British Telecommunications

A Russian operator has begun a trial of CDMA2000 1X technology at 450 MHz using equipment from Nortel Networks Ltd. The trial is being conducted in Yekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth-largest city, …

LONDON-U.K. fixed-line operator British Telecommunications announced plans to focus on the consumer wireless market with a wireless product called BT Mobile Home Plan targeted at families. The carrier will resell …

LONDON-British Telecommunications plc, a fixed-line operator that spun off its mobile division as MmO2, is in its second mobile virtual network operator deal to get back into the mobile arena, …

Telemarketing calls and junk mail have evolved. Now that consumers are used to dodging junk e-mail and Internet pop-up ads on their desktops and wireless messaging and mobile marketing are …

LONDON-Analysts welcomed 2002 fiscal year results from European operator MmO2 plc even though the company wrote down the value of its third-generation licenses by taking a nearly $9.7 billion exceptional …

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. earlier this week filed an 8K announcing it has deferred a portion of the $78 million site access payment it was scheduled to pay British Telecom …

LONDON-LLG subsidiary Inspired Broadcast Networks has contracted with L.M. Ericsson to equip its coin-operated entertainment terminals at 3,000 locations in the United Kingdom with Wi-Fi access and related digital subscriber …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having seen the U.K. fixed-line incumbent British Telecommunications (BT) deploy nearly 100 Wi-Fi hot spots around the country, Internet Exchange, the European Internet caf

PARIS-France Telecom has announced a Wi-Fi initiative, saying it plans to implement the technology to complement its current businesses, including mobile GPRS/UMTS services. The company said Orange will develop a …

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LONDON-British Telecommunications plc said it will sell its nearly 21-percent interest in Hong Kong’s SmarTone for $132 million to Sun Hung Kai. The U.K.-based operator said the sale is part …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc has agreed with Vivendi Universal S.A on the dates during which Vivendi can pre-empt Vodafone’s bid for stakes in French operator Cegetel held by British Telecommunications plc …

LONDON-Attempting to continue its acquisition path, Vodafone Group plc announced an agreement to acquire British Telecommunications plc’s and SBC Communications Inc.’s stakes in French company Cegetel for about $6.2 billion …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Barely a week after its parent company British Telecommunications (BT) revealed plans to re-enter the U.K. consumer mobile market, there are indications that Ireland’s number-two telecommunications provider Esat BT …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Handset manufacturer DBTEL, which already has contracts to produce phones for a number of leading European operators including British Telecommunications (BT), is to start selling phones under its own …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-U.K.-based British Telecommunications has launched three wireless local area network (WLAN) “hot spots” in London to provide personal digital assistant (PDA) and laptop users with high-speed Internet access. …

HOUSTON—Crown Castle International Corp. said its subsidiary, Crown Castle UK Ltd., reached an agreement with British Telecommunications plc to defer paying until March 2003 approximately $71.9 million of a $143.7 …

DUBLIN, Ireland—Ireland’s Office of the Director of Telecom Regulations received bids from three wireless operators for its four third-generation mobile licenses up for sale, including one “A” license covering 80 …

LONDON—MmO2, the mobile phone unit spun off from British Telecommunications last year, said it plans to cut 1,900 jobs in the United Kingdom and Germany as part of its restructuring …

LONDON—Mm02, the mobile-phone unit spun off from British Telecommunications plc last year, said it plans to cut 1,900 jobs in the United Kingdom and Germany as part of its restructuring …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The five holders of Italian third-generation (3G) licenses have each expressed an interest in launching bids for Blu, the Italian mobile operator that failed to gain a 3G …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Tele2 announced a mobile virtual network operator agreement in Germany with Viag Interkom. Tele2 will use Viag’s mobile network to provide the air interface for Tele2’s fixed-line customers. The …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Tele2 announced a mobile virtual network operator agreement in Germany with Viag Interkom. Tele2 will use Viag’s mobile network to provide the air interface for Tele2’s fixed-line customers. The …

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands—KPN Telecom and British Telecommunications are in talks regarding sharing their third-generation (3G) networks in the Netherlands, international press reports said. KPN said it was in talks with …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Despite losing a legal appeal over the timing of its third-generation (3G) license payments, British Telecommunications (BT) said it will instigate a fresh court action restating that it …