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The Italian government named the Wind consortium the winning bidder for the country’s third mobile phone license, bringing to a close a tender process that began in the fall of …

The Italian government said it plans to award the license for a third mobile phone service later this month. A spokeswoman for the communication regulatory agency said it expects to …

NEW YORK-Americel S.A., a Brazilian cellular carrier that launched commercial service in December, was expected last week to place privately a $300 million debt issue to help fund its network …

The auction of personal communications services licenses in Mexico’s nine bidding regions was completed May 8, officially liberalizing the much sought-after wireless market there and raking in $1.06 billion after …

ARGENTINA U.S.-based DSC Communications Corp. announced it signed an agreement with Movicom to deliver and deploy its CTC421 Intelligent Digital Trunk Optimizer for expanding the carrier’s network capacity. BOLIVIA SR …

ROME-Three consortia have submitted bids for Italy’s third mobile phone license, due to be awarded mid-year. Two of the bids were expected for some time. Picienne-a consortium led by the …

LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc plans to sell its 22.3-percent stake in OCCEL, which provides wireless services in the western region of Colombia, to a subsidiary of Bell Canada International Inc. …

NEW YORK-Citing unfavorable market conditions, Colombia’s largest cellular carrier, Celumovil S.A., has postponed indefinitely its plans to go public. Celumovil’s decision has not, however, altered plans by another local carrier, …

TRANSCRYPT INTERNATIONAL Transcrypt International Inc. named Craig Huffaker senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer. Huffaker’s 20 years of financial management experience include 12 years as CFO for …

MONTREAL-Bell Canada International Inc. announced that its consortium Shandong Bell launched cellular service in Weifang, a city in the Chinese province of Shandong with a population of 5 million. The …

Brazil edged nearer to its stated goal of liberalizing its telecom industry when the Canadian-Brazilian consortium Americel S.A. became the first private mobile phone operator to compete against the state-owned …

MONTREAL-More than 1,000 customers signed up on the first day of Bell Canada International’s launch of a new mobile cellular network Jinan, the capital of the Chinese province of Shandong. …

SHELTON, Conn.-Engineering and Business Systems Inc., a global intelligent network telecommunications middleware and products provider, announced its merger with NewNet, an advanced wireless solutions provider. The joint company, called NewNet, …

Unless there is court action, a government shutdown or some cataclysmic event, the auction of C-block broadband personal communications services licenses is scheduled to begin today. Thirteen bidders have made …

MONTREAL, Quebec-A consortium formed by Bell Canada International and the Tata Group of India has been offered a license by the government of India to provide cellular telephony services using …

Despite intensifying doubt regarding the outlook for entrepreneurial block personal communications services auctions, AirGate LLC of Atlanta announced it intends to bid for licenses in the C block. AirGate is …