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NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless, which launched service in the New York metropolitan area, opened its flagship store here July 11 on Fifth Avenue and East 47th Street, a few blocks from …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Saturated market conditions are being blamed by cell-phone operators for a 50-percent drop in handset sales for the first six months of 2002 compared with last year. According …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operators in Nigeria, Kenya and Zimbabwe announced various tariff hikes expected to impact consumer spending. In Nigeria, mobile operator MTN Nigeria announced it may increase its …

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, United States-NMS Communications said it will supply its HearSay voice services on a trial basis to mobile operator SFR in France. Th offering will provide detailed Tour de …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Sky decided to close its offices in Argentina as the current economic difficulties facing the country have led to a deep decline in the company’s customer base. Since …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, said it is in talks with KTF of South Korea, and with Singapore Telecommunications as potential partners in Asia. NTT DoCoMo has …

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TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, lost a legal battle with its U.S. partner AT&T Wireless Services over a domain name issue. NTT DoCoMo in April lodged a …

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DOHA, Qatar-Motorola said it signed a US$25 million GSM contract expansion with Qatar Telecommunications. The expansion will allow the operator to offer enhanced coverage and features. Commercial deployment began in …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Recent financial moves by Meteor have increased speculation that the operator of Ireland’s third GSM license is clearing the decks for an acquisition attempt by Hutchison, which recently secured …

BUCHAREST, Romania-According to Arabian online newspaper itp.net, Kuwaiti mobile operator Wataniya contracted with Siemens for the installation of a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network upgrade. The contract of almost …

LONDON-In spite of increasing interests in hotspots, no operator can guarantee that it is financially viable, according to a study by ARC Group. “Operators should be aware that the business …

SEOUL, Korea-Lucent Technologies Inc. will supply third-generation cdma2000 technology to Korean mobile operator KTF. Under the contract, Lucent will upgrade KTF’s 2G network in Korea’s Kyungsang province to cdma2000 1x …

OSLO, Norway-Telenor acquired an additional 16.5 percent of Kyivstar GSM from Sputnik Funds for $66.46 million, the Norwegian operator said. The acquisition, made under a pre-existing option arrangement, gives Telenor …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin marketing a next-generation FOMA-compatible two-part terminal made up of a personal digital assistant base unit with a Bluetooth wireless handset. The base unit …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African mobile network operator Vodacom announced it entered a “highly innovative” financing arrangement that minimizes the risk exposure of individual stakeholders in the establishment of Vodacom Congo. …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Entel Chile launched its fixed telephony and wide bandwidth Internet service using wireless local loop (WLL) in the cities of Valparaiso and Concepci

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African financial services companies are reported to be using General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology as a key means of delivering products and services to customers. The …

During the past two years, one event after another has left the international wireless landscape looking like a battleground, with numerous casualties and few, if any, players left unscathed. Spectrum …

HELSINKI, Finland-Telia, the Stockholm-based Swedish state-controlled telecom company, confirmed 3 July that the company had joined in a bidding contest with Dutch company KPN to acquire troubled KPNQwest’s French network. …

ROSH HA’AYIN, Israel-Israeli cellular operator Partner Communications announced the Ministry of Communications amended and extended its license, originally awarded in 1998, for an additional 14 years until 2022. This announcement …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-PipeBeach and system integrator Marand said they deployed a VoiceXML platform for Slovenian mobile operator Mobitel. The applications include news, traffic information, horoscopes, weather, cinema listings and travel information, …

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Western European prepaid mobile phone users may be key to generating increased revenues from data services, according to a new report by Analysys. Emily Turnbull, lead author of the …

HELSINKI, Finland-Austrian mobile operator One launched a new location-based service based on Nokia’s mPosititon technology. The location information can be retrieved by short message service (SMS) or the Wireless Application …