Cellular-News For Friday 14th October 2005

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Fourteen New Phones from Chinese Vendor China's Qiao Xing Universal Telephone says that its major subsidiary, CEC Telecom had recently launched 14 models of higher-end mobile phone handsets with a two-million-pixel digital camera and multimedia entertainment f...

Vodafone Offer A-GPS Handset

Japan's Vodafone K.K.says that it will commence sales of the Vodafone

903T 3G handset by Toshiba, the world's first mobile handset capable of network-assisted GPS navigation both in Japan and abroad, on 15 October 2005 i...

Maltese Operators Gain BWA Licenses

Malta's telecoms regulator, the MCA has assigned access to rights of use of radio frequencies in the 3.5GHz band for the development and implementation of Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) networks in Malta to Cellcom, Mob...

Simultaneous Collection of WCDMA and GSM Propagation and Interference Data

Pctel has announced the commercial availability of Clarify WCDMA/GSM - a version of its leading wireless propagation and interference management solution that simultaneously supports both WCDMA and GSM Networks.... Use 3G Videophones to Comment on Football Action VoxSurf, the London-based video messaging solution provider, says that the UK television broadcaster, the? BBC has deployed its technology to power a new trial called 'Your Shout!' The trial allows football fans to send ...

ABI Examines WiBro: Is it Really Mobile WiMAX in Disguise?

WiBro is a soon to be implemented mobile high-speed Wireless Internet access service for the South Korean market. Positioned between traditional wired broadband access and mobile phone data services, it could fill an imp...

FOCUS: Russia mulls fighting mobile handset thieves

Russia is facing a rising problem of mobile handsets theft. In 2004, the Moscow police officially registered over 7,000 mobile handset thefts. However, analysts consider that the real number of stolen mobile handsets is ...

Belarus MDC mobile subscriber base up 4.1% in September

The subscriber base of Belarus mobile phone operator Mobile Digital Connection (MDC) increased 4.1% on the month in September to 1.645 million users, the company said Tuesday. ...

Ukraine's Jeans mobile subscriber base up to 5 mln users Sep 30

The subscriber base of Ukraine's Jeans rose 74% since the beginning of the year to 5 million users as of September 30, Ukrainian Mobile Communications (UMC) said in a press release. ...

Russia's Euroset to cooperate in MVNO project with MTT

Russia's largest mobile handset retailer Euroset has concluded an agreement with Multiregional Transit Telecom (MTT) on cooperation in the development of Euroset's mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) project, an MTT...

TeliaSonera says holders to invest $60 mln in Moldova's Moldcell in 5 yrs

Shareholders of Moldova's mobile service operator Moldcell plan to invest U.S. $60 million in the company within five years, Anders Igel, CEO of TeliaSonera, Moldcell's key shareholder, said Wednesday. ...

Belarus' BeST to buy $234 mln equipment from Alcatel Shanghai

Belarus state-controlled mobile operator Belarus Telecommunications Network, or BeST, has signed an agreement with China's Alcatel Shanghai Bell to purchase the Chinese company's telecommunications equipment for U...

Russia's VimpelCom to launch tariff with free cell phone in Dec

Russia's second-largest mobile operator VimpelCom plans to launch a tariff with a free mobile handset included in the price of the subscription fee, the company said in a press release Thursday. ...

Russia's VimpelCom user base in Far East hits 1 million people

The subscriber base of Russia's second-largest mobile operator VimpelCom in the country's Far East Federal District has exceeded 1 million people, the company said on Thursday. ...

Russian court freezes SMARTS' shares once again

Russia's regional court in St. Petersburg has frozen 100% of the shares of Russian regional mobile operator SMARTS, Kommersant business daily reported Friday, citing Gennady Kiryushin, the company's general director. ...

Finland's Elcoteq opens telecom equip plant in Russia

Russia's ZAO Elcoteq, a subsidiary of Finland's electronics manufacturing company Elcoteq Network Corporation, opened a telecommunications equipment plant in St. Petersburg on Friday, Elcoteq's CEO Antti Piippo said at...

PRESS: Russia's VimpelCom may start ops in 9 Far East regions

Russia's second-largest mobile operator VimpelCom may get frequencies for operation in GSM 900 frequencies in nine regions in the Far East Federal District, Vedomosti business daily reported Monday, citing a letter fro...

MegaFon says ups base stations in Moscow to 1,500 units

Russia's third largest mobile operator MegaFon has increased the number of base stations in the Moscow License Area (MLA) to 1,500 units as of now from 1,000 units as of January 1, the company's General Director Sergei...

AC&M says Russia's mobile user base up to 111.74 mln on Sep 30

The number of mobile phone service subscribers in Russia increased to

111.74 million people as of September 30 from 107.33 million people as of August 31, Advanced Communications & Media (AC&M) said in a report released ...

Russia's SMARTS launches EDGE technology in test mode

Russian regional mobile operator SMARTS has launched Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) technology in test mode, the company said Monday. ...

Ukraine's UMC mobile subscriber base up to 10.916 mln Sep 30

The total subscriber base of Ukraine's Mobile Communications, or UMC, Ukraine's largest mobile phone operator, rose 3.8% on the month to 10.916 million subscribers as of September 30, UMC said in a press release on i...

Russia's active GSM user base seen up to 111-113 mln this year

Russia's GSM Standard Operators Association expects the country's total active GSM mobile subscriber base to rise to between 111 million and 113 million users by the end of this year from the current 104.5 million, V...

Official sees Wi-Fi hotspots in Russia up to 680 by year-end

The number of Russia's Wi-Fi Internet access points, or hotspots, are expected to increase to 680 by the end of this year from 435 as of now, Executive Director of Russia's Association of GSM Operators Vyacheslav Afa...

Russia's Megafon auctions "beautiful" phone number for $3,000

Moscow-based mobile provider Sonic Duo, which operates Megafon's network in Moscow and the Moscow Region, has sold a "beautiful" telephone number for U.S. $3,000 at an auction held on October 10, the company's press se...

Nokia, China Putian To Set Up 3G Joint Venture In China

Jones)- Finland's Nokia Oyj (NOK) Thursday said it has signed an agreement with China Putian Co. Ltd. to set up a joint venture in China to focus on research and development, manufacturing and sales of

3G network solutio...

Bouygues Telecom Launches Flat-Rate I-Mode Subscription

s)- Bouygues Telecom SA, a division of Bouygues SA (12050.FR), Thursday said it is launching a flat-rate monthly subscription to its i-mode high-speed Internet wireless service ahead of the key Christmas selling season. ...

Ericsson To Trial 3G/HSDPA, IMS Platform In Canada

Jones)- Ericsson says that it will begin a trial of third generation wireless technology upgrades in Canada, together with Rogers Communications Inc. ...

PRESS: Agency to auction GSM 1800 licenses in Russian Far East

Russia's Federal Telecommunication Agency "has found" open GSM 1800 frequencies in the Far East Federal District and plans to auction them in November, Vedomosti business daily reported Thursday, citing Pavel Morozov, th...

PRESS: Russia's Sigma says buys 0.125% in SMARTS, eyes 25%

Russia's Sigma has purchased a 0.125% stake in Russian regional mobile operator SMARTS and has gained the rights to purchase 25%, Vedomosti business daily reported Thursday, citing Sigma's General Director Pavel Svirsky....

Irish Regulator Orders Cut In Mobile Termination Costs

es)- Ireland's communications regulator, ComReg, Thursday ordered a reduction in termination charges that telecommunications operators pay to mobile phone companies. ...

Russian MegaFon's Sonic Duo sees capex at $200 mln in 2006

Russia's MegaFon subsidiary Sonic Duo plans to invest U.S. $200 million in expanding its mobile network in 2006, flat on the year, the company said Thursday. ...

Russia's Divizion plans to open 14 outlets in Astrakhan

Russian mobile phone vendor Divizion plans to open 14 outlets in southern Russian city of Astrakhan by the end of the year, the company said Thursday. ...