Palestine

Qtel signs framework agreement with NSN

On 02.10.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A global purchasing agreement has been signed between Qatar based Qtel and Nokia Siemens Networks covering its various international networks. Indonesia, Kuwait, Maldives, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Algeria and Palestine have the subsidiaries of the company. The initial term of the agreement is one year and may be extended at Qtel International’s option for up to two additional years.

According to Dr. Nasser Marafih, chief executive officer of The Qtel Group, partnership for the future will ensure the highest quality of network development supporting the firms strategy for business growth and the support of Nokia Siemens Networks will provide essential resources as they continue to enhance their operations.

Standard terms and volume-based discounted pricing for network equipment will be available to companies under the agreement.

Zain seeks to re-initiate merger talks with Palestine’s Paltel

On 01.28.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Resurrection of the aborted merger of the Jordanian assets with Palestine’s Paltel has been seeked by Kuwait’s Zain on the same terms as before.

According to the terms and conditions of the agreement announced by the company in May last year, the ownership of the Jordan subsidiary to Paltel was to be transferred by Zain in exchange for taking an equity shareholding of 56.53% in the enlarged company. However, the company has to call off the talk last November as it did not receive the required government approvals that were condition precedent to concluding the deal.

Significant” synergies and efficiencies in CAPEX and OPEX spend and purchasing power has also been seeked by Zain.

Tagged with: Africa • CAPEX • Jordan • Kuwait • merger • OPEX • Palestine • PalTel • RTE • Zain

Wataniya and Orange Jordan enter into partnership

On 01.21.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: In a bid to provide international and roaming calls at preferential rates, Orange Jordan and Wataniya Mobile Palestine entered into a strategic alliance by signing a deal. As per the deal, the subscribers of both the companies will pay a simple unified tariff per minute for calling internationally, roaming and receiving calls between Jordan and Palestine.

According to Orange CEO Nayla Khawam, through this deal, Orange will try to provide the best service to its subscribers in Jordan along with competitive offers with the highest quality of service.

Tagged with: Jordan • Middle East • Orange Jordan • Palestine

Wataniya finally launches in West Bank.

On 11.12.09, In Mobile, By Editor

Wataniya Mobile finally began operations after months of disputes with Israel. This will break Paltels monopoly and is likely to drive down prices.

Qtel owns 57% of Wataniya Palestine and the remainder is owned by the public Palestine Investment Fund. Wataniya has invested USD 100 Million already and a further $700m is planned over the next decade.

Current penetration in the west bank is only 35% which Wireless Federation expects to go up rapidly following the launch of Wataniya. Paltel currently has 1.5 million Palestinian subscribers.

Wataniya said it has received only 3.8MHz of bandwidth from Israel, instead of the 4.8MHz that had been promised. Without this Wataniya will not be able to launch 3G services.

Wataniya Mobile finally began operations after months of disputes with Israel. This will break Paltels monopoly and is likely to drive down prices.

Qtel owns 57% of Wataniya Palestine and the remainder is owned by the public Palestine Investment Fund. Wataniya has invested USD 100 Million already and a further $700m is planned over the next decade.

Current penetration in the west bank is only 35% which Wireless Federation expects to go up rapidly following the launch of Wataniya. Paltel currently has 1.5 million Palestinian subscribers.

Wataniya said it has received only 3.8MHz of bandwidth from Israel, instead of the 4.8MHz that had been promised. Without this Wataniya will not be able to launch 3G services.

Tagged with: 3G • 3G Services • Fund • Investment • Israel • Monopoly • Palestine • Palestinia • Palestinian • Paltels • Penetration • Qtel • Subscribers • Wataniya • West Bank • Wireless • Wireless Federation

Pantech And AT&T Deliver One of the Holidays’ Best Values (USA)

On 12.12.08, In Mobile, By Editor

Pantech Wireless, the U.S.-based subsidiary of Pantech Group, one of Korea’s largest mobile phone manufacturers – today announced the availability, on Friday December 12, of the C630, a capable and inexpensive candy-bar style phone that offers a variety of media-rich essentials for the modern user. Packed with more than its share of features for the price point – $39 after a two-year service agreement and applicable mail-in rebate – the C630 allows users to stay mobile in style, moving between GPS, music, chat and video options without breaking the bank.

Confirming the adage that big things can come in small packages, C630’s compact form-factor allows for easy handling of popular phone features, such as text, IM multimedia messaging, advanced navigation with aGPS for turn-by-turn directions using AT&T Navigator, support for a wide range of digital music formats and swift Internet browsing at the speed of 3G. In addition to deviated number keys that glow white when depressed, the C630 also incorporates mixed materials, including a rubberized back-panel, a mirrored screen and a small joystick pad to provide an even cooler user experience.
Measuring just four inches long by less than half of one inch deep, the C630 also includes:
3G
aGPS and AT&T Navigator
Bluetooth(TM)
MicroSD
1.3 MP camera
AT&T Video Share capabilities
AT&T Mobile Music
“The C630 is a little phone with big functionality,” said Patrick Beattie, vice president of sales and marketing at Pantech Wireless, Inc. “We packed a lot in this device while working to keep the price affordable. Pantech believes that advanced functionality can be available for all levels of users.”
The Pantech C630 will be available at www.wireless.att.com starting Friday, December 12. C630 is $39.99 after a two-year service agreement and mail-in rebate.
About Pantech Wireless, Inc.
Pantech Wireless, Inc., an Atlanta, GA-based subsidiary of Pantech & Curitel and Pantech Co., Ltd., researches, markets and develops wireless handsets and telecommunications products throughout North America as part of the Pantech Group. For additional information, visit the PWI website at www.pantechusa.com.
About Pantech
Pantech Group, through its affiliates – Pantech Co., Ltd., Pantech & Curitel Communications, Inc. and Pantech C&I Co. – is one of Korea’s top three mobile handset makers. Pantech has received wide-ranging industry recognition for its innovative handset designs, and has also introduced a significant number of breakthrough technologies in the mobile phone industry. Established in 1991, Pantech collectively has approximately 2,500 employees and 8 regional sales offices worldwide. For more information on Pantech, please visit www.pantech.com.

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Tagged with: GSM • Indosat • Korea • Palestine • Smart Gold Lite • Trigcom • USA

Pantech: Play with a smile or a wink

On 01.16.07, In Mobile, By Editor

MobileGames writes…Pantech has announced the IM-U170, a mobile phone which uses the face camera not only for video calls, but also for navigation. The camera recognizes facial movements and from what we understand expressions and makes the data available to applications. This system allows you to play games without touching any buttons. As usual, we don’t know if we will ever see the device outside of Korea, but it sure sounds great for innovative play to me.

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Tagged with: Mobile Roaming • Palestine

Pantech Launches Its Metallic Slim Phone

On 01.12.07, In Mobile, By Editor

South Korea’s Pantech has announced the launch of its IM-U170 handset, a slim phone fully wrapped with a metal case as part of its design innovation initiatives. The metallic keypad – beamed with EL* light- is another addition to the simple and refined design of the phone, crowning the metallic touch of the phone.

The new handset provides a fresh and fun way to play an interactive game, which is the world’s first face-recognition mobile game in the industry. The built-in camera traces the movement of the user’s face to use for input instead of controllers. Users can have their real-time faces while playing games with the IM-U170.

Man Gi Kim, the spokesperson of Pantech Group said, “Due to its exceptional range of unique features including the metal case and the face recognition game, the IM-U170 is expected to exceptionally appeal to mobile phone users who have been seeking for new and different features and applications in their phone. The IM-U170 will come to the fore as a breakthrough in the metallic mobile phone segment.”

The animated user interface includes mobile wallpapers and backgrounds, employing the Flash technology. The dual camera – a 2 mega-pixel camera and a VGA camera – mounted on the IM-U170 presents video telephony function. They can also recognize a shape of face and automatically adjust it to take the best photo when shooting.

Other highlights include a 2.2-inch QVGA LCD with 260,000 colors, 128 polyphonic ringtones and a multi-tasking MP3 player. Also it has document viewer functionality, enabling users to scroll through the documents in MS office file format.

The new phone is now available in Korea under Pantech’s mobile phone brand, SKY.

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Tagged with: Essar • Palestine

Pantech, UTStarcom ink deal for CDMA phones

On 09.28.06, In Mobile, By Editor

We know who gets the lion’s share of Pantech’s GSM love in the States, but that leaves a large portion of their product portfolio — their CDMA handsets — without a proper home. Sure, they’ve got the Nokia deal in full swing, but as far as we know that’s only good for a grand total of two rebadged models, and Nokia’s already indicated they ultimately plan to spread the wealth among several ODMs for their CDMA line. Enter perennial rebadger UTStarcom, a company known for getting cozy with a variety of manufacturers to keep their product line fully stocked. A new deal with Pantech will make UTStarcom the exclusive owner of Pantech’s CDMA products in all of North and Latin America (Brazil curiously excluded) for the next three years, pretty much guaranteeing that the Nokia arrangement will end after the two phones they’ve already agreed upon. With Pantech’s stock seemingly on the rise right now, the deal could be a hot one for UTStarcom — though with the HTC Libra in the pipeline, we can only hope other ODM deals are unaffected.

Source- http://www.engadgetmobile.com

Technorati : CDMA, GSM, Mobile, Nokia, Pantech
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Tagged with: CDMA • Cell Phones • Handsets • Palestine

Pantech unveils phones for Argentina market

On 09.26.06, In Mobile, By Editor

SEOUL, South Korea-Aiming to carve out a 10 percent share of the Latin American mobile phone market, South Korean handset maker Pantech Group has begun selling three mobile phones for carrier CTI Movil in Argentina.

CTI Movil is the Argentine affiliate of America Movil, the largest mobile communications service carrier in Latin America.

Pantech has became one of top selling brands in Argentina during the first half of this year, less than six months after its initial market launch.

The telecom carrier started its Latin American expansion in 2004 in Mexico. Besides Mexico and Argentina, Pantech also expanded into Chile in August, inking a deal with Claro, the nation’s third largest mobile communications service provider, to supply several cell phone models. –>

Source- http://www.eetimes.com

Technorati : Mobile, Pantech, South Korea
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Tagged with: Essar • Palestine

Pantech launches own brand handset in Canada

On 08.15.06, In Mobile, By Editor

SEOUL, South Korea – Pantech Group,
South Korea’s second largest mobile phone maker, announced Wednesday (Aug. 16) it has launched its own-branded handset for the first time in
Canada, in partnership with
Canada’s major mobile telecommunications service carrier Telus. The slim 16.3-mm, 100-gram PN-3200 is a clamshell style mobile phone with Bluetooth applications, VGA camera, video player and music player, along with a stereo system. The PN-3200 operates on Telus’ national digital 1X network, according to Pantech.

Pantech has supplied mobile phones to Telus since the late 1990s on an ODM basis. Telus, the second largest CDMA service provider in
Canada, now claims 10.3 million customer connections including 4.6 million wireless subscribers, 4.7 million wireline network access lines, and 1 million Internet subscribers.

Pantech has increased its presence in the North American market in recent months by gearing up brand awareness and direct marketing to mobile communications service operators. In June, Pantech introduced the Pantech C300, the world’s smallest camera flip phone in the GSM arena, to the
U.S. via Cingular Wireless.

Pantech has set this year’s sales target in the North American market at about 8.4 million units, 20 percent more than 2005.

Source- http://www.eetimes.com

Technorati : Canada, Handset, Mobile, Pantech, South Korea
Ice Rocket : Canada, Handset, Mobile, Pantech, South Korea

Tagged with: Canada • Essar • Palestine • Technology