MOSCOW—Two major Russian carriers, Mobile Telesystems (MTS) and Vimpelcom (BeeLine) said they plan to place their first Euro bonds, and market experts commented the foreign borrowings are necessary for regional …
LONDON—The Isle of Man’s third-generation (3G) network is now live after about a six-month delay from the original scheduled launch. Manx Telecom, a subsidiary of British Telecommunication’s mm02 mobile arm, …
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BUCHAREST, Romania—In a press statement, the Czech Telecommunications Office (CTU) said that only mobile operators RadioMobil and EuroTel Praha submitted bids for third-generation (3G) licenses in the country. The third …
SAN FRANCISCO—Hewlett-Packard Co. says the Packard family foundation is meeting Friday to deliberate on the merits and demerits of supporting the company’s merger with Compaq Computer Corp. The family’s decision …
WASHINGTON—The ComCare Alliance ACN Data Set Working Group announced it published a draft automatic crash test notification data standard in XML. The standard will facilitate the electronic transmission of automatic …
CHICAGO—AT&T Wireless said it expects to spend an additional $1 billion upgrading its current network to W-CDMA on top of the $2.5 billion the carrier planned to spend on moving …
NEW YORK—Cingular Wireless completed the sale of $2 billion of global bonds, which the carrier said it would use to pay down short-term debt, finance licenses and construction related to …
BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Holdings Inc. priced its secondary offering of 7.2 million shares of class A common stock at $30.55 per share. The company had originally planned to offer 6 …
LONDON—Logica, a wireless messaging company, said it will conduct a live trial of its Multimedia Messaging Service over United Kingdom wireless carrier Orange’s GPRS network. Logica said its Multimedia Messaging …
SAVANNAH, Ga.—H.O. Systems launched its INQUIR.e Knowledge Management Solution which it said is designed to enhance the exchange of information, speed up strategic decision making and maximize competition among next-generation …
SAN FRANCISCO—Intel Corp. said it expects its fourth-quarter sales this year to beat its previous estimate of between $6.2 billion and $6.8 billion. It says its forecast ranges from $6.7 …
HARTFORD, Conn.—Law firm Schatz & Nobel filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of purchasers of Metricom Inc. common stock. The …
BEIJING—China Mobile (HK), listed on the Hong Kong and New York stock exchanges, is negotiating the purchase of eight provincial mobile-phone networks from its parent China Mobile Communications. The deal …
TOKYO—Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. said that 10,000 of its workers have applied for early retirement because the company plans to do away with guaranteed lifetime employment. The applicants, who …
SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Cricket wireless service in Lincoln, Neb., and Eugene, Ore., the second and third launches for the carrier this week and 34th and 35th …
WASHINGTON—The settlement deal to end the dispute regarding the PCS C- and F-block licenses of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. ran into static from both houses of Congress on Thursday as …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson AB says it has been selected by mobile satellite operator Inmarsat Ltd to develop its next-generation core network on a $55 million contract for the company’s Broadband Global …
SARASOTA, Fla.—Pinnacle Holdings Inc. settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to Pinnacle’s accounting for an August 1999 acquisition of certain Motorola Inc. assets. Pinnacle consented, without admitting or …
SHAUMBURG, Ill.—Motorola Inc. said it has unveiled two new handsets, the i90c and i80s, which it says users can customize with downloadable applications. The phones, which include a hands-free speakerphone, …
