HELSINKI, Finland-TDC, the Copenhagen-based Danish operator in which U.S. telecom group SBC Communications holds a 42-percent equity holding, has made an outright bid to acquire all shares in its Swiss …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-With the appointment of Mauricio Mesa Londo
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile carrier in Japan, said it will stop selling the latest mobile handset manufactured by NEC because the handset might generate heat. According to NTT DoCoMo, …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Looking to break into the European cell-phone market has proved harder than expected for the Far Eastern manufacturer Daewoo. The company, which had intended to launch two handsets …
MELBOURNE, Australia-Latest subscriber figures for Vodafone Australia show the mobile carrier is having some success with its strategy of targeting the prepaid market with an increase of 188,000 new connections …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-BellSouth’s Latin American operation saw a fall in income of US$2.23 billion in 2002, a 23-percent drop compared with the previous year. These results form 10 percent of …
BEIJING-Chinese analysts expect the country’s PHS services will increase sharply in the first half of the year because the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has postponed the issuance of third-generation …
TOKYO-KDDI, the second-largest Japanese mobile operator, said it would launch a new handset with BREW capabilities in February. BREW is a data application download service developed by Qualcomm. It will …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having languished in the market for many years, GSM-R technology has received fresh impetus following a decision by Network Rail in the United Kingdom to order cellular infrastructure …
NEW DELHI, India-Leading Thai GSM player AIS announced it will spend about 8 billion baht (US$187 million) on network expansion and services during 2003. This information was given by officials …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator MTN Nigeria announced it will begin to bill its prepaid customers based on seconds. Adrian Wood, chief executive officer of MTN Nigeria, said the board …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-As more smart phones appear on the market and reach the hands of end users, European cell-phone operators could lose more than 10 billion euro (US$10.7 billion) if …
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-Raymond James & Associates Inc. has increased its financial expectations, including year-end 2003 price targets, for tower giants Crown Castle International Inc. and American Tower Corp. Crown Castle’s …
WASHINGTON-A key House lawmaker has requested a probe into whether the Bush administration’s top telecom official acted properly in allowing wireless lobbyists to throw her a party in October 2001 …
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. signed deals with Vodafone and Bell Mobility to offer its range of wireless content services, further moves by the company to expand its MSN services into the …
CHEMSFORD, Mass.-WaterCove Networks said it has closed a $20 million third round of financing, raising to $70 million the company’s equity financing to date. The current investors include Charles River …
WOBURN, Mass.-Skyworks Solutions Inc. introduced its System Smart power amplifier (PA) modules for CDMA cellular handsets, PCs and wireless local loop applications. “Skyworks has again set the industry benchmark, migrating …
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. and Aeroprise Inc. introduced the Aeroprise Mobile Gateway, which the companies said was designed to provide BMC Software Remedy customers with wireless data access to their …
IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile, the mobile virtual network operator for Nextel Communications Inc., announced it will partner with Go2 Directory Systems to offer location-based directory services to the youth market. The …
CAIRO, Egypt-Ericsson AB said it has been selected by Vodafone Egypt to deliver and install its GPRS, MMS and instant messaging solutions for its “Vodafone live,” targeting more than 2 …
