Cellular-News for Friday 6th January 2006

Cellular-News -

[[ 3G ]]

Ericsson To Supply Network To Indonesian Operator

Sweden's Telefon AB LM Ericsson Thursday said it received an order from Indonesian mobile operator Natrindo Telepon Selular to build, operate and manage its new 3G/WCDMA network in Jakarta and surrounding areas. ...

Make 3G Videocalls from a Normal PC

Vodafone Portugal has launched a service, designed for computer users which will enable any Vodafone customer (whether or not they have a 3G phone) to associate their mobile phone number with their PC and to receive or make videocalls from their comp...

[[ Financial ]]

Vietnam Post & Telecom Corp. 2005 Revenue Up 9% To $2.12 Billion

Vietnam's state-run Post & Telecommunications Corp., or VNPT, reported revenue of $2.12 billion for last year, up 9% on year, a company statement said Thursday. ...

[[ Handsets ]]

Nokia Adds Bluetooth To Two Popular Phone Models

Nokia Corp. Thursday announced the Nokia 6102i and Nokia 6103 phones, both of which adds Bluetooth technology to the feature sets found on the mid-range fold-style Nokia 6101 and Nokia 6102 phones. ...

EDGE Capable Walkman Phone from SonyEricsson

Sony Ericsson has announced a new Quad-band EDGE Walkman-branded mobile music phone. The latest Walkman phone comes with a 512MB removable Memory Stick (approximately 150 music tracks), which can be upgraded to 2GB currently available in retail outle...

[[ Interviews ]]

Microsoft Chairman Gates Says Digital World Taking Hold

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates unveiled an array of new products and services Wednesday night as he claimed the age of digital entertainment is taking hold among consumers around the world. ...

[[ Mobile Content ]]

Verizon Wireless Plans To Launch Music Service

Verizon Wireless plans to launch on Jan. 16 a music service that lets users download music over the air. ...

[[ Network Contracts ]]

New Billing and Media Platform for Indonesian Operator

LogicaCMG has won a contract with PT Natrindo Telepon Seluler (NTS), a

3G and GSM1800 operator in Indonesia, to provide an extensive suite of telecoms products and solutions to enable mobile data and charging services for NTS' mobile networks. The co... [[ Network Operators ]]

Latvian Indoor Coverage Improves

The GSM network operator, BITE Latvija says that it? is extensively improving in-door coverage in Riga by increasing the density of its base stations and is also rapidly developing geographical network coverage. The company now covered five new towns...

[[ Regulatory ]]

Mexico's Telmex Cuts Rates Again For Calls To Mobiles

MEXICO CITY (DOW JONES)--Mexican telecommunications regulator Cofetel said Thursday that the country's main phone company, Telefonos de Mexico, has reduced rates for calls to cell phones for the second year in a row. ...

TeliaSonera Appeals Against Spectrum Removal

TeliaSonera Finland says that it is appealing against the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority's (FICORA) GSM 900 radio license decision and has requested that the enforcement of the decision should be suspended for the duration of the appeal ...

[[ Reports ]]

Mobile Operators Not-so-Secret Weapon: Managed Services

Managed services provide a large and growing opportunity for mobile communications service providers to offload network operation tasks to third parties, and for infrastructure vendors to secure new revenue streams, according to a new study from ABI ...

Motorola Will Challenge Nokia for Top Spot

Motorola, which was widely predicted to be overtaken by Samsung to second place in 2004/05, has turned the corner and is setting its sights on challenging Nokia to become the handset market leader. That is the finding from a new study, "Motorola: Inn...