Cellular-News for Friday 10th March 2006

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[[ 3G ]]

Ericsson Delivers HSDPA To Vodafone In Germany

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Swedish telecommunications company, Ericsson Thursday said Vodafone Group will today launch its mobile broadband offering in Germany with support of a HSDPA solution delivered by Ericsson. ...

Siemens: No 3G until 2008

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Brazilian mobile operators are expected to launch true 3G services in

2008, local daily IT Web quoted Siemens Brasil VP Aluizio Bretas Byrro as saying. ...

Vodafone Planning British HSDPA Rollout

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Following successful testing in Newbury, Vodafone UK will start customer trials on its live HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) network from April. With 100 business users testing Vodafone UK's HSDPA-enabled Mobile Connect Cards across central ...

[[ Financial ]]

Vodafone Australia: No Due Diligence From Optus

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Singapore Telecommunications's Australian unit, Optus, hasn't conducted due diligence on Vodafone Group's Australian network assets, a spokesman for Vodafone said Thursday. ...

Hong Kong Hutchison Telecom 2005 Net Loss Widens To HK$768 Million

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Hutchison Telecommunications International said Thursday its net loss widened to HK$768 million in 2005 from HK$30 million in 2004. ...

Six Companies Bid To Acquire 35% Stake In Tunisie Telecom

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Six companies have placed a bid to acquire a 35% stake in Tunisia's largest telecommunications carrier Tunisie Telecom, the Tunisian Communication Ministry said Wednesday evening. ...

Siemens unit plans US$56mn investment in 2006

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German equipment supplier Siemens plans to inject 120mn reais (US$55.6mn) into its operations in Brazil this year, up 10% on last year's figure, Siemens Brasil VP Aluizio Bretas Byrro told BNamericas. ...

Digicel to acquire Bouygues Telecom Caraibe

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Caribbean mobile group Digicel intends to acquire Bouygues Telecom Caraibe, a wireless operator in the French West Indies, Digicel said in a statement. ...

[[ Handsets ]]

FOCUS: Sales of cell phones in Russia seen slowing down in 2006

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In all likelihood, 2005 was the last boom year for mobile handset sales in Russia. The government crackdown on illegal imports of handsets and lower demand are likely to result in slower sales although the average price of phones is likely to increas...

Study: Children rise as new target segment for mobile business

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Children of 10-13 years of age make up 95% of the almost 170,000 Argentine minors using mobile telephones today, yet children with cell phones represent only 6% of the 10-13 bracket, according to a new study by local consultancy Carrier y Asociados. ...

A Cellphone in the Shape of the Iconic Red Telephone Box

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A USA based handset retailer has designed a GSM handset that is in the shape of the infamous UK public telephone box. But why make a cell phone that looks like a phone booth? Well, C&D Wireless, say that they don't like conformity. When they started ...

Mandatory Handset Recycling For US County

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The government of Westchester County in New York State, USA is passing legislation which will make it illegal to dispose of cell phones in the conventional rubbish supplies. When passed, the legislation will effectively force residents to recycle the...

[[ Legal ]]

Norway's Telenor claims Alfa's control of VimpelCom would break law

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Norway's telecommunication company Telenor has sent a letter to Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) claiming that if it were to approve an application of Russia's Alfa Group to increase its stake in VimpelCom, it would contradict Russian anti...

[[ Messaging ]]

Nokia Hunts For The Business User

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With the BlackBerry off the endangered-species list and Microsoft homing in on the market for phones that double as e-mail devices, Nokia is on the prowl for its own corporate-customer base. ...

[[ Network Contracts ]]

Golden Telecom to build 5,000 WiFi nodes in Moscow in 2006

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Golden Telecom, a U.S.-registered provider of telecommunications and Internet services in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), plans to develop a WiFi network with up to 5,000 access nodes in Moscow, the company said in a statemen...

CDMA Expansion For Brazil

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Motorola has announced a CDMA 3G EV-DO network expansion for Brazil's VIVO. This development enables VIVO to effectively manage large increases in high speed mobile data network traffic for Brasilia and Curitiba, two Brazilian cities where VIVO bring...

[[ Offbeat ]]

Vodafone: Overseas Involvement Likely In Greek PM Wiretap

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ATHENS (AP)--A senior official from the mobile telephone operator Vodafone said Thursday he suspected overseas involvement in the wiretapping of Prime Minister Costas Caramanlis and top officials during the Athens Olympics two years ago. ...

[[ Personnel ]]

Vodafone Greece Chief To Face MPs On Tapping Scandal -BBC

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The head of Vodafone in Greece is due Thursday to give evidence to a parliamentary committee about a phone tapping scandal, the BBC Web site reports. ...

Sonaecom Non-Executive Directors Borges, O'Toole Resign

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Sonaecom said Thursday that non-executive directors Antonio Borges and Richard O'Toole have resigned because of a potential conflict of interest, given Sonaecom's bid for Portugal Telecom. ...

[[ Regulatory ]]

EU Says Germany Willing To Solve Telecom Conflict-Sources

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The German government appears to be willing to ease its stance in the controversy with the European Commission about Germany's planned new telecommunications law. ...

[[ Reports ]]

Free WiMAX Report from the OECD

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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published a rather good report into WiMAX and its impact on competition and regulation. It gives a status report of the technology and its rollout, then outlines the regulatory cha...

[[ Statistics ]]

Russia's MegaFon user base in Arkhangelsk Region up 70% in 2005

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The subscriber base of Russia?s third largest mobile operator MegaFon in the Arkhangelsk Region and the Nenets Autonomous District rose 70% in 2005 to 500,000 people as of December 31, the company said in a press release Thursday. ...

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