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HELSINKI, Finland—Lithuanian mobile operator Omnitel has ordered a voice mail system expansion from Tecnomen to improve the capacity and functionality of its messaging platform. The US$452,580 contract will be supplied …

MEBOURNE, Australia—The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has instituted federal court proceedings against mobile operator Virgin Mobile Australia for allegedly “engaging in false, misleading and deceptive conduct in advertising …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Repeater Technologies Inc. said it shipped the first of several deliveries of its dual-directional repeaters for cdma2000 1x networks to Sercom, a CDMA operator in Guatemala owned by Telgua. …

PARIS—A French newspaper reported European mobile operator Orange is interested in launching a branded service in the United States and is currently in talks with a U.S. operator. Orange has …

LOS ANGELES—Driscoll-Wolf Marketing & Research’s latest survey on consumer interest in location-based services found, among other things, that 53 percent of those surveyed who use a cellular phone at least …

By Alejandro Alfie BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—As the economic crisis in Argentina continues, the impact is being felt throughout South America’s mobile industry. “The situation in Argentina has dramatically affected the …

DUBLIN, Ireland—O2 has announced plans to establish a new content platform that will encourage digital media firms to create “viable business models” based on selling content to mobile operators. The …

NEW YORK—U.S. supplier LocatioNet Systems Ltd. announced it received two contracts from Austrian mobile operator One. LocatioNet will supply its location-based services middleware platform, geographic information system and open set …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The Polish telecom regulator, URTiP, has conceded that the three operators that purchased third-generation (3G) licenses will not be held to the contractual launch date due to the …

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—South Africa’s third mobile network operator Cell C has announced that the company has nearly doubled the number of subscribers it originally forecast for the first five months …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The Smartcom PCS objective is to overtake Chile’s third-largest operator, BellSouth, this year in subscriber numbers and move from its last-place position to third place. To achieve the …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it has signed a $50 million deal to supply GSM infrastructure equipment to Thailand operator Advanced Info Service Plc.“Under the agreement, Nokia will supply to AIS …

TOKYO—East Japan Railway, the leading railroad operator in Japan, on 1 May said it would launch a new service letting mobile users use their phones as train tickets beginning in …

JAKARTA, Indonesia—General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology will not bring killer data applications, at least during this year in Indonesia, according to industry executives. Rudiantara, head of the country’s cellular …

LONDON—European wireless operator mm02 plc launched its 02 consumer brand name across its five businesses in the United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands. The company said the launch will …

MONTREAL—SMS content aggregator and SMS operator Atlas Telecom Mobile (ATM) has licensed Oz Communications Inc.’s Mobile Communities Solution to power its SMS-based content services. Specifically, ATM will use Oz’s MCS …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia said it won a contract as the sole supplier of Hutchison 3G Austria’s third-generation network. The value of the contract was not disclosed. Nokia will supply its 3G …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it signed a GSM expansion agreement with Chinese mobile operator Zhejiang Mobile Communications Corp., as well as equipment for trials of it multimedia messaging system and …

RESTON, Va.—Wireless data network operator Motient Corp. pulled off what could be considered a magic trick, considering the current economic situation and the dire troubles faced by other wireless data …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Looking to set an example to other European governments, Maurizio Gasparri, the Italian communication minister, has called upon European Union (EU) member states to consider third-generation (3G) bandwidth …

DENVER, United States—U.S. vendor Interwave Communications announced that Bell Benin Communications, a new mobile operator in Benin, has purchased US$1.8 million of Interwave’s equipment and services for the initial phase …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Telecom Personal commercially introduced its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network, provided by Ericsson, in the city of Buenos Aires, becoming the first provider in Argentina with 2.5-generation …

SANTO DOMINO, Dominican Republic—Telecom company Tricom said it launched digital trunking services in Panama. The iDEN network is targeted at the corporate market and builds on the company’s long-term plans …

TOKYO—J-Phone, a Vodafone Group operator in Japan, announced it will postpone its third-generation (3G) service launch until December to provide “global standard service.” J-Phone had previously planned to launch its …