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[[3G News]]
Irish Regulator Awards Final 3G License
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14860.php
Ireland's communications regulator Wednesday awarded Smart Telecom PLC Ireland's fourth and final third-generation mobile phone license. ...
CDMA 1xEV-DO Coverage Expanded in Canada
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14868.php
Bell Canada says that it has extended its CDMA2000 1xEV-DO (Evolution
Data Optimized) network to Western Canada. Bell Mobility users in
Vancouver, British Columbia and both Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta
will now immediately enjoy the benefits of a 3G...
[[Financial News]]
Vodafone's Japan Head Says Operations Continuing To Improve
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14853.php
A day after Vodafone Group PLC warned that further investments to turn
around its Japanese unit would dent profits ahead, the head of Japan
operations said Wednesday it won't be long before the unit returns to
a growth path. ...
Telekom Austria Upgrades 05 Outlook, 3Q Net +90%
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14858.php
Telekom Austria AG Wednesday raised its full-year net profit forecast
after reporting a 90% jump in third-quarter net profit, partly due to
the first-time consolidation of Bulgarian company Mobiltel. ...
Russia's MegaFon capex up, at $500 million in Jan-Jun
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14863.php
The capital expenditures of Russia's third largest mobile operator
MegaFon rose 63% on the year to U.S. $500 million in January-June, the
company said Wednesday. ...
Fraud Cost Operators US$170 Billion in One Year
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14867.php
Azure Solutions, the revenue-assurance company has revealed that
global telecoms operators are losing an estimated 11.6% of turnover
($170 billion) through fraud and other types of revenue leakage in
2005, compared to 10.7% in 2004. This is one of th...
[[Handsets News]]
Motorola To Speed Up Shipping of New Handsets
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14865.php
PREMIUM - Stepping up the competitive battle in the handset market,
Motorola will begin shipping its phones immediately after announcing
them next year, according to an executive. ...
Motorola Expands in India
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14871.php
Motorola has announced a series of important firsts to help drive the
company's growth in India. Specifically, Motorola announced the C115,
one of the company's hottest-selling handsets, will now have a "Made
in India" label - a first for the company...
[[Interviews News]]
INTERVIEW: Symbian CEO Says Targeting Mass Market
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14861.php
PREMIUM - The Symbian software used in high-end mobile phones will
expand out of its current niche, Symbian Chief Executive Nigel
Clifford said Wednesday. ...
[[Legal News]]
EU: No Decision On Kroes Conflict In Telefonica-O2 Deal
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14857.php
Europe's top antitrust official Neelie Kroes hasn't decided whether to
let another European Commission official review Telefonica SA's bid
for O2 PLC, the Commission said Wednesday. ...
FOCUS: VimpelCom enters Ukraine, conflict with Telenor to worsen
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14862.php
Despite fierce opposition from a key shareholder, Russia’s
second-largest mobile operator VimpelCom closed a deal last week to
buy Ukrainian Radiosystems, or URS, a little-known small mobile
operator in Ukraine. ...
Chile Antitrust Court Rejects Telefonica Moviles' Auction
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14864.php
Chile's antitrust court Wednesday rejected the mobile spectrum auction
submitted by the Chilean unit of mobile telephony company Telefonica
Moviles. ...
[[Messaging News]]
UK Data Users Tend to Switch Networks Regularly - report
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14870.php
More than half of advanced mobile data service users in the UK have
switched mobile network provider in the last three years, according to
independent research commissioned by LogicaCMG. The research also
shows that users of services such as MMS and ...
[[Mobile Content News]]
Wireless Content Market Rebound Begins
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14875.php
The Russian research firm, J'son & Partners (J&P) announced in a
recent client letter that its indicators show a clear rebound in the
Russian wireless content industry in 3Q and 4Q 2005. Following a
slack-down and crisis in 1H 2005, the Russian wirel...
[[Network Contracts News]]
O2 Germany Awards Siemens EUR250 Million Wireless Equipment Deal
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14854.php
German engineering firm Siemens AG Wednesday said that O2 Germany has
placed an order with its telecoms equipment unit to deliver mobile
technology for its GSM/UMTS network by 2010, worth EUR250 million. ...
Ericsson To Build Network In Ukraine For Vimpelcom
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14855.php
Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Telefon AB LM Ericsson
Wednesday said it has signed a deal with Russian mobile operator
Vimpel Communications to supply a GSM/GPRS/EDGE network in
Ukraine. ...
Macau Signs CDMA Roaming Contract
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14873.php
Syniverse Technologies has been awarded a contract with China Unicom
Macau for a suite of voice roaming services that includes
clearinghouse services for roaming revenue settlement and exchange
between roaming partners, network connectivity and inter...
Vodafone Signs Latin American Partnership
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14876.php
Vodafone has signed a group wide co-operation Agreement with America
Movil covering 53 countries across the Americas, Africa, Europe and
Asia. Under the terms of the agreement America Movil and Vodafone will
deliver international roaming services to ...
[[Network Operators News]]
MTS launches network in 2 Russian regions
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14866.php
Russia's largest mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has started
operating in Russia's constituent republics of Ingushetia and
Kabardino-Balkaria and plans to launch its network in the constituent
republic of Karachayevo-Cherkessia Thursday, M...
[[Regulatory News]]
Russia May Allocate GSM Frequencies Without Tender
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14859.php
The Russian government is prepared to allocate mobile phone
frequencies for Russia's Far-East districts to OAO New Telephone
Company, or NTC, without a tender, according to documents seen
Wednesday by Dow Jones Newswires. ...
Tunisia's Telecom Market: At the Threshold of Major Changes
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14874.php
The planned privatization of Tunisie Telecom will be a major event in
Tunisia's telecom history says a report from Arab Advisors. That,
along with the government's liberalization plans, will usher in a new
era of massive growth and potential in the T...
[[Statistics News]]
Camera Phone Shipments to Reach 850 Million in 2009 - report
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14869.php
InfoTrends/CAP Ventures' latest camera phone and photo messaging
forecast shows worldwide camera phone shipments continuing on a strong
growth trajectory, climbing from 370 million units in 2005 to 847
million units in 2009....
Cell Phone Roaming Spending Climbs During Summer Vacation Season
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14872.php
Roaming spending for American mobile phone subscribers rose during the
peak summer travel season, according to Telephia. The latest data from
Telephia's Customer Value Metrics report shows cell phone subscribers
paid 15% more in roaming charges to ne...
8 out of 10 Cell Phone Customers Choose GSM Service
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14877.php
Wireless industry trade association 3G Americas reports that the GSM
family of wireless technologies -- GSM, GPRS, EDGE and UMTS/HSDPA --
added more than 112 million new customers in three months (Q3 2005),
increasing its global market share to 77.6%...
[[Technology News]]
Intel Sees Mobile Chip Market Share Over 10%
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14856.php
Intel Corp. Chairman Craig Barrett said Wednesday he expects the
company to reach a double-digit share in the global chip market for
mobile phones in the next few years. ...
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