2001

PARIS—French vendor Alcatel has posted low third-quarter financial results and warned 2001 will end with a full year of losses. In addition, in an attempt to “break even,” the company …

LUXEMBOURG—Millicom International Cellular (MIC) confirmed it is in talks with Tele2 regarding the possible sale of MIC’s Russian cellular assets to Tele2. “It is no secret that our Scandinavian competitors …

FRANKFURT, Germany—Deutsche Telekom’s wireless unit T-Mobile added 1.7 million net subscribers during the third quarter, bringing the carrier’s worldwide wireless customer base to 45.6 million subscribers. VoiceStream Wireless, T-Mobile’s U.S. …

HELSINKI, Finland—Finnish mobile giant Sonera announced it is retreating from two major wireless data areas—data transaction security and wireless Internet portals. Sonera said it will close down or sell its …

LONDON—British Airways passengers in New York’s JFK Airport can connect to online services through a deal with Compaq. The service is available from 22 October through 18 November and allows …

SAN DIEGO—The Mobile Wireless Internet Forum (MWIF) announced its strategic intentions for the coming year, which include plans to focus on standardizing core network architectures, communicating the advantage of wireless …

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, United States—ACE*COMM announced that Mexico’s Grupo Iusacell has selected its Convergent Mediation platform to collect and process use records to produce billable record formats. According to ACE*COMM, the …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Palm Inc. dropped the price of its high-end m505 color handheld to about $400, down from about $450. The company also offered a special promotion for a free …

LONDON—Tunisia has restarted attempts to launch a second GSM mobile-phone license tender. The new round of bidding will close in January 2002, and the government is relaxing some of its …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Multichannel multipoint distribution service equipment provider Hybrid Networks Inc. said it cut 15 employees, or approximately 22 percent of the company’s work force. The cuts were made primarily …

SAN DIEGO—Verizon Wireless and Lucent Technologies demonstrated an over-the-air data call using CDMA 1xEV-DO technology at the CDMA Americas Congress. The companies noted they already completed a field trial of …

REDMOND, Washington, United States—Nokia and AT&T Wireless Services reported the completion of the first live Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) data call using GSM/EDGE technology and a live …

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands—KPN Telecom and British Telecommunications are in talks regarding sharing their third-generation (3G) networks in the Netherlands, international press reports said. KPN said it was in talks with …

SINGAPORE—Mobile operator M1 announced on 25 October that its shareholders will not go ahead with the planned sale of their shares in the company. The shareholders said they have decided …

DETROIT—AT&T Wireless rolled out GSM/GPRS services in the Detroit area, including the Flint and Ann Arbor, Mich., and Toledo, Ohio, markets. The only handset currently available for the GSM/GPRS service …

Misguided roaming and acquisitions Dear Editor: I enjoyed your “Fraud management” article in the September-October 2001 issue of Global Wireless. I do agree with you on both counts. Even though …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Various African countries have begun the task of liberalizing their telecommunications markets with the various governments seeking to court offers from foreign strategic equity partners. However, for the …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-After a series of delays, the battle for the South African cellular market appears set to begin. Third mobile network operator Cell C has launched a massive marketing …

HELSINKI, Finland-For a market with a well-deserved reputation as the most dynamic and innovative of Europe’s telecom sectors, one could easily think that traditional Scandinavian confidence is in a state …

HELSINKI, Finland-Scandinavia has long been the most fertile and concentrated spawning ground for technology innovation in Europe. The torchbearers for this culture have been led by global names such as …

Telecom Africa 2001 12-16 November Johannesburg, South Africa International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Tel: (+41) 22 730 6345 Fax: (+41) 22 730 6444 www.itu.int Fixed Wireless Deployment: Europe 14-18 November London …

Adoption of mobile data in Asia will require restructuring the industry’s poor and declining economics. Throughout Asia, many markets are saddled with too many competitors investing furiously to meet pent-up …

DUBLIN, Ireland-European mobile operators realize they must work much harder to sell new subscriptions as GSM market penetration reaches saturation point, with no immediate sign of commercial third-generation (3G) applications …

Mobile users in the United Kingdom have been put on alert. A scam is doing the rounds. Text messages are being broadcast to thousands of mobiles stating they should ring …

NEW DELHI, India-The Thai cellular market witnessed rapid growth and intense competition during 2001. Subscriber numbers reached a landmark, crossing fixed-line subscriber numbers much earlier than expected. Tariffs are decreasing, …