Mobile and Wireless
Trilogy increases stake in NZ operation
Trilogy International Partners (Trilogy), a US-based telecommunications holding company, has announced its intention to acquire an additional 26 per cent stake in 2degrees, a Greenfield mobile wireless operator in New Zealand, bringing Trilogy’s interest in the venture to 52 per cent. Trilogy agreed to purchase the interest currently held by Hong Kong-based General Enterprise Management [...]
ZTE to build all-IP mobile broadband network in Madagascar
ZTE, a global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, is rolling out an all-IP mobile phone and data network for Madamobil, a new mobile operator in Madagascar. Madamobil is owned and operated by Life Telecom Holdings (a telecom investment and management firm based in the Netherlands) in partnership with Tecom Investments (a subsidiary of [...]
Nokia Siemens to buy LTE, CDMA assets from Nortel
Nokia Siemens Networks has signed an agreement to acquire key assets from Nortel. The agreement is being seen as a step towards strengthening Nokia Siemens Networks’ position in Long Term Evolution, or LTE, next generation wireless technology and expanding its market presence in North America. The planned $650m acquisition, which will bring together the complementary [...]
America Movil, Nokia to bring mobile e-mail to Latin America
America Movil and Nokia has signed an agreement to bring a “top-of-the-line messaging experience” in multiple devices to customers in Latin America. Through this agreement, the Nokia Messaging solution will be available to America Movil customers in seven countries before the end of the year. Through Nokia Messaging, America Movil customers will be able to [...]
Alca-Lu to power TOT’s IP broadband project
Alcatel-Lucent has been chosen by Samart Telcoms, a provider of network system services in Thailand and a member of the JJS consortium, to supply an intelligent optical network for TOT Public Company (TOT). This contract is aimed at supporting TOT’s IP broadband project. Alcatel-Lucent will provide Samart Telcoms with an integrated, end-to-end solution allowing TOT [...]
Airtel launches ‘Push-to-Connect’ service on Motorola iDEN Network
Motorola Home & Networks Mobility has announced that Airtel Wireless has launched ‘Push-to-Connect’ service in the province of Alberta, Canada, using Motorola’s iDEN handsets and an iDEN Harmony wireless communication system. With Motorola’s iDEN cellular technology, users can make regular voice calls, share data and also have immediate contact for two-way conversations with the simple [...]
Family Safeware launches filter for iPhone, iPod Touch
Family Safeware, a developer of internet filters for mobile devices, has launched iNet SafetyBubble, a parental control and web filtering solution for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. The company informed the application allows parents to customise which websites they want to block either by category or individual site and also monitor web activity with [...]
NTT Docomo selects Alcatel-Lucent solution
Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by NTT Docomo, a mobile network operator in Japan, to build the mobile backhaul network for its Long Term Evolution (LTE) service with Alcatel-Lucent’s Ethernet transmission solution. This is expected to enable NTT Docomo to meet the end-user service demands in a faster way via “very high bandwidth with managed quality [...]
Ericsson to modernise Kyivstar’s network
Ericsson and Ukrainian operator Kyivstar have signed a three-year network modernisation deal under which Ericsson has been assigned the task of expanding and modernising Kyivstar’s GSM/EDGE network. Ericsson informed that it will help boost capacity and coverage of the operator’s radio access and core network. By increasing capacity, Kyivstar hopes to manage the anticipated uptake [...]
Ericsson, 3 Italia sign network transformation deal
Ericsson recently announced an exclusive contract with 3 Italia that includes a seven-year agreement to modernise and upgrade the existing WCDMA/HSPA network with Ericsson technologies and architectures. It also includes an extension of the current managed services deal. Under the network transformation contract, Ericsson will modernise and upgrade the existing 3G mobile broadband access and [...]
