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Digicel Cleared for Cingular Takeover
Digicel Group has announced that the Government of St. Lucia has approved the acquisition by Digicel of the Cingular Wireless? operation on the island. This is another significant milestone for Digicel in compl...
Benefon Developing a GSM Watch
Finland's Benefon has signed an agreement to acquire the product designs of a GSM watch currently owned by Satelinx Inc. Benefon will be testing the capability of the GPS/GSM/GPRS watch in relation to its own c...
Japan's Mobile Handset Manufacturers Face Difficult Times
Fitch Ratings has issued a report which says that despite recent positive trends in the domestic mobile handset market, reflected by the almost 35% increase in 3G mobile handsets, the long-term prognosis for Ja...
Sagem Expands Chinese Cellphone Venture
France's Sagem has signed an MoU with China's Ningbo BIRD to extend their existing handset partnership. Sagem Communication and Ningbo BIRD begun their collaboration back in 1999 through the sales in China by N...
Hurricane Katrina Impacts Semiconductor Wafer Supply
Hurricane Katrina has caused the shutdown of a New Orleans facility owned by Air Products and Chemicals Inc. that produces hydrogen used in the manufacturing of silicon wafers, a development that could impact g...
India's Telephone Density Passes 10%
India's telecoms penetration rate has passed the 10% mark, reports the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. As per a compilation done by TRAI based on latest reports from operators/ association, the subscribe...
Blocking SMS Spam
Jinny Software has launched SMS and MMS spam blocker for operators. The Jinny Spam Control Centre offers SPAM filtering to reduce the occurrence of message spamming and helps maintain the required reputation of...
Siemens Wins 3G Contract in Latvia
Latvia's major telecommunications provider, Tele2 has contracted with Siemens to expand its GSM network and build a complete 3G/W-CDMA network infrastructure. The contract includes the expansion of the radio an...
Human Brain Inspires Memory for Cellphones
Mobile phones could one day have the memory capacity of a desktop computer thanks to a microchip that mimics the functioning of the brain, scientists report in the journal, Science. Researchers from Imperial Co...
International Roaming With Somalia
Somalia's Somafone has deployed international roaming and SMS capabilities from Tecore Wireless Systems. As the political situation in Somalia continues to stabilize with the establishment of a new government, ...
Limited Wireless Calls Going Through In New Orleans
Ericsson To Upgrade Network For Malaysian Operator Maxis
Japan's Access To Buy U.S. PalmSource
Vodafone Seeks Options For Swedish 3G Network Build
Motorola Buys Mitsubishi Electric Research Center