Qatar gets seven bids for mobile phone license
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Qatar received bids from seven of 12 qualified companies and groups for the Gulf Arab state's second mobile phone license, the telecom regulator said on Tuesday.
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Seven of the world&#39;s top mobile phone technology companies are backing the development of a new flash memory standard to be used in mobile phones, digital cameras and other consumer electronics devices.
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Recent launches by Entel PCS, Chile and MTC, Namibia raised the number of commercial HSDPA networks to 91.Comment
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More than 1,000 new customers are effectively signing up for mobile phones every minute around the world.
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(InfoWorld) - Thirteen companies have applied to bid for the right to build WiMax high-speed wireless Internet networks in Taiwan, an effort one group hopes to derail out of health concerns. The agency responsible for vetting applications, the National Communications Commission, said nine companies will vie for licenses in northern Taiwan, while 10 companies are competing for licenses in the south. Taiwan plans to pass out three licenses in each zone, for a total of six WiMax licenses island-wide. One group is not happy to see the auction process proceeding. Earlier this month, the Taiwan Environmental Protection Union petitioned the government to halt the WiMax licensing process until further health studies can be made on the impact of electromagnetic waves from cell phone and WiMax base stations. Their concern centers on the belief that the waves can cause cancer, but the group says it cannot prove such a link. Taiwan is one of just a handful of places globally that has already started the process of offering WiMax licenses. It's part of the island's M Taiwan initiative, to establish WiMax as a way for people to access the Internet, even in the most remote areas of the island. Part of the idea is also to boost Taiwanese companies with domestic orders for WiMax gear, by promoting the technology. The island's three largest mobile phone service providers have all applied for WiMax licenses. Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd., the biggest phone company in Taiwan, applied to bid for licenses in both the north and south of Taiwan, as did Far Eastone Telecom Co. Ltd. and a subsidiary of Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd. WiMax base stations can send broadband Internet signals to far greater distances than the Wi-Fi technology used to deliver wireless Internet access in coffee shops and airports. Although estimates vary on how far WiMax signals can go, in a densely populated place such as Taiwan, the distance should be between 2 kilometers (1.24 miles) and 4 km. Â
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The German government is planning a second auction of UMTS third-generation mobile phone licences in 2008 after the first auction in 2000 raised a staggering 50 billion euros (65 billion dollars), the head of the networks regulator said in a newspaper interview.
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Qatar offers to send a small force to join UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, becoming the first Arab state to commit troops.
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Sri Lanka's telecom sector soared in 2006 to 7.3 million users, led by a 59 percent jump in new mobile phone connections on competition and falling call rates, the telecom watchdog has said.
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At the close of the first full day of&#160;bidding for 700MHz wireless spectrum&#160;Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission reported nearly $2.8 billion in provisional winning bids.
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The extra licenses will give Verizon Wireless, the country's second-largest mobile phone provider, room to grow in 23 markets.
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A group led by the UAE's Etisalat plans to spend $1bn (Â£544m) on expansion after winning two mobile phone licences in Saudi Arabia.
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Seven Asia Pacific mobile operators have signed an agreement to form a regional mobile alliance, Bridge Mobile Alliance, which will operate through a Singapore-incorporated company, Bridge Mobile Pte Ltd (âBridge Mobileâ).
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US mobile phone giant Cingular announces plans to cut about 7,000 jobs in the next 12 to 18 months.
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The number of commercial HSDPA networks launched worldwide shot up by 69 percent in 2007, a trade survey shows.
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Leap Wireless International has added more than 60 new countries to its list of international long-distance call spots in an effort to better serve its Cricket Wireless customer base.
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The world's fourth largest mobile  phone maker Sony Ericsson unveiled seven new mobile phone  models on Sunday, including one high-end cellphone using  Microsoft's Windows Mobile software.
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HTC plans to launch more than ten mobile phones and PDAs armed with Qualcomm chips by the end of this year.