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[[ Financial ]]
Vodafone Has "No Intention" To Bid For Cable & Wireless
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/16619.php
Vodafone Group, Tuesday said it isn't bidding for UK fixed-line
company Cable & Wireless Group. ...
Brazil's Banco Opportunity Ousted From Telco Boards
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/16621.php
A court decision Monday expelled representatives of Banco Opportunity
from the management and boards of local wireless companies Telemig
Celular Participacoes and Tele Norte Celular Particpacoes. ...
Telemig posts record profits in 2005
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/16627.php
Minas Gerais state's largest mobile phone company Telemig Celular
posted record profits of 174mn reais (US$81mn) in 2005, up from 159mn
reais in 2004, Telemig reported in its earnings statement. ...
Oi boosts sponsorship 20% to US$14mn
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/16628.php
Brazilian mobile operator Oi has boosted its sponsorship drive for
2006 by 20% to around 30mn reais (US$14mn), reported local financial
newspaper Gazeta Mercantil. ...
[[ Handsets ]]
Blue Star Mobile Group In Pact With Motorola On Sales Tool
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/16618.php
Blue Star Mobile Group plc said Tuesday that it has entered into a
partnership with Motorola Asia Pacific to develop and manage a Mobile
Sales Tool application. ...
Nokia Doesn't See Russian Operators Sponsoring Handsets
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/16622.php
Finnish telecommunications equipment producer Nokia doesn't expect
Russian cellular operators to sponsor handsets in the foreseeable
future, a company spokesman said Tuesday. ...
Motorola aims to lead market in the mid-term
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/16625.php
US equipment manufacturer Motorola aims to lead the Chilean mobile
market in the mid-term, basing its strategy on a new and more robust
portfolio of handsets, Motorola communications director for Latin
America Gustavo Wrobel told press. ...
Huawei Launches New CDMA Handset in India
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/16629.php
China's Huawei has introduced the latest range of CDMA mobile phone
handsets in India. Catering for entry to mid-high level, each of
Huawei's CDMA handsets comes with a slim and stylish look and feel,
featuring a user-friendly interface for everyday ...
CEC Telecom Claims Top5 Position in Chinese Market
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/16630.php
China's Qiao Xing Universal Telephone says that according to a survey
conducted by Sino Market Research, in February 2006, the brand of its
major subsidiary CEC Telecom had further moved up one place in the
market share league chart for local and for...
LG Launches GSM Flavoured Chocolate Phone
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/16631.php
LG Electronics has announced that the LG Chocolate phone (LG-KG800)
will be available in Europe from the beginning of May, 2006. Boasting
a 'hidden' LCD screen and touch-keypad controls that glow red when in
use, the feature-rich, slim LG Chocolate p...
[[ Legal ]]
Qualcomm Lawsuit Dismissed
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/16632.php
Qualcomm has announced that the Supreme Court for the State of New
York has dismissed all claims brought against Qualcomm by Whale
Telecom. Whale's lawsuit, filed in November 2004, sought over US$400
million in damages relating to purported agreement...
[[ Mobile Content ]]
Broadcast TV to Mobile - A solution looking for a problem?
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/16634.php
The latest frontier of convergence is the broadcasting of TV content
to mobile phones. The media industry is becoming excited about the
possibility of offering broadcast TV content to mobile handsets - but
is there a robust business case for operator...
[[ Network Operators ]]
Reiman says Russian mobile cos may soon enter Chinese market
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/16623.php
Russian mobile operators may expand their activities to China soon,
Russia's IT and Telecommunications Minister Leonid Reiman said in an
interview with ITAR-TASS Tuesday. ...
[[ Regulatory ]]
India Government Appoints Misra As Chairman Of Telecom Regulator
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/16620.php
The Indian government Tuesday appointed Nripendra Misra chairman of
the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. ...
Analyst: New telecoms law set for rapid approval
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/16626.php
Argentina's congress is likely to approve without much deliberation a
draft bill that brings the country's telecoms law up to date, local
analyst Enrique Carrier, of Carrier & Asociados, told BNamericas. ...
[[ Reports ]]
Researchers Investigate Mobile Branding
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/16633.php
Researchers at Northeastern University are releasing the initial
results of a quantitative survey of two regions, an established market
(the United States) and an emerging market (Pakistan), designed to
provide insight into consumer attitudes and res...
[[ Technology ]]
Russia's defense minister sees GLONASS launched in Russia in 2007
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/16624.php
Russia is expected to launch its Global Navigation Satellite System,
or GLONASS, for domestic use in 2007 and worldwide in 2009, Deputy
Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Tuesday. ...
Next Phase of M2M Market Requires Fusion of Cellular & Short Range RF
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/16635.php
The potentially boundless benefits of machine-to-machine
communications (M2M) are still at odds with both expensive network
transport and the exorbitant process of integrating M2M modules into
the machines they will monitor, according to a new Wirele...
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