Telia sells remaining Vodafone sharesSTOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telia said it sold the remaining 66.5 million Vodafone shares it owned for about $147.1 million.When Irish telecom operator Eircom disposed of its mobile business, Eircell, Eircom shareholders were offered Vodafone shares as consideration. Telia, which indirectly holds 14...
Anatel, Brazil's telecom regulator, late last week canceled its planned auction of band E wireless licenses after receiving no bids.In March, Anatel managed to sell only one of the regions included in the band E auction when Telecom Italia Mobile purchased region one for...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Vesper, Brazil's largest wireless local loop (WLL) operator, has changed its business strategy with an objective to reduce costs and to win profitability.Vesper is a "mirror" fixed wireless operator in Sao Paulo state, region three, and the 16 states of Brazil's region...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-The auction of three band D licenses in Brazil that began on Tuesday and ended the same day drew a total $1.33 million for the government. Telecom Italia Mobile companies took two of the three licenses, while Brazil's fixed-line carrier Telemar won...
SAO PAULO, Brazil(AP)-Brazil's telecommunications regulator Anatel said Friday it had suspended next week's planned auction for the first three of nine new licenses due to lack of bidders.Analysts said the agency had asked too high a price, chosen the wrong technology and-most importantly-got its...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Director of Anatel Ant"nio Carlos Valente da Silva said Nov. 16 that Brazil already has 20.9 million activated cellular lines. Valente also said mobile telephony has a penetration rate of 13 phones for each 100 inhabitants.The government expects the operators to close...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Although trunked radio regulations were handed down in May, Brazil's trunking industry is still awaiting detailed definitions before moving forward with their strategic plans. The market, with two major competitors, Nextel and Metrophone, could change dramatically with the definition of the trunking...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Vodafone Group and British Telecommunications announced committees focused on the auction of new-generation cellular telephony licenses in Brazil in the C, D and E bands.William Kiever, president of Vodafone for America and Asia, said the company does not rule out an eventual...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Anatel, Brazil's regulatory authority, released the official PCS licensing guidelines, making few changes from the text that had been submitted for public consultation last month.Anatel also postponed the sale of the licenses until January 2001. The licenses were scheduled to be auctioned...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Two issues characterized the Brazilian cellular market during the first half of the year-an increase in subscriber numbers and the rollout of more advanced services.Latin America in general saw an explosion of prepaid services, but in Brazil, prepaid subscriptions overcame all operator...
The Brazilian government's decision to auction spectrum in the 1800 MHz band was thought to be a shoo-in for GSM technology.GSM technology has gained big economies of scale around the world at the 1800 MHz band. CDMA and TDMA equipment is only available at...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Two issues characterized the Brazilian cellular market during the first half of the year-an increase in subscriber numbers and the rollout of more advanced services.Latin America in general saw an explosion of prepaid services, but in Brazil, prepaid subscriptions overcame all operator...
Brazil's national telecom agency Anatel said it received 35 proposed from companies, entities and individuals on the proposal of guidelines for implementation of the personal communications services (PCS), submitted to the public for consultation. All the comments are available on the agency's Internet Web...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Anatel should allow the current operators of cellular mobile service in Brazil the option of choosing the frequency for additional spectrum for operating PCS. Some operators want the additional frequencies at 1.8 GHz and some at 1.9 GHz.Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel has...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Telecom regulatory authority, Anatel, plans to auction personal communications services licenses later this year in three geographic regions, with up to three operators in each area.The regions will be similar to the fixed telephony regions: northeast, central-south and the state of S o...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Telecom regulatory authority, Anatel, said Brazil's personal communications services (PCS) licenses will be auctioned later this year in three geographic areas, with up to three operators in each area. The regions will be similar to the current fixed telephony regions: northeast, central-south and...
