GSMA

Finland L.M. Ericsson will supply a fully integrated solution for a third-generation Global System for Mobile communications system, including the company’s General Packet Radio Service system, to Finish operator Alands …

SAUDI ARABIA L.M. Ericsson and Saudi Telecommunications Co. signed a letter of intent for a major expansion and upgrade of STC’s existing Global System for Mobile communications network in the …

PARIS-Nortel Networks announced that U.K. operator One 2 One recently signed a series of orders valued at $100 million for expansion of the carrier’s national Global System for Mobile communications …

SigmaOne SigmaOne Communications Corp., a provider of location systems and services for wireless carriers and the wireless Internet, reported the development of the company’s wireless location system for Global System …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp.’s mobile phones division introduced four new phones covering a broad range of services and uses at CeBIT 2000 in Germany. The 9110i Communicator, an upgraded version of …

NEW ORLEANS-Siemens AG announced it will re-enter the U.S. mobile-phone market in 2001, about two years after it left the market unable to compete with rapidly falling handset prices in …

ANKARA, Turkey-The Turkish government announced the time frame for auctioning two new wireless telephone licenses. The tender for two Global System for Mobile communications licenses is scheduled for March, Reuters …

BEIJING-China Unicom and Qualcomm signed a landmark agreement in February, paving the way for Chinese manufacturers to get CDMA production licenses. Unicom wants to build a 10 million-line CDMA network …

The UMTS Forum said it welcomed proposals by the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Conference Preparatory Group (APG) for adoption of the 2520-2670 MHz band to support the terrestrial component of IMT-2000. APG …

NEW DELHI, India-Countries in Asia and Southeast Asia specifically hit by economic crisis in the late 1990s are on the recovery path, paving the way for exponential growth in the …

DENVER, United States-Qualcomm is putting a financial stake in the ground to push CDMA technology in Europe. Qualcomm announced plans to acquire U.K.-based Tellit Communications, a cellular handset design and …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The new cellular strategy of Mohamed Ibrahim, telecom leader and chief executive officer of Mobile Systems International Cellular Investment Holdings (MSI Cellular), includes a plan to create a …

British Telecom and AT&T said they are beginning trials to test roaming services for high-speed Internet phones. The tests will involve General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology and partnerships with …

Italy NEC and Telecom Italia Mobile said they have agreed to work together in technical trials in March for Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems. Siemens also will cooperate in the trial. …

TEL AVIV, Israel-In a country like Israel where the number of mobile phone lines surpasses fixed lines (2.9 million compared with 2.8 million), where there’s intense competition among the three …

Alcatel China. For GSM network extensions in Jilin, Zhejiang, Ningxia and Shaanxi provinces. Value: US$80 million Germany. With T-Mobil for a network extension. Value: US$71.2 million Kosovo. With the Kosovo …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-With four operators competing nationwide, Chile boasts a wireless client base that grew 175 percent during 1999, thanks to the implementation of calling party pays. CPP also has …

IBM and AT&T announced an alliance to offer wireless data services to their business customers. Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed. The companies said they expected significant opportunities …

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-While plans for a second cellular license in Trinidad and Tobago remain stalled by a court action, Jamaica has reaped another windfall with a second license going to Irish …

DENVER, United States-SBC Communications said it will convert the remaining Ameritech wireless properties it owns from CDMA technology to TDMA technology. SBC and Ameritech merged last year and sold 20 …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The wireless market in Tanzania is gaining momentum with Vodacom’s pending rollout of a new GSM network. The new entrant is no small force to contend with and …

International roaming is a key selling point for all three digital cellular standards. The GSM community in particular often claims that roaming capability is not only a prime factor in …

MONTREAL-The transmission was delayed 20 minutes because the test PC had crashed. And the picture quality, to put it kindly, was choppy. Nevertheless, in February, Rogers AT&T Wireless and Ericsson …

Handsets Philips Philips introduced several new handsets. The Ozeo GSM dual-band mobile phone offers a new user interface and a large LCD display with five text lines. The carousel icon …

CANNES, France and HANNOVER, Germany-Visitors at the ever-expanding GSM World Congress, held in February in Cannes, France, could have mistaken the huge exhibition as focusing exclusively on Wireless Application Protocol …