Cellular-News for Monday 26th September 2005

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WiMAX trial in Pakistan
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China's ZTE Corp. has announced a trial of its Pre-WiMAX kit in Pakistan?s capital Islamabad through local operator Telecard. Under the contract, ZTE will build a Pre-WiMAX trial network comprising one six-sector Base Tr...

First Arab 3G Roaming Agreement

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Emirates Telecommunications Corporation -- Etisalat -- has announced the signing of its first roaming agreement for customers of Mubashir, the 3G mobile package. The agreement was signed between Etisalat and Hong Kong's Sm...

Hungary Mobile Subscribers Pass 9 Million Mark

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Hungary's cellular phone market penetration nudged closer to the 90% mark after it reached 89.4% at the end of August and passed the 9 million mark, according to reports from the National Communications Authority of Hung...

Jordan has the most Competitive Arab Cellular Market - report

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Jordan has overtaken Palestine as the most competitive Arab cellular market, followed closely by Palestine and Algeria. Saudi Arabia's cellular market moved from 12th place in 2004 to the 6th place in 2005 as the Kingdom...

Openwave Claims Dominance of the MVNO Market

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Openwave Systems says that it has over 85% of the Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) mobile data market share in the USA. The MVNO market is expected to reach US$10.7 billion in service revenue and amass a total of 4...

Qualcomm Embeds WiFi into 3G Chipsets

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Qualcomm has announced that it's Mobile Station Modem (MSM) chipsets will support Philips' wireless local area network (WLAN) module. This integrated solution will offer connectivity to WLAN networks as well as to existi...

Siemens Brand to Appear on BenQ Phones

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Taiwan's BenQ is to start dual branding its mobile phones with the Siemens brand name from the first quarter of next year, according to a company spokesperson. Under the terms on BenQ's purchase of the Siemens handset di...

Telecoms Boss Fired Over Corruption Allegations

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Vietnam's Prime Minister, Phan Van Khai has fired the boss of the state owned telecoms operator, Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corp (VNPT) over allegations of bribery and fraud. The dismissal comes just a few days...

3G on the Underground
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Vodafone Portugal has extended its 3G (and GPRS) coverage to work on all stations on the new Yellow Line (Line D) of the Oporto Metro. The 3G coverage provided by Vodafone at the sub-surface stations of the Yellow Line -...

No Need for SMSC's in New Networks

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Warid Telecom of Pakistan has chosen Telsis' next-generation messaging solution for its new-build network, instead of an old-style SMS architecture based on conventional SMSCs. Warid's deployment of Telsis Intelligent SM...

Lebanon's Investcom Mobile Co To List In London, Dubai

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Beirut-based mobile telecoms firm Investcom said Sunday it will carry out two initial public offerings, listing shares in London and Dubai. ...

ACCS Ex-CEO Charged For Cheating Nokia

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The founder and former chief executive of Singapore's Accord Customer Care Solutions Ltd. (A27.SG) and 11 other former employees were charged with cheating and dishonesty offenses by the Singapore police, the Straits Tim...

Palm, Microsoft To Team On New Treo

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SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) - Palm Inc. on Monday is expected to unveil a version of its Treo product that combines a mobile phone with a digital organizer, according to a person familiar with the company's plans...

Alltel Shares Gain As Options For Wireline Unit Weighed

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WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) -- Alltel Corp. on Thursday said it has started a formal process to explore selling or spinning off the company's traditional local phone business, a move that management has considered f...

Deutsche Telekom: No Plans Yet For T-Mobile USA IPO

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German telecommunications operator Deutsche Telekom AG (DT) has no plans for an initial public offering for its U.S. wireless unit T-Mobile USA now, Chief Executive Kai Uwe Ricke said at an investor conference ...

Cosmote To Invest Over EUR450 Million To Revamp Cosmorom

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The chief executive of Greek mobile operator Cosmote Mobile Telecommunications (COSMO.AT) Friday said the company plans to invest more than EUR450 million over the next three years to revamp its Romanian mobile phone uni...

Nokia Gets Order From Jiangxi Mobile Telecommunication

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Finland's Nokia Oyj (NOK) said Friday it has signed a contract for the delivery of the Nokia Connect eRefill solution to Chinese mobile operator Jiangxi Mobile Telecommunication Co. Ltd. ...

Tiscali Sold 0.3% Of 3 Italy For Around EUR12.5 Million-CFO

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Tiscali SpA (TIS.MI) sold its 0.3% stake in Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.'s unit (0013.HK) 3 Italy for around EUR12.5 million, Tiscali Chief Financial Officer Massimo Cristori said Friday during an analyst conference call on th...

US Cellular To Restructure Customer Service Dept

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Telephone & Data Systems Inc. (TDS) disclosed Friday that its U.S. Cellular Corp. (USM) unit will restructure its customer service department as a result of the recently announced exchange of cellular properties with All...

Ericsson Likely To Appeal Decision To Up Taxable Income

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Swedish telecommunications giant Telefon AB LM Ericsson (ERICY) said it is likely to appeal against a tax authority decision to increase its taxable income by a total 251 million kronor ($1=SEK7.7750) for the three tax y...

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