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Nearly a Quarter of Primary School Children Have Cellphones
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An Amplitude Research survey of 2,400 American consumers, including
2,000 cell phone users -- conducted over a two-week period ending Sept. 20, 2005 -- revealed strong support of a policy that limits cell phone usage to ...
Pull the Udder One !
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An Oman newspaper has reported that a cow managed to eat a mobile phone. This was discovered when the phone owner called it to try and locate it by the ringer and found the cow was ringing instead. The phone had been los...
Communist Rebels Torch Base Station
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Communist rebels in the Philippines have destroyed a mobile phone transmission tower as part of their insurgency in the Southern Philippines. Approximately 30 New People's Army rebels disarmed the security guard at a Glo...
Consolidation in India's GSM Market
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Hutchison Telecom says that its Indian joint venture, Hutchison Essar has signed an agreement to buy rival GSM operators,? BPL Mumbai and BPL Mobile Cellular. It also announced that Hutchison Essar has entered into a con...
Siemens Wins Swiss GSM Contract
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in&phone, a new Swiss mobile operator, has commissioned Siemens Communications to set up its central mobile communication systems. Siemens is also responsible for operating and maintaining the systems....
New Billing Platform for Trinidad Operator
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Intec has signed a contract with Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) for it's service activation and interconnect billing solutions, Inter-activatE and InterconnecT v7. Also included in the contract...
Digital TV on Mobiles in Japan
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Japan's DoCoMo has announced the development of the 3G P901iTV, DoCoMo's first mobile handset to receive terrestrial digital broadcasting signals, in addition to conventional analog signals. The handset was developed in ...
Mobile Music Could Prove More Popular Than Gaming
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Mobile music services -- either in the form of downloadable music files or broadcast digital radio -- have greater interest among U.S. mobile customers than gaming, an application that is now providing some of the greate...
Mobile Subscribers to Continue Utilizing a Potpourri of Air Interfaces
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Mobile operators and vendors will benefit throughout the decade no matter if they are pursuing low-end or high-end mobile strategies, according to a new Visant Strategies study. The worldwide mobile subscriber base will ...
3 Scraps its SMSC
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Scandinavian mobile operator Hi3G Access AB, under the brand 3, has replaced its SMSC (Short Message Service Centre) technology with Telsis Intelligent SMS Routing. SMSCs have often been seen to limit throughput during h...
Improving Communications in the Maldives Islands
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The Maldives Islands based GSM operator, Dhiraagu has signed a US$
10.4 million contract with Alcatel to expand and enhance its mobile service. Under this contract mobile coverage will be extended to new geographical are...
Billions of Dollars Lost Through Mobile Data Revenue Leakage
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The premium mobile content industry is incurring billions of dollars in lost revenue through insecure transaction processing, a problem that could reach more than $18 billion by 2009, according to a study authored by mar...
Vodafone Testing HSDPA in Germany
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Vodafone is the first German network operator to start customer trials using HSDPA for business customers at the CentrO Oberhausen shopping centre. Selected business customers can now trial their notebook and data card f...
SK Telecom: Exploring India, SE Asian Mkts For Growth
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SK Telecom Co Ltd. (017670.SE) is looking at India and Southeast Asian markets for expansion opportunities, Shin Bae Kim, the South Korean company's president and chief executive said Tuesday. ...
Bharti: No Need For SingTel To Increase Stake
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Bharti Televentures Ltd. (532454.BY), India's biggest GSM mobile phone company by customer numbers, said there currently isn't scope for Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (T48.SG) to raise its 32.8% stake. ...
O2 Raises Fiscal Year Outlook On Strong UK User Growth
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Wireless operator O2 PLC (OOM.LN) Tuesday upgraded its outlook for U.K. revenue growth and German margin performance after reporting bumper second-quarter subscriber growth in the U.K. ...
Ericsson Wins GSM Contract in Libya
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Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Telefon AB LM Ericsson (ERICY) Tuesday said it will supply its Mobile Softswitch product to Libya's operator Al Madar. ...
Motorola Unveils 5 New Handsets Aimed At Mass Market
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Motorola Tuesday unveiled a new portfolio of products demonstrating its continuing commitment to meet the needs of mass market consumers around the world. ...
French Government, Telecoms Cos Agree To Price Cutting Measures
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Industry Minister Francois Loos said Tuesday the government and the country's telecoms operators have agreed a raft of measures aimed at lowering prices for consumers. ...