2001

LEXINGTON, Massachusetts, United States—Logica said it deployed a prepaid solution for Bulgarian mobile operator Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile in cooperation with Greek systems integrator Intrasoft. The technology allows Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile …

LONDON-Mozambique’s mobile sector is set to open for competition following a government bill that was passed through the country’s parliament on 11 December. The bill provides for at least two …

NEW YORK—Verizon Communications has agreed to sell its TSI Telecommunications Services subsidiary to GTCR Golder Rauner, a private equity investment firm, for approximately US$800 million. The deal is expected to …

WASHINGTON—Oftel, the U.K. regulatory agency, referred its proposed decrease in the cost of calling mobile phones to the European Competition Commission. The action comes after U.K. mobile-phone operators rejected Oftel’s …

MIAMI, United States—Brightstar and Cable & Wireless signed an agreement that will require Brightstar to provide Cable & Wireless with product distribution and tracking, among other fulfillment services. Under this …

SAN JOSE, California, United States—LG Telecom signed an agreement with Thin Multimedia to provide mobile video services to LT Telecom’s 4.5 million subscribers. The service will launch in the first …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Aspiro said it acquired Mgage, a Swedish developer of applications that allow subscribers to chat. The acquisition will be financed by a non-cash share issue equal to about 58 …

NEW YORK—A judge in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware gave groups bidding for bankrupt Winstar Communications another week to secure additional financing. A ruling on the case was expected …

ISTANBUL, Turkey—Turkey’s fourth mobile operator, Turk Telekom-backed Aycell, is launching commercial services on 14 December, according to international press reports. Aria launched services in Turkey in March.

BEIJING—Ericsson has signed agreements with four provincial subsidiaries of China Mobile to provide packet backbone routers. The four operators are located in Chongqing municipality, a city with provincial status; Hunan …

SAN FRANCISO, United States—Having failed to include a Bluetooth capability within its new Windows XP operating system, Microsoft announced at the annual Developers Conference in San Francisco that it would …

ARLINGTON, Virginia, United States—Iridium Satellite predicted its satellite constellation will retain functionality into the next decade, based on an internal analysis of satellite and operational data, as well as an …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it has signed a US$143 million GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) expansion contract with Sichuan Mobile Communication Company in China. The project, which is aimed at 4.2 …

TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest operator for both fixed-line and mobile services in Japan, on 14 December announced it will introduce a voluntary early retirement program targeting its employees between 44 and …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish wireless carrier Telia Mobile announced it will offer a wireless Internet service much like NTT DoCoMo’s wildly popular i-mode service. Telia’s service, dubbed PocketMode, features an open interface …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia said sales of its next-generation mobile phones indicate it will beat its fourth-quarter estimates, an indication the company is enjoying the Christmas boom. The company said it expects …

NEW DELHI, India—U.S.-based vendor UTStarCom will soon begin trials of its wireless local loop (WLL) technology called PHS in the Indian capital. The government-controlled telecom company, MTNL, operating in the …

MUNICH, Germany—Siemens said Bharti Cellular has selected it to supply GSM and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) equipment for several new networks in India. The first networks are scheduled to …

SANTA CLARA, California, United States—Palm announced it will acquire longtime partner ThinAirApps for US$19 million in common stock, a move Palm hopes will bolster its corporate wireless strategy with the …

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, United States—Mobile marketing platform provider Avesair is continuing its expansion into the European market with the latest announcement it has been chosen by Enpocket, a …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Hutchison has signed a crucial network sharing deal with British Telecommunications’ former wireless division, mmO2. The agreement will allow Hutchison’s subscribers to make and receive calls using mmO2’s …

LONDON—MobileCom announced it will introduce a new 2.5-generation (2.5G) General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) mobile network throughout Jordan by early 2002. GPRS is currently being installed in several Middle Eastern …

BEIJING—China Mobile will close its analog mobile network on 15 December. The number of subscribers has dropped from 2.5 million in April to 102,500 on 26 November. The operator started …

NEW YORK—Motorola said it has signed a cross-platform agreement to allow it to market popular AOL Time Warner content and services through mobile and instant messaging solutions. The U.S.-based company …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish vendor NCC Telecom said Sweden’ third-generation (3G) license holder Hi3G selected it to provide 3G infrastructure. The agreement covers the construction of at least 500 base stations in …