NEW YORK-Nextel International Inc., Seattle, announced it has launched commercial service of its integrated Digital Enhanced Network in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Manila, Philippines.
Nextel International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nextel Communications Inc., owns 77 percent of Nextel S.A., the Brazilian iDEN service provider. Nextel International owns a 30-percent stake in Infocom Communications Network Inc., a Philippines paging carrier. Infocom debuted its iDEN service in Manila under the Nextel brand name.
Nextel International also has wireless interests and/or operations in Canada, China, Japan, Mexico and Peru. Nextel de Mexico expects to launch commercial service in the greater Mexico City metropolitan area in the third quarter of 1998, according to Nextel.
