May 1999 News Stories

May 23-31 1999
· Vodacom JV With World Online
· Ericsson's Japanese Expansion
· Nokia Chooses TI
· Panasonic joins Symbian
· Telia goes GSM Mobile Centrex
· World Bank's infoDev Go Mobile
· New Partners For SA License

May 15-22 1999
· Vodacom to spend $370m on upgrade
· Yet another Iridium Class Action Suite
· TIW to launch digital service in the UK
· Ericsson Gives Smartone 3G
· DIAX wins Swiss license battle

May 9-14 1999
· 1 billion SMS messages sent in April
· Microsoft joins WAP forum
· Grintek Develops COALlink GSM Solution
· 3.6m GSM Users in North America
· GSM MoU gets 3G mobile operators
· New Dual Band Antenna System

May 1-8 1999
· Vodafone/AA trial GSM location system
· African IT Experts to meet in Cambridge
· Vodafone & Ericsson 3G Partnership
· New GSM Core Layer For 384kbps Data
· Poland to reduce interest in PTT