Cellular-News for Tuesday 10th January 2006

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[[ 3G ]]

Vivendi's SFR Seeks To Add 1.5 Million 3G Users In 2006

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Vivendi Universal's mobile-phone unit, SFR, said Monday it seeks to add 1.5 million new subscribers to high-speed Internet mobile phone services this year. ...

GSA Survey Reports 150% Jump in WCDMA Devices

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According to a new survey by GSA -- the Global mobile Suppliers Association, dozens of manufacturers globally are launching new

3G/WCDMA devices to market in record numbers. The GSA survey confirms that 272 WCDMA user devices (handsets, PC datacards, ...

Chinese Vendor Licenses OS for 3G Products

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China's Datang Mobile has licensed an operating system (RTOS) from Express Logic for use in its TD-SCDMA Chinese 3G products. Datang and Express Logic also are entering into extensive discussions intended to enable Datang Mobile to distribute Express...

[[ Financial ]]

Bouygues Says Mobile Telecom Unit Not For Sale

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Bouygues Telecom, France's third-biggest mobile telecommunications operator, isn't for sale a spokeswoman for the company's parent, Bouygues SA, told Dow Jones Newswires Monday. ...

Danish Telecom TDC Still Backs Private-equity Bid

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Danish telecom TDC said Monday that it continues to recommend shareholders accept a $12 billion tender offer received last year from a consortium of private-equity investors, even after a major holder rejected the offer. ...

Tigo halves international calling rates

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Honduran mobile operator Tigo, operated by Millicom International Cellular, has halved international calling rates just 11 days after incumbent fixed line operator Hondutel lost its monopoly of the international long distance market, local daily La! ...

Centennial posts 7% in Caribbean revenues

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US and Caribbean wireless and broadband provider Centennial posted a

7% boost in revenue in its Caribbean operations for the second quarter of fiscal year 2006 (ended November 30) compared to the same quarter in 2005, the company said in a statement.... [[ Handsets ]]

Renewed Focus on Power Management in Mobile Phones

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The topic of power management in a mobile phone would have drawn yawns from most people in the industry a few years ago. Handset power management circuitry lacked the glamour of such components as the DSP and the applications processor. But according...

[[ Mobile Content ]]

Vodafone Launches Radio DJ Service With Sony

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Vodafone and Sony NetServices announced Monday a partnership for the global roll-out of a fully convergent music service -- Vodafone Radio DJ -- offering interactive, personalised radio channels streamed to both 3G mobile phones and personal computers....

Virgin Mobile Extends MTV Agreeement

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Virgin Mobile USA and MTV Networks say that they are extending their existing mobile content relationship in a move that provides Virgin Mobile users with access to music and entertainment programming from both MTV and Comedy Central. Under the agree...

[[ Regulatory ]]

Perus Telecoms Sector Bills US$1.8bn in 2005

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Peru's telecommunications industry brought in revenue of US$1.8bn in

2005, in large part due to new business ventures and greater activity in existing fields, assistant communications minister Juan Pacheco was quoted as saying by news service Agencia... [[ Statistics ]]

Rogers Communications Adds 582,600 Wireless Subscribers In 4Q

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Canadas Rogers Communications added 582,600 gross subscribers in the fourth quarter, compared with 593,900 such additions in the year-earlier quarter. ...

[[ Technology ]]

Consumer Electronic Cos Focus On Mobility At Trade Show

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As companies show off their latest and greatest devices at the Consumer Electronic Show, each brimming with new features, one trend remains clear: the products are becoming more mobile. ...

STMicroelectronics Offers Turnkey Solution for Mobile WiMAX Base Stations

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Shortly after the IEEE ratified the new 'mobile WiMAX' standard (802.16e), STMicroelectronics has announced its turnkey solution for

802.16e base-station modems. WiMAX/IEEE 802.16 (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is a global standard...

Agreement Signed to Develop WiBro/OFDMA Products

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SK Telecom and Wavesat have announced an agreement to cooperate in the development of WiBro/OFDMA technology for next generation mobile devices. As part of this multi-million dollar agreement, Wavesat will work closely with SK Telecom (SKT) to develo...

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