Cellular-News for Friday 21st April 2006

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[[ 3G ]]

Algeria Becomes the Arab World's WiMAX pioneer.

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WiMAX is commercially available in Algeria, while several operators in many Arab countries have started testing the service. Smart Link Communication (SLC) has deployed WiMAX to provide broadband wireless services in Algeria. SLC's goal is to build a...

[[ Financial ]]

China Mobile Denies Bid For Nasdaq-Listed Millicom

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Neither China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd. nor its Chinese parent, China Mobile Communications Corp., is involved in the bidding for Millicom International Cellular, a spokeswoman for the Hong Kong company said Thursday. ...

China Mobile 1Q Net Profit CNY14.36 Billion Vs CNY11.25 Billion

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China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd. said Thursday its first-quarter net profit rose 28% as its subscriber base continued to grow rapidly. ...

EBRD's committee OKs $250 mln 8-year loan to Russia's MTS

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A credit committee of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a U.S. $250 million 8-year loan to be provided to Russia?s largest mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), the bank said Thursday. ...

Sprint Nextel Buys Affiliate UbiquiTel For $1.3 Billion

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Sprint Nextel scooped up another one of its affiliates after agreeing Thursday to pay $1.3 billion in cash to acquire UbiquiTel. ...

Vodafone Lured To Silicon Valley To Energize VC Arm

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Vodafone Group is focusing on a traditional high-technology hotbed after placing the head of its venture-capital arm near Silicon Valley. ...

FOCUS: VimpelCom may reignite investor interest in Russian mobiles

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Following the uninspiring financial results posted earlier by Russia's largest mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), Russia's second largest mobile operator VimpelCom impressed investors with strong fourth quarter and full-year 2005 financials. S...

Nokia Reports Rising Profits and Sales

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Nokia reported sales and profits for the first quarter of this year which were higher than expectations. The company reported a net profit of US$1.29 billion on sales of US$11.7 billion. Nokia's first quarter

2006 operating margin was 14.4%, which wa...

MTC Offers Econet Option on Vmobile Purchase Bid

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The Pan-African operator, Econet says that it has been granted the right of refusal over the offer made to buy a 65% controlling stake in Nigeria's Vee Mobile made by MTC of Kuwait. Spokesman Sure Kamhunga confirmed that documents had been delivered ...

[[ Handsets ]]

Comtech Providing Designs for Vodafone 3G Handsets

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China's Comtech has announced its first major design win from Huawei for customized 3G cell phone modules. Comtech will provide customized module designs for use in Huawei's new Vodafone-branded 3G phone. It is anticipated that Huawei will commence m...

Global Mobile Phone Shipments Will Reach 1 Billion Units in 2006

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Global mobile phone shipments grew an impressive 31 percent year-over-year, to reach 229 million units during Q1 2006, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics. Following this strong performance, Strategy Analytics has upgraded its gl...

Mobile Handsets Generated $117 Billion in Revenue in 2005

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Worldwide, mobile wireless handsets generated over US$117 billion in revenue in 2005, says a report released by Telecom Trends International,. The report says the 2005 revenue represented an increase of 14.9% over the revenue generated in 2004, and i...

[[ Mobile Content ]]

Mobile Streams Buys European Content Firm

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The mobile content distributor, Mobile Streams says that it is buying the German mobile content company, Cyoshi Mobile for US$3.7 million. The acquisition will strengthen Mobile Streams' footprint across mainland Europe and provide them with direct a...

[[ Network Operators ]]

ANALYSIS: Smartcom's future lies in innovative services

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Chilean mobile operator Smartcom is scheduled to launch GSM services in May or June this year, marking a transition from the CDMA network it has relied upon to date. ...

New GSM Network Launched in Guinea

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Investcom says that it has launched commercial mobile telecommunications services in the Republic of Guinea, under the brand name Areeba. Services will initially be concentrated in the capital city, Conakry, with national coverage following soon afte...

[[ Regulatory ]]

Kazakh PM urges to cut LD, mobile, Internet tariffs in 2006

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Kazakh Prime Minister Danial Akhmetov called for cutting the long-distance tariffs of fixed-line operator Kazakhtelecom, as well as all companies' tariffs for mobile and Internet services, Aliakpar Matishev, chairman of the competition committee at t...

Analyst: CPP regulations to bring social benefits

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The upcoming expansion of Mexico's calling party pays billing system to cover long distance calls to mobile users will benefit isolated segments of the population in particular, telecommunications analyst Ernesto Piedras told BNamericas. ...

TSTT questions arbiters over Digicel interconnection dispute

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Trinidad & Tobago's incumbent telephone company TSTT has filed a judicial review of an arbitration panel set up by telecoms regulator TATT last week to determine interconnection rates between TSTT and incoming mobile operator Digicel, The Trinidad Gu...

Mauritania To Offer New Mobile Licenses

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We had this tender sent to us, and publish it for interested parties. Following its telecommunications sector liberalization policy, the Mauritanian Authority of Regulation has decided to launch a call for competition related to the allocation of one...

[[ Statistics ]]

Mobile penetration expected to grow 20-50% this year

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Mobile telephony penetration in Peru is almost universally expected to increase during 2006, but at widely diverging rates depending on the source of the figures. ...

[[ Technology ]]

Five Key Factors to Consider When Choosing a Bluetooth Software Vendor

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As the Bluetooth market for silicon goes from strength to strength, the Bluetooth software market is undergoing a subtle change in direction. As more and more manufacturers embrace Bluetooth, they must balance their needs against vendor offerings in ...

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