DUBLIN, Ireland-Contrary to most industry predictions, Meteor Mobile Communications has secured the third mobile license in the Republic of Ireland.Orange plc of the United...
WASHINGTON-Mexico will receive US$1.06 billion, plus value-added tax, for Personal Communications Services (PCS) and Wireless Local Loop (WLL) spectrum auctioned in a six-month process...
L.M. EricssonBelgium. With KPN-Orange Belgium N.V. for a DCS 1800 network.Value: US$269 millionBrazil. With ATL-Algar Telecom Leste S.A. for a TDMA network.Value: up to US$350 millionEcuador....
WASHINGTON-The American novelist Edith Wharton once noted the only thing that distinguishes vice from virtue is point of view. Some might say her comment...
WASHINGTON-After a three-day delay due to legal challenges, the government of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, sold a controlling 50.1-percent voting...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-The imminent explosion of the mobile data market has been like a constant companion for the past 12 years. The technology driving...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Investment in the telecommunications sector is an urgent priority for Central and Eastern European countries. Financial management consultant Price Waterhouse examined in...
WASHINGTON-Wireline provider Grupo CentroAmericano de Telecomunicaciones (GCA Telecom) has become the first private-sector company to provide basic telephony services in El Salvador. To help...
WASHINGTON-The European Commission in early July gave conditional approval to the proposed merger between MCI Communications Corp. and WorldCom Inc.The approval is subject to...
NEW YORK-The United States, where high-yield bond issuance originated, for many years has been the hotbed of this important kind of financing, even for...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Following a long series of regulatory battles, Telecom Italia (TI) finally closed down after just a few months of operation its FIDO...
Northern Telecom Ltd. introduced the Nortel CDMA Minicell at June's CDMA World Congress in Singapore. Nortel said the base station allows wireless service operators...
Nettech Systems introduced a communications solution called Smart IP that enables Internet and intranet applications to run over wireless networks without the challenges associated...
BEIJING-Motorola Inc. Chairman Gary Tooker called China "our second home" as he inaugurated a new 18-story office building in Beijing 19 June. P.Y. Lai,...
SINGAPORE-A cloak of silence seems to have descended over Indonesia's telecommunications industry following the May riots that killed more than 1,000 people.The once-booming industry...
DENVER, United States-Personal Communications Services (PCS) carriers have made significant inroads into the U.S. wireless telecommunications industry, weakening the entrenched cellular carriers' net additions...
WASHINGTON-Osiptel, Peru's regulatory agency, has released service quality levels to be achieved by the country's mobile operators.The agency defined three quality indicators: grade of service...
The highly competitive wireless market in the Republic of the Philippines-with five carriers serving some 70 million people-is perhaps the most ripe for consolidation...
TOKYO-NTT has decided to liquidate its PHS (Personal Handyphone System) business, run by NTT Personal Group, with cellular subsidiary NTT DoCoMo Group taking over...
LISLE, Illinois, United States-Telecommunications equipment providers Tellabs Inc. and Ciena Corp. announced they have agreed to merge in an all-stock purchase making Ciena a...
The 4th Annual Brazil Telecom Summit21-22 JulyMiami, United StatesWorld Research GroupTel: (+1) 212-869-7231Fax: (+1) 212-869-7311www.worldrg.comMobile Internet Access27-29 JulySan Jose, California, United StatesInstitute for International ResearchTel: (+1) 941-951-7885Fax: (+1)...
