Italian telecommunications operator Telecom Italia has abandoned its plans to buy minority interests in certain global holdings of Cable & Wireless plc, the companies confirmed last week.The two have been working for three months to create a global alliance to exploit what they called...
Aerial Communications Inc. appointed John Foster and Thomas Wilson Jr. to its board of directors. Foster and Wilson both will serve on Aerial's audit committee and on its stock option compensation committee. Foster is president and founder of Vedra International Associates. Before founding Vedra,...
The Romanian Ministry of Communications awarded two 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications licenses to the consortia of Mobil Rom, led by France Telecom International Mobiles, and to MobiFon, led by Montreal-based Telesystem International Wireless Services. AirTouch Communications Inc. is a minority partner...
Sixteen wireless operators have made the cut to be considered possible partners for Greece's government telephone company.Watching the success of the country's two private cellular providers, the government has awarded a third mobile license to its own landline entity, OTE. OTE will compete with...
SAINT-QUENTIN, France-Three prominent European companies are forging a partnership that will bid to operate the telecommunications system of the French railway.The Bouygues Group of France will own 51 percent of the unnamed new venture; Bouygues Telecom operates a DCS-1800 mobile phone system in France....
The Romanian government received applications from four consortia for two Global System for Mobile communications licenses, reported MobiFon, one bidding group. The deadline for applications was last Thursday.The 900 MHz digital cellular licenses are expected to be awarded by Oct. 25. Winners will be...
Competition strategies used by France Telecom may change a little now that the national company has become a private entity, researchers say."As a private company, they have to be more accountable for their operations, and there will be more pressure to be competitive," said...
WASHINGTON-Interconnection with the local exchange carrier represents a significant expenditure for the wireless industry, nearly $936 million in 1995, according to a new study from MTA-EMCI Inc.In "Interconnection: Wireless Industry Rates and Trends," the company notes that the burgeoning growth of the cellular industry as...
