

Mobilkom Austria begins commercial 3G service

VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria this week became the third European operator and the first Austrian operator to launch commercial third-generation services. Mobilkom Austria announced a "technical launch" of its UMTS network last September, but it did not begin offering commercial service at that time due...

Content companies also play at 3GSM

CANNES, France-Although much of the industry's attention was on big-name carriers and equipment makers, wireless content providers also managed to make waves of their own during the 3GSM World Congress.Wireless technology company End2End said Vodafone Egypt will use its content platform to offer application...

Ericsson signs service agreement with Mobilkom Austria

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Austrian operator Mobilkom Austria has awarded L.M. Ericsson a service assurance contract with an undisclosed value. The agreement will allow Mobilkom Austria to have one focus point for monitoring network and application performance, Ericsson said.The system delivered to Austria's leading wireless carrier includes...

Telekom Austria buys Mobilkom stake from TIM

ROME—Telekom Austria has acquired Telecom Italia Mobile's 25-percent stake in mobile operator Mobilkom Austria for $676 million, of which $651.5 is the purchase price and $24.5 million is the dividend for the 2001 financial year. TIM also reached an agreement with Telekom Austria's main...

Mobilkom Austria selects Logica MMS product

LONDON—Austrian carrier Mobilkom Austria will use Logica's multimedia messaging product, along with its Prepaid Service Agent, which will ensure pre-delivery charging. Mobilkom launched multimedia messaging services this week."We are confident that multimedia messaging is going to become a central point of our service offering...

Mobilkom Austria trials Tecnomen multimedia product

Finland—Messaging vendor Tecnomen said Austrian mobile operator Mobilkom Austria has begun live trials of its Multimedia Messaging Service Center to help the operator evaluate multimedia services over GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) networks. Mobilkom Austria will offer a range of services with the product,...

Infrastructure Awards

AlcatelBrazil. With Telemar for a GSM 1800 network in the area from Piau

UMTS license update

The controversy surrounding European third-generation (3G) spectrum auctions reached a new peak with Dutch and Italian competition authorities launching investigations in early November into possible collusion between rival bidders. These moves put further pressure on the European Community (EC) to instigate a pan-European probe...

World News

AustriaAustrian mobile operator Mobilkom Austria launched wireless packet data service using a GPRS core network infrastructure solution provided by Nortel Networks through its local distributor, Austria Telecommunication GmbH. Nortel said the GPRS core network is the first in commercial service to support interoperability with...

Infrastructure deals

Alcatel.Benin. With Office des Postes et Telecommunications (OPT) for a GSM network, along with fiber-optic and switching equipment.Value: US$32.8 millionKenya. With KenCell for a 50,000-subscriber capacity GSM network.Value: UndisclosedMorocco. With Maroc Telecom for mobile switching centers.Value: UndisclosedPortugal. With Portugal Telecom's TMN for a GPRS network.Value: UndisclosedQatar. With Q-Tel...