Cellular-News for Friday 25th November 2005

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[[3G News]]

3G Operator Selects QoS Platform CommProve has won a contract to monitor the 3G network deployed by Italy's WIND. The operator will integrate CommProve's GSP (General Statistical Package) into its network to deliver continuous performance measurements, information that will enable t...

3G Coverage for Salzburg

mobilkom austria has announced the launch of a full-coverage high-speed mobile network in Salzburg. Coverage for 98.22% of Salzburg's population will be achieved with the help of an intelligent combination of 3G transmission technologies UMTS and EDG...

[[Financial News]]

Ericsson Acquires Australian Systems Integration Co TUSC

Sweden's Telefon AB LM Ericsson Thursday said it has bought TUSC, an Australian company with around 80 employees, specialized in systems integration for telecommunications, utilities and enterprises. ...

Swiss Cabinet Aims To Clear Path For Swisscom Sale

The Swiss cabinet aims to clear the path for a sale of its majority stake in telecommunication company Swisscom. ...

ABN, Goldman Sachs, UBS Win Telstra Sale Mandate

Unveiling one of the world's most prestigious investment banking mandates, the Australian government said Thursday ABN AMRO, UBS, and Goldman Sachs will coordinate next year's A$34 billion (US$25 billion) privatization of Telstra Corp.

TELUS To Merge Wireless, Wireline Segments

TELUS Corp. plans to merge its wireless and wireline segments into a single operating structure that incorporates the company's customer-facing business units, technology infrastructure and operations and shared services. ...

PRESS: Russia's MTS may get control of Kyrgyzstan's Bitel soon

Russia's largest mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) may get control over Kyrgyzstan's Bitel mobile operator by the end of this year, three sources close to the deal said, quoted by Vedomosti business daily Thursday. ...

FOCUS:France Telecom's 06 Guidance In Question

France Telecom may have to cut its medium-term revenue guidance, not because its growth strategy is flawed, but because its guidance is out of line with expectations. ...

Russian mobile stocks weak this year but still attractive

The stocks of Russia's leading mobile operators MTS and VimpelCom have underperformed the broader market so far this year and are unlikely to provide investors extraordinary returns anytime soon, analysts said. ...

China's Huawei sees Russian sales up, at $310 mln this year

China's telecommunications equipment producer Huawei expects its sales in Russia to rise to U.S. $310 million this year, compared with $262 million in 2004, the director of the company's Moscow office said Thursday at a meeting of the antimonopoly ...

[[Handsets News]]

DoCoMo Develops Child-Friendly Handset

Japan's DoCoMo says that it has developed a child-friendly 3G mobile phone, the FOMA SA800i. In addition, DoCoMo has established the Kids' Advisory Board of people with expertise in children's issues, who will advise the company on the development of...

[[Network Contracts News]]

Nokia Gets $141 Million Contract From Bharat Sanchar Nigam

Finnish telecommunications equipment maker Nokia Corp. Thursday said it has received a contract worth around $141 million from Indian telecommunications company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. for a GSM/EDGE and GPRS network expansion project in North Indi...

Alcatel Wins Russian GSM Contract

Alcatel has signed a contract with the Russian regional operator, SMARTS to extend SMARTS GSM/GPRS network in the Povolzhie region. Thanks to the implementation of this project, SMARTS will be able to optimize its existing mobile infrastructure, to d...

[[Reports News]]

Operators Must Build Trust With MNCs to Secure Future Revenues

Mobile operators are failing to address the pain points for multinational companies (MNCs), according to a recent survey by Ovum and the Enterprise VPN User Association (EVUA). As a result, they risk losing out to System Integrators (SI) and fixed op...

[[Statistics News]]

MTN Reports 20 Million Subscribers

South Africa's MTN Group has reported that it now has over 20 million subscribers. The company also reported that its revenue increased by

25.2% toUS$2.6 billion, excluding the revenue contributed by the new acquisitions, revenue increased by 22.3%. ... [[Technology News]]

Successful pilot test of integrating mobile and IP telephony in Denmark

The first phase of TeliaSonera's pilot test of the UMA concept in Denmark, which combines mobile and IP calls in one and the same solution, have been executed with excellent results, and will now proceed to the next phase ....