Monthly Archives: March, 2001
European WLL operators battle stormy market
DUBLIN, Ireland-Having paid handsomely for their licenses at a time when wireless auctions were the flavor of the month around Europe, wireless local loop...
Korea woos viable third operator: Last 3G license delayed
SEOUL, South Korea-As South Korea postponed plans to select a third and final third-generation (3G) mobile service operator, the government's enthusiasm for a viable...
Flourishing Japanese market attracts foreign funds
TOKYO-Targeting one of the most advanced mobile markets in the world, foreign and local venture capitalists are pouring money into Japanese mobile companies.H&Q Asia...
Calendar
2001Latin American Conference (at CTIA)19 MarchLas Vegas, United StatesAlacelTel: (+1) 305 468 7911Fax: (+1) 305 468 7922www.alacel.comCTIA Wireless 200120-22 MarchLas Vegas, United StatesCellular Telecommunications & Internet...
Indian cellular operators queue up for WLL basic licenses
NEW DELHI, India-The Indian government has opened the floodgates to wireless technology by allowing fixed-line service providers (FSPs) to offer wireless local loop (WLL)...
Future looks bright for Orange
GENEVA-Despite a subdued initial public offering (IPO) that saw the company reap a modest US$9 per share-near the bottom end of an already hastily...
Cellular tariffs come in line with fixed fees: Value-added services continue to reduce the gap
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Early in 2001, several countries in South America have changed their tariff schemes with the objective of reducing the existing gap between...
MVNOs begin to infiltrate Europe’s mobile market
BUCHAREST, Romania-Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) are a new and hopeful concept in the European communications market. The region's mobile market is growing, with...
Contentious issues remain for Kosovo’s mobile market
UTICA, New York, United States-Nearly two years since cessation of hostilities on 10 June, 1999, numerous roadblocks still stand in the way of any...
New cellular license pending in Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-Barbados has identified wireless and the Internet as the first segments of its telecommunications market to be opened to competition. A three-phase timetable...
Agility rolls out LMDS network Down Under
MELBOURNE, Australia-Cable & Wireless Optus established a subsidiary, Agility Networks, responsible for rolling out Australia's first tail-end broadband wireless network using local multipoint distribution...
Psion exits smart-phone space
Mobile computing company Psion shook the European wireless market-and sent its stocks rocketing to a new 27-month low-with news that it is dropping out...
Matsushita puts final touches on 3G terminals
TOKYO-Matsushita Communications Industrial, the leading cellular vendor in Japan, is putting the final touches on its new third-generation (3G) mobile terminals for NTT DoCoMo....
Business case still a question mark for services in South America: First GPRS network in Americas laucnhes in Bolivia
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-A year after the launch of mobile Internet services in South America, almost all the cellular telephony operators are offering Internet services,...
Bush spectrum plan could speed up U.S 3G services
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration has proposed to delay key spectrum auctions and to phase out past Internet programs, as components of the president's US$1.96 trillion...
Passing by on the other side
Mobile phones are an effective comfort blanket for many people. The knowledge that help and support is just a phone call away no matter...
Out of favor
The fact that the telecom sector, including the mobile industry, is shivering in the cold right now after months of basking in the sun...
Infrastructure Awards
AlcatelEgypt. With MobiNil for an extension of its GSM network.Value: US$37.1 millionFrance. With Cegetel for the supply of a UMTS network.Value: UndisclosedEricssonCanada. With Rogers AT&T Wireless...