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OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group Inc. named Anders Edlund marketing director where he will initially focus on increasing the worldwide focus on SIG marketing efforts, developing long-term plans …

LONDON-Jordanian operator MobileCom announced it will now offer short message service (SMS) services to prepaid customers traveling abroad. Launched on 21 August, the service will be available in more than …

HONG KONG-Shell Hong Kong and Sunday Communications, the six-largest mobile operator in Hong Kong, announced they will shut down their joint mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) venture Shell Mobile, effective …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-While it has become accepted that Vodafone will take control of Vizzavi, its Internet portal joint venture with Vivendi, the transaction will need careful handling to ensure Vodafone …

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Indonesia’s wireless market faces two opposite trends from the implementation of CDMA technology. Four analog and CDMA operators, Komselindo, Mobisel, Metrosel, and Telesera, counted a 20.06-percent decrease in growth …

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson said it will be the sole supplier of equipment and services for a GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) 800 MHz network in Panama. Cable & Wireless will be …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-After a year of operations in Nigeria, Econet announced it intends to have an additional 800,000 subscribers by December. The network operator currently has a subscriber base of …

MOSCOW-Russian Communications Minister Leonid Reiman promised to grant nationwide GSM licenses to three major carriers-Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), Vimpelcom (BeeLine) and MegaFon. The news is important for the first two carriers, …

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-KPN Telecom has placed its U.K. third-generation stake up for sale in conjunction with reporting a record net loss in the second quarter. KPN Telecom, which owns 15 …

MELBOURNE, Florida, United States-U.S.-based supplier AirNet said it received purchase orders for about US$5 million in products and services from an African GSM operator. The orders will help expand wireless …

MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet said it received purchase orders for about $5 million in products and services from an African GSM operator. The orders will help expand wireless coverage throughout 10 cities …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia has been chosen by Hungarian mobile operator Pannon GSM to supply a multimedia messaging system for the operator’s network. Nokia’s MMS solution will allow Pannon subscribers with MMS …

LONDON-As the tech sector continues a shaky recovery and telecom companies in Europe and the United States offer nothing much to write home about, the Middle East continues its love …

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OXFORD, United Kingdom-Trying to divert criticism about its third-generation (3G) strategy away from itself, Vodafone said the shortage of fully capable 3G handsets will now mean the launch of its …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Mobile operator Orange announced this week it is on course to record a profit by the fourth quarter of 2002. A subsidiary of Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia), Orange also declared …

NEW YORK-Tele2 said it signed a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) agreement with Connect Austria, allowing it to use Connect’s network to provide an alternative mobile service. “This MVNO will …

MUNICH, Germany-T-Mobile said two of its subsidiaries will contribute to helping the victims of the flooding in parts of Europe. RadioMobile in the Czech Republic is donating about $16,000 to …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has signed a strategic agreement to market and distribute Winphoria’s family of switching products, especially its softswitches. “The market for wireless softswitches is still …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Jinny Software signed a messaging contract with Yemen’s GSM operator Sabafon. Jinny will provide its short message service center solution, along with sub-systems.

LONDON-MmO2 confirmed that it accepted a third-generation license in Ireland for $112.4 million. The “B” license includes minimum requirements of 33-percent demographic coverage by the end of June 2006 and …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-As operators in Scandinavia call for a relaxation of 3G license conditions or opt to share the cost of network deployment, the concept of the mobile virtual network …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Lachlan Murdoch, News Corporation’s deputy chief operating officer (COO), appeared in the Australian Federal Court in Sydney on Wednesday to give evidence in the recommenced liquidators’ inquiry into the …

PRAGUE, Czech Republic-A consortium led by Deutsche Bank will purchase a 51-percent stake for US$1.7 billion in Cesky Telecom, which owns 51 percent of mobile operator EuroTel Praha. The sale …