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[[ 3G ]]
Nokia To Supply WCDMA 3G Network To Cosmote In Greece
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Finland's Nokia said Thursday it has signed a contract with Cosmote Mobile Communications in Greece for the supply of a third generation WCDMA radio network. ...
Nearly 60 Operators on Track for UMTS Enhanced With HSDPA
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3G Americas and Informa Telecoms & Media report that UMTS, the third generation evolution for the GSM family of technologies, having already added 33 million customers since the end of 2004, serves close to 50 million customers today. UMTS (WCDMA) is...
Super 3G Could Arrive Within 3 Years
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Amid growing interest in alternative technologies, such as DVB-H and WiMAX, 3G is set to fight back with 3G LTE, or 'Super 3G', which could dramatically enhance the capabilities of 3G networks from 2009, according to a new report from Analysys. HSPA ...
[[ Financial ]]
Australia's Telstra Net Dives 10%, Grim Outlook
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Retaining its grim outlook ahead of its A$27 billion (US$20 billion) privatization later this year, Australia's largest telephone company Telstra, Thursday said first half net profit fell 10.3% due to its weakening fixed-line operations. ...
Russia's VimpelCom completes purchase of Uzbekistan's Unitel
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Russia's second largest mobile operator VimpelCom has completed its acquisition of Uzbekistan's second largest mobile operator Unitel, VimpelCom said in a statement Thursday. ...
Amrica Mvil predicts US$3bn in capex for 2006
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Latin American mobile giant Amrica Mvil is planning capital expenditure of US$3bn in 2006 compared to some US$3.5bn in 2005, the company's CEO Daniel Hajj told a conference call to discuss fourth quarter 2005 results. ...
[[ Handsets ]]
Hospital SuperBug Found on Mobile Phones
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A study conducted at the Craigavon Area Hospital Group Trust in Northern Ireland has found that the majority of mobile phones used by doctors and other health workers are carrying infectious pathogens, including on some phones the deadly hospital "su...
[[ Legal ]]
RIM Develops BlackBerry Software Workaround
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Research In Motion has developed and tested software workaround designs that will allow BlackBerry service in the U.S. to continue should it be forced to shut down its current service as a result of its ongoing patent dispute with NTP. ...
[[ Network Contracts ]]
Alcatel Wins Congo GPRS Upgrade
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Alcatel has been selected by Vodacom Congo for the deployment of a complete end-to-end GPRS (EDGE-ready) mobile data solution in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The new mobile "always on" data services will be made available by Vodacom Congo from t...
Improving Voice Quality On Orascom Networks
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Orascom Telecom has ordered a Voice Quality Assurance platform from Ditech Communications for use on its subsidary networks in Pakistan and Algeria. Mobilink, a GSM operator in Pakistan, and Djezzy, a GSM operator in Algeria, are the initial OT netw...
High Speed Data for Somalia
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Somafone, a nationwide wireless services provider in Somalia, says that it has completed a major network expansion, bringing high-speed mobile data services to the region. The Somafone network expansion features EDGE and GPRS wireless data capabiliti...
[[ Network Operators ]]
Telemig launches customer retention drive
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Brazilian mobile operator Telemig Celular (NYSE: TMB) has launched a customer retention drive based on reformulation of its online store, the company said in a statement. ...
[[ Offbeat ]]
India's Highest Base Station
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India's GSM network operator, Airtel (Bharti Televentures) has installed the country's highest elevation base station, at a height of
3,350 meters above sea level -- at Qutak Gompa in the Leh district of Northern India. The company currently has four ...
[[ Personnel ]]
Sprint CEO Gets Restricted Stock Valued At $5.7 Million
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Sprint Nextel Corp. granted restricted stock units valued at about US$5.7 million and 637,755 stock options to President and Chief Executive Gary D. Forsee. ...
[[ Reports ]]
Egyptians Would Switch Operators For Lower Tariffs
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A new Arab Advisors Group major survey of GSM users across Egypt has revealed that while a majority of GSM users (75.5%) are satisfied with their existing mobile operators, a substantial percent (close to
36.1%) will consider switching to a another o...
[[ Statistics ]]
Rogers Communications 4Q Loss Widens On Items; Operating Net Up
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Canada's Rogers Communications experienced growth in operating profit during the fourth quarter but posted an increased loss due to one-time integration expenses, the amortization of intangibles assumed on acquisition and the fact that the prior year...
Non-voice traffic reached 25 million minutes in 2005
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Chilean mobile phone users dedicated 25 million minutes of traffic to non-voice services in 2005, local daily La Tercera reported. ...
[[ Technology ]]
Predictive Text Blends With Handwriting Recognition
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Zi Corp. has announced the release of the latest version of its Decuma handwriting recognition software. Decuma Version 4 is a new predictive pen-input solution now available for OEMs to embed into smartphones and PDA's. It adds predictive text capab...