British Telecommunications

NEW YORK—MMO2, the BT Wireless unit that British Telecommunications plans to spin off in November, has received low-tier investment-grade corporate credit ratings of Baa2 from Moody’s Investors Service and BBB- …

Avesair Inc. may be just shy of its first birthday, but its proven technology has years behind it and its executives are industry veterans. In fact, the expertise and experience …

LONDON-Manx Telecom, the British Telecommunications plc subsidiary that postponed its third-generation network launch from May until later this year, said it completed the Isle of Man’s first data call over …

LONDON—Manx Telecom, the British Telecommunications subsidiary that postponed its third-generation (3G) network launch from May until later this year, said it completed the Isle of Man’s first data call over …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Some of the major shareholders of Blu, Italy’s fourth-largest mobile operator, have made it clear they no longer want to remain involved with the company. British Telecommunications (BT) …

NEW YORK-Verizon Communications and SBC Communications Inc. held onto their respective first- and second-place rankings for profitability for 2000, according to research from Standard & Poor’s. Deutsche Telekom-which was not …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it signed a deal to deliver a complete third-generation network with German operator Viag Interkom, owned by British Telecommunications plc, for $344.1 million. Deliveries will begin …

If your mother is like mine, she probably told you to share when you were a child. Sharing is a good thing, at least in the eyes of most moms. …

If your mother is like mine, she probably told you to share when you were a child. Sharing is a good thing, at least in the eyes of most moms …

HELSINKI, Finland-There is an old saying in Norway that declares “true arrogance is a city inhabited by Swedes.” However generalized and over the top that expression may be in the …

DUBLIN, Ireland-The cost of building individual third-generation (3G) networks has been described as a noose around the neck of European mobile operators already struggling with huge debts. But several 3G …

BT Wireless and Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile International said their operating companies in the United Kingdom and Germany plan to cooperate on the rollout of third-generation networks. The agreement includes coordinated …

NEW YORK-Bucking the spin-off and tracking stock trend among telecommunications companies, Rogers Communications Inc., Toronto, plans to take Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. private by buying back the 48-percent stake that …

Move over, Neville Chamberlain. Mobile-phone carriers in Great Britain and Germany last week struck a deal out of desperation, an arrangement with obvious policy implications that may or may not …

NEW YORK-Carrier network sharing, which made headlines this month in Europe with regard to third-generation wireless, is nothing new and will not hurt the prospects of equipment providers, executives of …

As European telecom companies pant under spectrum’s debt burden and fret over possible third-generation rewards, a market research firm thinks the future is worthy of the torture. “Mobile operators will …

FRANKFURT, Germany-In a win for new entrants in Germany’s mobile market, RegTP, the German telecom regulator, said it would allow the country’s six Universal Mobile Telecommunications System license holders to …

NEW YORK-To celebrate World Environment Day, a group of telecommunications carriers, equipment vendors and industry associations formed the Global e-Sustainability Initiative last week, an alliance billed as the first of …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc has completed its acquisition of the interests of British Telecommunications Plc (BT) in Japan Telecom Co. Ltd. (JT) and J-Phone Communications Co. Ltd. (JPC) for a cash …

OTTAWA-BT Cellnet, the mobile business branch of the U.K.’s British Telecommunications plc’s wireless unit, has partnered with Research In Motion Ltd. to offer the wireless e-mail solution, BlackBerry, throughout the …

After a year in which its global customer base increased from 53 million customers to a staggering 83 million customers, U.K.-based Vodafone Group plc said it will turn its attention …

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Intel Corp. and British Telecommunications plc’s BTexact Technologies and BT Wireless businesses said they will work together to develop applications and services for next-generation mobile Internet devices. The …

LONDON-In yet another setback for third-generation technology, Manx Telecom, a subsidiary of British Telecommunications plc, has postponed its mid-May launch of 3G services on the tiny Isle of Man. The …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc has agreed to pay $6.9 billion total for British Telecommunications plc’s interests in Japan and Spain. The sale includes BT’s 20-percent stake in Japan Telecom and its …

GENEVA-How the mighty have fallen. British Telecommunications (BT), once ranked among the world’s most powerful carriers, is finding itself buckling under a crippling mountain of debt in a climate where …