A cellular focus group by third cell licence contender Telia-Telenor confirms some beliefs and shatters others: Housewives don`t care for WAP, but price is important. Competition is good, but changing providers is too much hassle.
Nokia is developing a solution that enables easy and immediate access to mobile commerce sites via a wireless application protocol-enabled phone.
Intel and Ericsson have announced that Intel will provide Ericsson with new flash memory for cellular phones and that the companies will work together on flash product definition for new products.
MTN is set to invest more than R2 billion to establish a GSM 900 cellular network in Cameroon over the next five years.
MTN says it is testing an Ericsson General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) system that will increase the current data transmission speeds over the cellular network from 9.6Kbps to 115Kbps.
MTN says it has pre-qualified for a GSM mobile operator licence in Nigeria. The Nigerian Communications Commission aims to award the licences by the end of February.
The Java card technology from Sun Microsystems has been adopted into the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and could be used by SA cellular service providers soon.
A joint investigation by the SA Police Services and Vodac has resulted in the recovery of 300 cellphones, 11 arrests, five confessions and almost 200 people being taken in for questioning.
The Tanzania Communications Commission has awarded Vodacom Tanzania a licence to operate a GSM cellular network. About 200 direct jobs are expected to be created within five years as a result.
MSI Cellular, an international cellular operator, says it has won the GSM cellular licence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Nokia expects the global number of cellular phone subscribers to reach one billion by the end of 2002.
Siemens has developed its first prototype video cellphone, which enables users to send images to other mobile users by simply pointing the screen of the phone towards the image.
At the annual GSM Africa `99 conference in Cape Town, several international leaders voiced their support of extending GSM with a fourth frequency band as the solution for the future of Africa`s telecommunications.