BEIJING—Revenues in China’s telecom sector reached 257.5 billion yuan (US$31.15 billion) in the first nine months of the year, a 12.5-percent growth from last year. In the first six months …
BONN, Germany—Deutsche Telekom became a majority shareholder in Croatia’s Hrvatski Telekom. Deutsche Telekom raised its holding in the company from 35 percent to 51 percent by acquiring a further 16-percent …
LISBON, Portugal—The Portugal government has delayed the date by which operators must launch commercial third-generation (3G) mobile services in Portugal until 31 December, 2002. In addition, operators are exempt from …
LONDON—Hutchison 3G, which holds a third-generation (3G) license in the United Kingdom, said it is considering offering pornography services over its Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network. An executive within …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—3G Infrastructure Services (3GIS) selected its third-generation (3G) vendors. Swedish vendor NCC Telecom signed a contract to provide base stations to 3GIS in Sweden. The value of the contract …
LONDON—The U.K. National Audit Office (NAO) said the third-generation (3G) spectrum auctions in the United Kingdom did not harm the telecom industry, as some industry experts have suggested. Operators in …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Argnor Wireless Ventures secured US$50 million for investments in Nordic wireless technology and products. Investors include Skandia, American Bessemer Venture Partners, Artic Ventures and TIF Ventures. Argnor is looking …
VILNIUS, Lithuania—Lithuania’s Omnitel introduced a virtual chat service called Plepek!, which allows communications via short message service, the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and the Internet. The open chat groups include …
NEW DELHI, India—The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended relaxation of rollout obligations for the fourth cellular operator in four telecom circles—Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal and Andaman Nicobar—that …
BEIJING—In accordance with international practice, China Mobile (HK) is to issue quarterly reports in an effort to further improve its transparency. Up to now, the company only reported to stockholders …
BEIJING—China Mobile (HK) announced it had enough cash and the potential for debt financing to purchase additional networks from its parent company without issuing new shares. Investors are worried that …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia signed a deal of about US$36 million to supply and install Malaysian operator TimeCel with full GSM 1800 MHz infrastructure to expand the company’s network capacity and improve …
BEIJING—Qualcomm signed an agreement to allow KT Freetel to launch its Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW) to end users in South Korea on 1x networks. Both companies signed the …
BEIJING—Motorola said it has made its first cdma2000 1x data call successfully in a live demonstration to Chinese telecom operators at the PT Wireless & Networks Comm China 2001. “Motorola …
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Aptilo Networks signed an agreement to supply South Korean Internet operator Unitel with mobile access servers for a mobile network. Aptilo has delivered a test system, which will …
WOODBURY, New York—Taiwan Cellular Corporation (TCC) selected Comverse to provide its Intelligent Short Messaging Service Center to Taiwan Cellular’s 6.4 million subscribers. “Our agreement with TCC underscores the expansion of …
SHANGHAI, China—Hewlett-Packard Company and Microsoft have announced plans to expand their software business in China and have decided to hire more staff for that purpose. HP said it will hire …
WOODBURY, New York, United States—Comverse said Guangdong Mobile Communications selected it to expand its Intelligent Short Message Service Center. The new agreement increases Guangdong Mobile’s capacity to serve 14 million …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish vendor Ericsson posted a loss of US$377 million in its third-quarter earnings reports just as it announced that its chairman, Lars Ramqvist, would leave the company. Ramqvist will …
TOKYO—Fujitsu, a leading communications vender in Japan, announced it is expecting to have a 310 billion yen (US$2.5 billion) net loss for fiscal year (FY) 2001, ending March 2002, due …
