Subject: [NEXTEL-1] cellular-news for Thursday 29th May 2003

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 09:18:16 -0400

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       Thursday 29th May 2003
   Another American network migrates to GSM
   Nortel picks up another migration contract

   Cincinnati Bell Wireless has selected Nortel
 Networks to plan, design and deliver a GSM and GPRS
 core wireless data network. Under the terms of the
 ag...

   Japan to trial 4G network
   Can't they get 3G to make a profit first ?

   DoCoMo has announced plans for a field trial of a
 fourth-generation (4G) mobile communications system
 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, where a DoCoMo...

   Ericsson supplying GSM kit to Mexico
   Been supplying kit since March

   Following the launch of  Telefonica's new GSM
 network in Mexico, Ericsson has signed a contract
 with Telefónica Móviles for the deployment of the
 rema...

   Java gaming firms to merge
   Is the consolidation beginning already ?

   IOMO, the UK mobile games developer, today
 announced that it has acquired fellow mobile studio
 Covert Operations Ltd for an undisclosed sum of cash
 an...

   Dual mode 3G handset for Japan
   About time too

   Japan's DoCoMo has shown off its first handset that
 can work on both 3G and DoCoMo's existing 2G
 networks, the FOMA N2701. The N2701 goes on sale
 nati...

   MTV to set up mobile phone network
   Using Smart SIM to provide handset menus

   SmartTrust has been selected to support the
 delivery and management of mobile data services for
 MTV when it becomes a MVNO (mobile virtual network
 ope...

   Siemens wins Indian GSM contract
   Follows on from recent handset launch

   The Indian mobile operator Escotel Mobile
 Communications has commissioned Siemens to expand its
 GSM network. The contract worth US$35 million is to
 ex...

   First commercial EDGE deployment for Asia
   Planning a delay to 3G rollout ?

   The Malaysian mobile operator DiGi
 Telecommunications, a subsidiary of the Norwegian
 telecoms company Telenor, has commissioned Siemens to
 equip its n...

   Western Wireless outsources GSM overlay
   Asks for help in GSM overlay

   Wireless Facilities has been selected by Western
 Wireless as a services vendor for the company's
 on-going CDMA, and recently announced GSM/GPRS
 overla...