BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Just as recently happened with the privatization of Paraguay’s telecom company Administraci

CARACAS, Venezuela—Venezuelan telecom company Cantv said it received offers for 39.7 percent of the company’s outstanding shares in its buyback offer. The company launched the offer to thwart a hostile …

SEATTLE, United States—Brazil’s Varig Airlines will launch an e-mail and Web service using technology from Tenzing Communications next year. Varig, South America’s largest airline, installed the service on the first …

SANTIAGO, Chile—Nortel Networks partnered with Smartcom PCS to complete its first call using cdma2000 1x equipment. “We are advancing on our plan to expand the coverage of our network and, …

PARIS—Alcatel said it was awarded a contract by Djibouti Telecom to supply a turnkey GSM network with a 25,000-subscriber capacity. The value of the contract was not disclosed. The network …

PHILADELPHIA—XO Communications Inc. announced it is fighting bankruptcy by accepting an $800 million investment that will put Mexican telecommunications company Telefonos de Mexico SA de DV and buyout firm Forstmann …

WLIA adopts privacy policyWASHINGTON, D.C.—The Wireless Location Industry Association (WLIA) has adopted a new privacy policy based on the Federal Trade Commission’s Fair Information Practices policy. “No public policy issue …

OSLO, Norway—Norway’s Telenor Mobile said it will open its third-generation network on Dec. 1 according to its license conditions. The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System network will initially cover central areas …

AUSTIN, Texas—Broadband technology company Bandspeed Inc. and Bluetooth protocol stack provider Open Interface North America announced a new product that combines Bandspeed’s AFH HubMaster with Open Interface’s BlueMagic AFH protocol …

HELSINKI, Finland-LPG Innovations announced that as a result of a recent partnership agreement with IBM, its fixed and mobile Internet service brokering platform, sBroker, will be integrated into IBM’s WebSphere …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Appear Networks announced the delivery of its Appear Provisioning Server 2.0 for enterprises and wireless service providers. According to Appear, the server extends the scope of wireless deployments and …

NAPA, Calif.—eONE Global has completed it acquisition of the M-Business division of Brokat Technologies, and it announced plans to operate it as Encorus Technologies, which it said will focus on …

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y.—Rovenet Inc. has released the latest version of its P-Fax software, which permits users of handheld computers to send, receive and, for the first time, view faxes on these …

HAYWARD, Calif.—Certicom announced its Digital Rights Management and content protection security technology and services are being used to provide secure data transmissions in new wireless applications from Honeywell and XM …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Personal assistant maker Palm Inc. said it would report second-quarter revenues of between $250 and $280 million—meeting the upper end of its prior guidance and significantly beating analyst …

DALLAS—IVB Network Solutions, a division of InterVoice-Brite, introduced its Omvia Advantage strategic initiative to provide multi-tiered value propositions for network operators designed to promote profitability by increasing revenue and reducing …

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.—Fans of the “Jurassic Park” movie series will soon be able to get their hands on what is likely a wireless industry first—branded disposable mobile phones. The phones, …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia has signed an agreement with Omnitel, a Lithuanian GSM operator, for the supply and installation of additional switching capacity to expand Omnitel’s network capacity and modernize its switching …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. has allied with companies with banking and financial expertise to produce and market software for mobile and online financial services using open standards. The companies are 3I, …

MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless Inc. (TIW) announced its investors have agreed to a recapitalization plan including the restructuring of its subordinated debentures and an increase in its economic ownership in ClearWave …