Cellular-News for Wednesday 26th October 2005

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Worldwide Smartphone Market Soars in Q3
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The continuing shift from standalone handhelds to converged smart mobile devices was confirmed again by the latest estimates released by analyst firm Canalys. The positions of the top four device vendors worldwide remained unchanged from Q2, with HP ...

ZTE Wins GSM Contract in Nepal

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Nepal Telecom is to replace a range of existing GSM value-added service equipment with systems from ZTE Corporation. ZTE will supply Nepal Telecom with a range of value-added services equipment including

1,300,000 lines of HLR (Home Location Register...

Multiplayer Games on 3G Network

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Hutchison 3G UK is enabling customers to be able to play the multiplayer versions of Synergenix's games Lock 'n Load Combat Arena and Rally Pro Contest MP on their handsets. Lock 'n Load Combat Arena and Rally Pro Contest MP are being offered as a fr...

Consulting Contract for Brazilian Operator

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Convergys? has won a new five-year contract to provide professional and consulting services to the Brazilian CDMA operator, Vivo. Under the terms of the agreement, Convergys will deliver multiple professional and consulting services including softwar...

One-Third of Consumers May Use Wireless as Primary Phone in 2009

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Between 23% and 37% of USA wireless subscribers will use a wireless phone as their primary telephone by 2009, reports In-Stat. About 9.4% of U.S. wireless subscribers already use a wireless phone as their primary phone, and compared with earlier surv...

Andrew Signs WCDMA License Agreement

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Andrew Corporation has signed a WCDMA infrastructure patent license agreement with Qualcomm. Under the terms of the worldwide royalty-bearing agreement, Qualcomm has granted Andrew a license to develop, manufacture, and sell WCDMA picocell and microc...

Handset Sales Up, but Prices Down

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According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global mobile phone shipments grew 25% year-over-year, to reach a record 209 million units during Q3 2005. In contrast, worldwide industry ASPs (Average Selling Price) fell 11% annually during...

Ukrainian mobile operators? revenue flat on month in September

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The revenue of Ukrainian mobile operators was almost flat on the month in September falling 0.9% to 1.36 billion hryvnas, the State Statistics Committee said Tuesday. ...

Russia's Dalsvyaz unit to launch mobile services in Sakhalin

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Wireless Information Technologies, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Russian regional fixed-line and mobile operator Dalsvyaz plans to launch its mobile services under the Dalsvyaz GSM brand in the Sakhalin Region by the end of the year, Alexei Skrylnikov...

Kyrgyz Justice Ministry re-registers ownership of 100% in Bitel

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Kyrgyzstan's Justice Ministry re-registered on October 19 ownership rights of 100% in mobile operator Bitel to little-known Rezervspetsmet company, Bitel said in a statement Tuesday. ...

PRESS: Turkish authorities OK Russia's Alfa buying Turkcell

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Russia's Alfa Group has received approval from Turkish authorities to buy a 13.2% stake in Turkey's leading mobile operator Turkcell through a U.S. $3.3 billion convertible debt deal with Turkcell shareholder Cukurova Group, Vedomosti said on Tuesday...

Rogers Communications To Buy Nortel's Brampton Site For C$100 Million

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Nortel Networks Corp. has agreed to sell its almost 1 million square-foot Brampton, Ont. facility to Rogers Communications Inc. for about C$100 million. ...

TeliaSonera CEO: Will Keep Looking For Acquisitions

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Nordic telecommunications operator TeliaSonera Tuesday said it will keep looking for acquisitions. ...

Ericsson CEO: Marconi Will Bolster Transmission Operations

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Ericsson President and Chief Executive Carl-Henric Svanberg Tuesday said the acquisition of most of U.K. telecommunications equipment maker Marconi PLC's business will bolster the Swedish mobile operator's transmission operations. ...

TDC Enters Agreement With Telenor To Enter Norway Market

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Danish telecommunications operator TDC says that its TDC Mobil unit has entered a MVNO agreement with Telenor in Norway. ...

Ericsson Buys Most Of Marconi For GBP1.2 Billion

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Swedish wireless equipment maker Telefon AB LM Ericsson Tuesday agreed to buy most of Marconi Corp. PLC's operations in a deal worth GBP1.2 billion, ending uncertainty over the U.K. vendor's future. ...

Australia's Telstra: Cost Structure Too High

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Australian dominant telecommunications company Telstra Corp. said Tuesday that regulatory and competitive pressures on the business, coupled with changes in technology, have increased cost pressures and led to a decline in earnings. ...

BlackBerry Maker Files Emergency Appeal With US High Court

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Research In Motion Ltd. has filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in a final attempt to freeze proceedings in its patent dispute with NTP Inc. while it continues to argue U.S. patent laws don't apply because the company operates in Ca...

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