So Paulo, Brazil-Telesp Celular announced that as soon as October it will begin commercially operating a network based on the CDMA 1x technology. The...
DUBLIN, Ireland-The recent decision of the European competition commissioner to sanction raids on U.K. and German mobile operators as part of investigations into collusion...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile carrier in Japan, is accelerating preparations for the launch of its commercial-based 3G service Oct. 1.NTT DoCoMo initiated an...
KIEV, Ukraine-Ukraine has witnessed a wireless market boom during the past 18 months, with the number of subscribers jumping from 300,000 to 1.35 million...
BUCHAREST, Romania-Most countries in Western Europe have awarded third-generation (3G) licenses at high fees to a few operators. Companies are expecting revenue from the...
JAKARTA, Indonesia-For years, countries in Southeast Asia have achieved tremendous growth in cellular phone services. However, when economic turmoil hit the region in 1997,...
TORONTO-Canadian wireless carriers are bracing for tougher times as they gear up for faster 2.5-generation (2.5G) services. The four national carriers-Bell Mobility, Microcell, Rogers...
BEIJING, China-Amid slowing subscriber growth worldwide, China still shows a healthy increase in mobile-phone users. The country's two mobile-phone operators are each offering new...
LONDON-Wireless technology battles for the potentially lucrative home broadband market are heating up.Broadband in the home will dramatically change online consumption patterns and expectations...
DUBLIN, Ireland-General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) has been dogged by delays and technical problems ever since it emerged as the mobile industry's bridge between...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-Jamaica's cellular market could be engaged in a fierce competition for the consumer soon. A new provider, Centennial Digital Jamaica Ltd., is set...
DENVER, United States-Nearly 10 years after the introduction of cellular services in West Africa, the number of mobile subscribers has increased to such an...
Handsets/devicesToshiba Toshiba plans to launch its first personal digital assistant (PDA) in Japan next month and in the United States the fourth quarter of...
A U.S. federal appeals court rejected a Federal Communications Commission filing asking that it not be required to return personal communications services licenses to...
CorrectionIn the Global Wireless May-June 2001, Hong Kong trunked radio article by Ross Milburn, some information about Project 23 was incorrectly stated. There is...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Personal Communications Industry Association has appointed Harold Salters to head PCIA's governmental relation department as senior director of government relations. Salters, who...
RESTON, Va.—Grayson Wireless announced an enhancement to its Geometrix Wireless Location system, making it compatible with GSM wireless handsets.The Geometrix System is a network-based...
WASHINGTON—In a surprising, but perhaps legally necessary move, the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau late Friday said it was returning NextWave Telecom Inc.'s licenses to...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Entel Chile will integrate a technological call center platform developed by Genesys Telecommunications, a subsidiary of Alcatel. The solutions will allow Entel's...
DENVER, Colorado, United States—Alltel continued to pressure acquisition target CenturyTel's management last week, releasing another letter from Alltel Chief Operating Officer Scott Ford to...
DENVER, Colorado, United States—If there was any doubt the acquisition deal between Teligent and IDT was dead, Teligent's latest announcement that a company has...
