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GSM Arrives on the Falkland Islands
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Cable & Wireless is spending US$1.5 million to bring a GSM network to the Falklands Islands (also known as Islas Malvinas), in the South Atlantic. The company has contracted with Alvarion to deliver a compact GSM system,...
Component Order for Chinese Handset Vendor
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Comtech Group has expanded its relationship with China's ZTE for the supply of LCD module interfaces for ZTE's handsets. The ZTE order from China Unicom will be for approximately one million CDMA units. Comtech's dollar ...
German Operators Start Blocking Adult Content
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Germany's mobile phone networks have published a Code of Conduct designed to prevent access to adult content by children. The code of conduct describes uniform standards for mobile operators to ensure that such content g...
Local Search on Mobiles Not That Popular - report
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JupiterResearch says that consumer demand for paid wireless information services remains low. With just 20% of consumers willing to pay for directory enquiries information and only 7% willing to pay for local search on t...
Orange Offers Best Music Download Portal - report
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Strategy Analytics has released a new report which concludes that Orange has the Best in Class Full Music Track Download service in the UK, with a 15-plus point performance gap over O2 and Vodafone. These results are bas...
One in Five Wireless Phone Users Subscribe to Data Packages
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Telephia reports that wireless data package adoption among the top five of the USA's service providers showed a 22% penetration rate for the first half of 2005. According to Customer Value Metrics, Telephia's new wireles...
GSMA Hosts Interoperability Testing
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The GSM Association (GSMA) and its partners have successfully completed a series of interoperability trials in both Europe and Asia -- a major step towards ensuring that the next generation of multimedia services, based o...
China Tops Cellular Subscriber Top 15 Ranking
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The worldwide number of cellular subscribers will surpass 2 billion in
2005, up from 11 million in 1990 and 750 million in 2000. China is the clear leader in cellular subscribers and will reach nearly 400 million at year-...
Asia Pacific Will Represent 45% of WiMAX Market by 2009
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Though WiMAX faces several key challenges in the Asia Pacific market, its subscriber base will grow from more than 80,000 in 2005 to more than 3.8 million by 2009, reports In-Stat. In 2009, Asia Pacific WiMAX subscribers ...
Toshiba Launches 3G Handset
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Toshiba has launched the Toshiba 803, Vodafone exclusive mobile phone, its first combined 3G phone and music player. The Toshiba 803 features an external music player, allowing users easy access to music on the move. The...
Vodafone Closing UK Call Center
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Vodafone is closing one of its UK call centers with the possible loss of up to 650 jobs. The call center, based in Birmingham will close next February when its fuctions will be absorbed by cell centers in Warrington and ...
Tunisie Telecom Shortlist Delayed A Few Days -Source
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The Tunisian government is likely to delay the selection of candidates for a 35% stake in Tunisie Telecom in order to get more detailed offers from some bidders, a person familiar with the sale process told Dow Jones New...
Telefonica Moviles Mexico To Issue MXN5.5 Billion In Local Notes
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The Mexican unit of Spanish mobile phone operator Telefonica Moviles SA (TEM) plans to sell up to 5.5 billion pesos ($1=MXN10.8955) Wednesday in medium-term notes on the Mexican market. ...
Mexico's Telmex: Open To Other Investments In Colombia
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Mexican phone giant Telefonos de Mexico SA (TMX) said Wednesday it is open to new investment opportunities in Colombia, but unsure whether it will bid again for Colombia Telecommunicaciones (CTMC.YY) after the state comp...
RealNetworks Unveils New Wireless Media Push
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SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) - Stepping up its long-running competition with Microsoft, RealNetworks unveiled a new partnership Wednesday designed to boost its presence in the growing market for mobile phone-based...