2001

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Sweden’s state-owned Vattenfall has called for the launch of third-generation (3G) services to be delayed until consumer demand can be more accurately measured. The company is also concerned …

KIEV, Ukraine—A working group uniting officials from various Ukrainian ministries recommended to sell a 25-percent stake in major Ukrainian Mobile Communications (UMC), in which the state-run Ukrtelecom currently holds 51 …

SWINDON, United Kingdom—Lucent said it completed a live high-speed data call using a variety of mobile Internet services on commercial Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service (UMTS) equipment. The call delivered a …

BEIJING—Officials at the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) indicated they may issue up to three new mobile-phone licenses to offer increased competition to the current two operators, China Mobile and …

HONK KONG—Motorola Inc. says it has signed a three-year, $44 million contract to supply GSM 1800 infrastructure for Malaysia’s carrier Telecom Cellular, whose service name is TM Touch, in two …

VIENNA, Va.—Teligent Inc. said its auction to sell its remaining assets has been rescheduled for Oct. 11. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan is overseeing the proceedings.

MADRID, Spain—Xfera, one of four companies in Spain with a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) license, unveiled plans to lay off 25 percent of its work force due to further …

LONDON—Vodafone Group added 2.5 million worldwide proportionate subscribers during the third quarter, bringing the wireless giant’s proportionate customer base to 95.6 million subscribers. However, the number was the third decline …

OWINGS MILLS, Maryland, United States—According to sources, Aether Systems will cut an additional 280 jobs in an effort to cut costs and meet its financial goals. In an internal memo …

TOKYO—NEC has joined the Mobile Electronic Transactions (MeT) Initiative, which seeks to develop open and common industry framework for secure mobile transactions. “The MeT Initiative is very pleased to welcome …

GOTEBORG, Sweden—Hewlett-Packard selected WirelessCar to integrate its universal telematics network into HP’s telematics solutions, WirelessCar said. “HP’s telematics solutions, powered by the WirelessCar universal telematics network platform and the range …

HELSINKI, Finland—With an eye to improving efficiency, Nokia says it plans to slash 260 positions at its plant in Salo, which amounts to 5 percent of the work force. The …

EDINBURGH, Scotland—Digital Bridges and Purple Scotland announced an agreement in mobile gaming. Purple will become co-publisher of the Classic collection of games on Digital Bridges’ Wirelesssgames’ channel. The companies are …

MONTREAL—Bell Canada International (BCI) said its Telecom Am

TORONTO—Conexys said its South African subsidiary signed a three-year channel partnership agreement with South African Philips Business Communications valued at about 15.5 million rand (US$1.8 million) during the next 18 …

HONG KONG—Bharti Enterprises selected install Motorola to install a US$70 million GSM network including General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) equipment in the telecom circles of western India. The contract covers …

LONDON—Algeria’s second GSM license holder, Orascom Telecom, announced it will begin operating Algeria’s second mobile-phone network in January, two months ahead of schedule. Orascom, which won the license in July …

LONDON—Swedish vendor Ericsson has joined forces with Morocco’s Finance.Com, a subsidiary of BMCE Bank, to launch the country’s first mobile portal for financial transactions. The project, which is to be …

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HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia began shipping its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) phones in Europe on 28 September, barely making the third-quarter deadline it had set for itself for commercially offering GPRS …

DUBLIN, Ireland—Ireland’s telecom regulator published a draft paper on the strategic management of Ireland’s radio spectrum. The regulator is seeking comments on issues raised in the paper, which covers all …

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands—Several European operators have chosen CMG Wireless Data Solutions’ technology to facilitate pan-European i-mode-based services, CMG said, although it declined to name the operators. CMG said it will …

HELSINKI, Finland—Danish competition officials, reacting to confidential information of cartel arrangements within the mobile telephone sector, have staged raids on the head offices of the country’s largest mobile phone operators, …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Telia launched Finland’s first General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) service, called Telia Mobile Online. The service provides a continuous connection tot he Internet and Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) services. …

TORONTO—Nortel Networks has slashed 20,000 jobs as it announced it expects a US$3.6 billion third-quarter loss, bringing its total loss for the current fiscal year to US$20 billion. The new …