HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia won a contract from Vodafone Hungary as its sole supplier for a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network. The system is expected...
MOSCOW—Two major Russian GSM carriers—MTS and Vimpelcom (BeeLine)—launched their first third-generation (3G) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network trial sections this month, and a...
LONDON—Equipment vendor Marconi posted a US$7.4 billion pre-tax loss in its first-half report, attributing the results to a flagging market and the uncertainties created...
LONDON—British Telecommunications (BT) received final court approval for its demerger of the mmO2 business. The demerger will create two new holding companies—one for the...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Coinciding with its Telecom Africa 2001 event this week in Johannesburg, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) released a report detailing the state...
LONDON—The London-based Investors International consortium has been named the preferred bidder for a 51-percent stake in Nigeria's state-run Nitel. The consortium is backed by...
TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, announced it will launch location services using the global positioning system (GPS) satellite system and motion picture...
BELLEVUE, Washington, United States—VoiceStream Wireless said it will acquire the majority of bankrupt MobileStar Network's equipment and contracts for an undisclosed sum.The deal was...
SEOUL, South Korea—Samsung said it increased its involvement in China Unicom's CDMA network and will provide a test 1x network for the operator, which...
HELSINKI, Finland—Tecnomen said it will expand the voice mail system of Venezuelan operator Digitel. Under the terms of the US$1 million deal, two Tecnomen...
TORONTO—Microcell Telecommunications plans to raise C$250 million (US$150 million) of its C$350 million (US$220 million) in financing needs through an equity offering. But Deutsche...
BELLEVUE, Washington, United States—VoiceStream Wireless officially unveiled its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-enabled iStream wireless data network nationwide.VoiceStream said the service, which has been...
MIAMI, United States—Brightstar announced its third-quarter revenues show it remains the market share leader in Latin American wireless outsourcing.The company's US$161.5 million in revenues...
BUCHAREST, Romania—The Palestine Telecommunications Company (Paltel) said it is suing Israeli cellular operators Pele-Phone and Cellcom for the illegal infringement on its market and...
LONDON—The Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC) announced it is planning a domestic initial public offering (IPO) early next year. Indications are that it will involve...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—SchlumbergerSema and Compaq Computer have unveiled a mobile services solution targeted at network operators that have acquired licenses in new and emerging...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it won a US$26 million contract to further expand the GSM network operated by Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco), including an upgrade...
WHEATON, Maryland, United States—Sales in the telecommunications industry will begin to increase in the first quarter of 2002, a new Shosteck Group study optimistically...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) signed agreements with Siemens and Alcatel for its centers of excellence.Siemens will address Eastern and Southern Africa's...
LAS VEGAS, United States—Nokia and Sony announced they are developing an open and common middleware platform with the intent of achieving interoperability between mobile...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having largely ignored the cellular industry until now, IBM Europe has announced its intent to become a major player by supplying services...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Mounting pressure to find a resolution to its e20 billion (US$17.7 billion) debt problem has forced the Dutch telecom company KPN to...
NEW YORK—Millicom International Cellular and Tele2 have agreed on a price of US$80 million for Tele2 to purchase MIC's Russian cellular telephony assets, plus...
WOODBURY, New York, United States—Comverse has been chosen to provide its unified messaging solution to Portugal's Vodafone, a mobile operator that has 2.6 million...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia agreed to supply KPN with its Nokia Gateway products for the operator's wireless local area network (WLAN) networks."With the Nokia WLAN ADSL...
