PARIS-Alcatel said it won a contract to supply a complete GSM network to Afghanistan's newest mobile provider Telecom Development Company Afghanistan Ltd. The system is already operational in Kabul under the brand name of Roshan.Alcatel said the contract is valued at "multi-million euros."Within the...
PARIS-After previous struggles, French vendor Alcatel told a story of hope in its second-quarter result with a net loss of $776.25 million as against a loss of $1.64 billion a year ago.It is a story of recovery underlined by an operating profit of $24...
PARIS-French supplier Alcatel Corp. said Thailand's TA Orange signed a $100 million contract with Alcatel for a network enhancement.Alcatel will supply base stations and related equipment to increase coverage and capacity in Bangkok and the provinces by January. The contract also includes the extension...
SHANGHAI, China-Alcatel said it has won a series of deals to supply GSM/GPRS infrastructure equipment to China Mobile, the country's largest carrier.The contracts, valued at $30 million, will cover cities in Zhejiang province, including Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Jianxing, Jinghua, Huzhou and Lishui.The contracts will involve...
Nokia Corp. has shown it is not immune to the multiple problems of SARS, the weak dollar and a soft market and projected its handset sales for the second quarter will fall either below or at the low end of expectations. The upside, though,...
KAMPALA, Uganda-Alcatel said it won two contracts to supply Uganda Telecom with GSM equipment for radio access and core network infrastructure."We have been in a long-term partnership with Alcatel in order to build high-quality networks that meet the demands of our growing GSM subscriber...
SHANGHAI, China-Alcatel said it plans to open a center to enable application developers in the Asia-Pacific region to jointly create mobile multimedia medical applications to battle the SARS epidemic.The center, known as the 3G Reality Center, will attract Alcatel funding support and offer incubation...
LONDON-Alcatel said it has entered a cooperation with Vianet Group plc to ensure Vianet's vOpen telemetry platform is interoperable with Alcatel's mPayment application solution. The companies said they will provide operators in European countries with end-to-end solutions for m-commerce and telemetry through joint marketing...
PARIS-Alcatel has announced a much-needed third-generation contract win with Austria's Tele.ring for a turnkey UMTS network. The deployment will begin in May, with the first phase covering mainly Vienna, Graz and Linz-about 25 percent of Austria's population-through end-2003.The value of the contract was not...
DALLAS-Alcatel and NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s DoCoMo Engineering Inc. subsidiary signed an agreement on consulting and cooperation for UMTS indoor mobile communication network design, operations and enhancement.Terms of the agreement were not released.
PARIS-Alcatel will launch version 2.0 of its Multimedia Messaging Services at the upcoming 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France.The products feature a high-performance ratio per cost per unit; interoperability between mobile-phone bands; and simple and flexible billing services. The MMS suite can be bundled...
PARIS-French telecom gear maker Alcatel said it narrowed its net loss to $1.2 billion for the fourth quarter, 2002 compared with a net loss of $1.6 billion for the same period last year.The company, however, said it expects sales to drop between 25 and...
PARIS-French Telecom equipment maker Alcatel said it has acquired Aravox Technologies Corp., which makes real-time packet technology for Internet Protocol."The acquisition of this technology by Alcatel will significantly enhance the value of our next-generation network solutions offered to our customers and will drive the...
PARIS, France-Alcatel said it has signed an agreement to include Cramer's operation support system for real-time, complete and accurate records of available network resources in its solutions."Alcatel's OSS solution including the Cramer4 suite for inventory management enables service providers not only to substantially reduce...
PARIS-French vendor Alcatel said it expects market deterioration next year, although the company still expects to meet its targets.Alcatel said it also anticipates a fourth-quarter growth of 20 percent and plans to launch a convertible bond of up to $820 million in 2003.
PARIS, France-Alcatel Alsthom posted a net loss of $1.43 billion in the second quarter, discounting hopes of any recovery this quarter. At the same period last year, the company reported a $3.11 billion loss. Its second-quarter operating loss was $176.8 for the second quarter...
PLANO, Texas—French vendor Alcatel Alsthom has laid off 450 more workers in the United States, making a total of 1,500 job cuts since November last year.The company said the layoffs are part of measures to bring the company back to profitability.
DALLAS—Alcatel Alsthom said it has signed a GSM expansion contract valued at over $114 million with Jiangsu Mobile Communication Co. in China.Under the contract terms, Alcatel will provide its Evolium mobile infrastructure, which includes base stations, base station controllers, home location registers and mobile...
PARIS—Alcatel Alsthom has signed a $125 million contract to supply Tunisian carrier Orascom Telecom with GSM gear for voice and data services.The deal, which will last for five years, targets 3 million mobile subscribers.Orascom Telecom said earlier this week it finally received the concession...
PARIS—Alcatel said it posted a first-quarter net loss of $746 million compared with a net profit of $187 million for the same period last year.It recorded an operating loss of $307.9 million, down from $379 million in the previous quarter."The industry's sales level remains...
LONDON—French vendor Alcatel told the market its first-quarter sales would fall while net loss will improve, and Ericsson AB warned that it would report a first-quarter loss and drop in sales.The bleak outlook reflects caution by gear makers owing to reduced spending by service...
SHANGHAI, China—French vendor Alcatel is venturing into the Chinese market by providing $9 million in seed money for startups to bring about new technologies through research and development efforts.Alcatel, which promises to give the startups access to its labs, identified China as a fertile...
PARIS—Telecoms equipment maker Alcatel said it suffered its second deficit in its history with a $4.27 loss in 2001, although the French supplier looks forward to a profitable 2002.In its fourth-quarter results, its sales dropped to $5.82 billion, above analyst estimates, while it recorded...
PARIS—Alcatel has won a contract to expand the capacity of Turkish operator Aycell's GSM 1800 MHz network. The three-year, $144 million will allow the operator to offer enhanced services, Alcatel said.The contract includes network planning and design, site acquisition and construction, and network testing...
