- US rushes to 3G
Head-to-head competition between different flavors of mobile broadband technologies is just around the corner in the US market as top operators race to deploy high-speed networks and hype the services they can deliver The biggest news right now is emanating from the nation's two largest mobile operators, Cingular Wireless and ......
- After landing military contracts, Telephonics tries to break into civilian market
Telephonics Corp., which has nailed a trio of military contracts in the last three months worth more than $133 million, is in talks with AT&T Wireless and Cingular Wireless as it tries to veer into the civilian cellular market, a top executive said. In the military deals, Telephonics will supply: ......
- Celtel and KenCell in mega deal
HEADNOTE Celtel International, known as Mobitel International until the beginning of this year, has entered into an historic agreement with one of the two major mobile operators in Kenya, KenCell. ADAM JONES has the details. Celtel International, the leading panAfrican mobile communications group, is investing $250m in Kenya to acquire ......
- NTTDoCoMo and Hewlett-Packard announce 3G streaming
network.
EUROPEMEDIA-(C)2002 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/ NTT DoCoMo, the Japanese-based mobile operator, and Hewlett-Packard have developed a multimedia content delivery network suited specifically to third-generation (3G) and future mobile communications services. The Mobile Streaming Media Content Delivery Network (MSM-CDN) represents the first set of large-scale content-delivery technologies designed exclusively ......
- Vodafone Portugal launches Yahoo! Messenger service.
INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Yahoo! Messenger service has been launched by mobile communications company Vodafone Portugal, expanding its Instant Messaging offering, and enabling users to chat with Yahoo! Messenger contacts as they would on a computer. Vodafone Portugal is reportedly the first mobile operator in Portugal and ......
- IDC Says in 4Q06 Sprint Nextel Regained Its Lead in Terms of Blended Data ARPU Among the U.S. Wireless Carriers.
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- According to the latest IDC research, there were 236 million U.S. wireless subscribers by the end of 2006. Wireless data revenue totaled $4.8 billion for the fourth quarter of 2006 (4Q06), which equates to roughly 13.5% of average revenue per user (ARPU) or $6.74 per subscriber/customer per ......
- EC green lights tele.ring buyout
The European Commission and the Austrian Telekom-Control Commission (TCC) have given their approval for Deutsche Telekom's [euro] 1.3bn ([pound] 900m) acquisition of Austrian mobile operator tele.ring.