Cellular-News for Friday 4th November 2005

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Mobile Base Station Contract from US Utility Firm
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Wireless Matrix has announced an agreement with one of the leading utilities on the East Coast of the USA serving more than 2 million homes and businesses, for an initial order of 400 Mobile Base Station

2 (MBS2) units. This first purchase order unde...

3G Wait-&-See Fails to Stall Taiwanese Mobile Phone Market

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The aggressive promotion of 3G services by mobile phone carriers was expected to stimulate the growth of the Taiwanese mobile phone market in the third quarter of 2005. However, according to the Market Intelligence Center (MIC), a Taipei-based indust...

Siemens Wins Thai GSM Contract

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Thailand's largest mobile provider, Advanced Info Service (AIS), has contracted with Siemens to expand its GSM radio and core network. In the future, up to one million additional subscribers will be able to make phone calls and utilize mobile communi...

Study Finds Mobile Phone Users Embracing Mobile Data Services

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Mobile phone users are increasingly comfortable with mobile data services but continue to worry about content and price, according to the latest Mobinet study of how 4,000 mobile phone users in 21 countries use their phones. The study has been conduc...

African Network Operator to Seek UK Stock Market Listing

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Econet Wireless Group has announced plans to seek a listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) through an initial public offering that the company estimates will raise between US$400 million and US$500 million....

PTT Will Become the New 3G Hotspot - report

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Analysys International predicts that PTT (push-to-talk) will become the new hotspot of 3G applications with user numbers to reach 8 million by year 2009 in its newly released focus report. It also says that the barrier of interconnection will be remo...

Customers Rarely Complain About Mobile Data Problems

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A new NOP survey commissioned by Olista, the service experience assurance company, reveals that users who encounter problems in using new mobile data services will simply give up rather than seek assistance. According to the survey of 1000 adults car...

FOCUS: Russia's alternative operators may strike gold in regions

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[Premium] On the eve of the privatization of Russia's national telecom holding Svyazinvest, regional fixed-line operators are cutting their investment plans, while alternative operators, who operate mostly in Moscow and St. Petersburg, prepare for an aggressiv...

Telefonica Moviles Back To 6 Million Mobile Users In Mexico

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Spanish wireless phone operator Telefonica Moviles SA said Thursday that it added 129,000 subscribers in Mexico in the third quarter, bringing its roster back to 6 million, up 33% from a year ago. ...

Nokia: N70 Phone Is Shipping In High Volumes

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Nokia Corp.'s second mobile phone in its multimedia Nseries to hit stores has had a very good response from consumers and is shipping in large volumes, a company spokesman said Thursday. ...

TDC Mobil To Open 3G Network To Private Clients Nov 7

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Danish telecommunications operator TDC A/S Thursday said its unit TDC Mobil will open its third-generation networks to private customers on Nov. 7. ...

Reiman says Russian mobile operators may enter Chinese market

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Russian mobile operators may enter the Chinese market, Russian IT and Telecommunications Minister Leonid Reiman said Thursday, ITAR-TASS reported. Reiman was speaking before the meeting of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov with Chinese Prime Min...

Mexico Billionaire Pledges $400 Million Argentina Invest In '06

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Mexican billionaire businessman Carlos Slim has pledged to invest $400 million next year in two telecommunications companies operating in Argentina: Telefonos de Mexico SA, or Telmex, and America Movil's CTI. ...

Nortel Discloses Additional Subpoena For Accounting Records

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Nortel Networks Inc. on Thursday disclosed that it received an additional federal subpoena in connection with an ongoing criminal investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas. ...

UPDATE: Qualcomm to Vigorously Defend Against Claims At EC

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Qualcomm Inc. vowed to vigorously fight the claims of five competitors who complained last week to European antitrust regulators about its licensing practices. ...

Vodafone To Buy Up To 15% More In Vodacom Group

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Vodafone announced Thursday that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with the Rembrandt Trust, which are expected to result in Vodafone acquiring up to an additional 15% economic interest in Vodacom Group for a net cash consideration of up to ...

Qualcomm 4Q Net Up 37%; Co Gives 1Q, FY06 Views

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Qualcomm Inc.'s fourth-quarter earnings rose 37%, fueled by demand for next-generation cell phones. ...

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