TOKYO-Japanese supplier NEC Corp. said it will supply a mobile multimedia platform to French operator Bouygues Telecom for developing i-mode services in France. NEC said it will supply servers and integrated software to allow Bouygues Telecom customers to access i-mode services on its GPRS...
The attitudes of the late 1990s, where operators found it necessary to have a presence in as many countries as possible, have begun to fade as the cost of having many fingers in many pies becomes glaringly clear.Deutsche Telekom used to boast that it...
TOKYO-In support of the launch of its I-mode service in Europe, NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will establish a consulting firm in the Netherlands. The carrier said the European venture, DoCoMo I-mode Europe B.V., will provide consultation regarding technology and marketing as well as...
PARIS—The French telecom regulator has confirmed that only Bouygues Telecom applied for one of the two third-generation licenses on offer in France. Therefore, the three current mobile incumbent operators—Orange, SFR and Bouygues—will be the only 3G operators in the country.France awarded two of its...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc., the largest mobile carrier in Japan, and Bouygues Telecom, the third-largest operator in France, announced they reached a license agreement over i-mode services in France. Following the technology transfer agreement, Bouygues Telecom, a telecom business unit of Bouygues SA, is going...
GENEVA—General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) roaming exchanges (GRX) are rapidly emerging as a profitable new service niche in Europe and around the world, as mobile operators get serious about GPRS and struggle to come to grips with the complex roaming and billing issues surrounding...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—France's Bouygues Telecom said it has chosen Comverse's Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMSC) to run on its GPRS network.The MMSC platform allows multimedia messages to be sent and received on wireless devices. "This platform is quickly operational and represents the first step towards...
NEW YORK—Vivendi Universal has deployed MyNetonomy , developed by U.S.-based Netonomy, as the portal through which customers can purchase, activate and personalize services on Universal Music Mobile (UMM).Launched commercially in late September, the service delivers Vivendi Universal's music-oriented content over the GSM network of...
LOS ANGELES, United States—Oberthur Card Systems said it is partnering with French mobile operator Bouygues Telecom to provide Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) technology based on second-generation SIM technology. Oberthur's SIMphonIC cards provide electronic signature technology and secure authentication.Bouygues Telecom will use the technology for...
AlcatelParis. With Orascom Telecom for the supply and installation of GSM solutions in the Middle East and Africa.Value: Undisclosed. Brazil. With Telemar for a GSM 1800/GPRS network in Brazil.Value: US$275 millionMoscow. With ZAO SMARTS for GSM 900 MHz solutions to extend networks in the...
NEW YORK-Stockholm-based Iquity Systems has established a U.S. headquarters near Wall Street to promote its Mobile Media Suite, which delivers recorded advertising messages to wireless customers interested in getting discounts on airtime in exchange for listening to 10-second promotional spots.The company, which has about...
BelgiumBelgium awarded three Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) licenses to each of the country's three incumbent operators, bringing in about US$419 million for the government. The prices raised were just at the minimum prices set by the government. The auction ended after just one...
PARIS-The French government's award of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) licenses was thrown into disarray, with only two companies submitting applications for four licenses.Incumbent mobile carrier Bouygues Telecom did not submit an application as expected, leaving only France Telecom and SFR, also current wireless...
DUBLIN, Ireland-High license costs and fierce competition have further increased the pressure on European third-generation (3G) operators to quickly roll out their networks. But while this rush to market will create opportunities for companies other than the current dominant cellular infrastructure vendors Nokia and...
ChinaMotorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector signed two contracts to provide its Global System for Mobile communications network infrastructure in China. The first contract, with Tianjin Mobile Communications Corp., calls for Motorola to install a GSM 1800 network by the first quarter of next year,...
PARIS-The French government has decided not to auction third-generation licenses later this year and will instead award the licenses through a "beauty contest." The government still will raise nearly $19 billion through the process, with each license costing about $4.7 billion.That amount is much...
Hong KongCable & Wireless HKT Mobile Services and Nokia Corp. successfully completed their third-generation trials and the provision of a commercially available 43.2 kbps high-speed circuit switched data service in Hong Kong. Nokia noted that the recently completed second phase of 3G trials involved...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-While the use of mobile communications in Europe continues to grow beyond everyone's wildest expectations, the latest bid of $140 billion by Vodafone AirTouch plc for the Mannesmann empire has caused many a jaw to drop in stunned amazement.This record-breaking bid has...
AlcatelCameroon. With Societe Camerounaise de Mobiles (SCM) for a GSM network for the area between the cities of Yaounde, Douala and Bafoussam.Value: US$21.15 millionChina. With Post and Telecommunications Administration of Hubei province for DECT wireless local loop systems.Value: US$20 millionMozambique. With Telecomunicacoes Moeis de Mocambique for...
PARIS-Nortel Networks said it will deploy a General Packet Radio Service trial in selected areas of Paris for French operator Bouygues Telecom, the companies announced.The trial will demonstrate personalized wireless Internet portals, secure corporate intranet access and other, high-speed mobile data services. Bouygues Telecom...
Olivetti ultimately prevailed in the takeover attempt of Telecom Italia, with 52 percent of Telecom Italia shareholders voting to accept Olivetti's offer instead of Telecom Italia's defense plan centered around a proposed merger with Deutsche Telekom. The US$65 million takeover is the largest in...
LONDON-Cable & Wireless announced its discussions with the main shareholders of Bouygues Telecom regarding the sale of Cable & Wireless' 20-percent interest in Bouygues Telecom to them have not yet resulted in an agreement. The negotiations had been based on a price of $754.2...
GENEVA-Stop in for a lunchtime croque monsieur at any of the bistros that line the Boulevard St. Germain in Paris, and you'll hear a new sound mingling with the clink and clank of plates and glasses. For better or worse, the chirp of the...
Telesystem International Wireless Inc., Montreal, announced its French subsidiary, Regiocom S.A., has acquired S3RP, the trunked-radio operations of Bouygues Telecom marketed under the brand name Orbicom, making it the only national trunked-radio operator in France.The acquisition adds about 6,500 subscribers to Dolphin Telecom plc,...
