WASHINGTON-A day before the civilian administrator of Iraq addressed the National Press Club and the U.S. Department of Commerce released the details of an auction of Iraqi mobile-phone licenses, a mobile-phone network began operations in Baghdad.Batelco Iraq, a new division of Bahrain Telecommunications Inc.,...
KINGSTON, Jamaica-Cable & Wireless Jamaica has become the first Cable & Wireless Caribbean operation to begin GPRS service, according to a statement from technology provider Nortel Networks Ltd. The operator is the first of 12 planned deployments of GPRS technology across the region.The new...
LONDON-U.K.-based telecommunications provider Cable & Wireless said it will cut 1,500 U.K. jobs, exit the U.S. market and suspend its dividend for a year.The announcements came after the operator announced its annual results, including a $10.6 billion loss. However, the company's C&W Regional arm,...
LONDON-Cable & Wireless said it is cutting about 200 employees in its London headquarters as part of its continuing restructuring efforts. New management is making the reductions, which include half of the current headquarters staff, as part of its strategy to get several of...
LONDON and PARIS-Two European telecommunications companies announced expansions of their GPRS Roaming Exchange programs.Cable & Wireless said it expanded its service into the Asia-Pacific region by connecting additional operators within the Vodafone Group. Cable & Wireless said it has now connected 30 operators to...
DENVER, United States-AT&T Wireless confirmed that it has won a license to offer mobile services on the Caribbean island of Dominica. The U.S.-based operator will compete against Cable & Wireless, which saw its shares plunge about 42 percent early this week following news of...
SAN FRANCISCO-Connexion by Boeing and Cable & Wireless have joined to introduce broadband connectivity to international airline travelers starting in 2003.Lufthansa and British Airways will offer 3-month service trials to trans-Atlantic travelers in the first quarter 2003. Japan Airlines and Scandinavian Airlines Systems have...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Cable & Wireless Panama has launched its first GSM/GPRS 850 MHz network, according to L.M. Ericsson, which supplied the equipment."By upgrading its network in the 850 MHz frequency, Cable & Wireless Panama will be able to offer its customers the latest, most advanced...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, will launch a flat rate mobile service in the second quarter of 2003, the company said on Thursday.According to the firm, the service based on PHS networks will be provided at 4,000 yen (US$32.61) to 5,000...
MELBOURNE, Australia-Consumers contacted Australia's Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman 62,275 times to complain about telephone and Internet services last financial year, a drop of 13 percent on the previous year, the organization's annual report released on Wednesday stated.In particular, the report revealed much customer disquiet with...
LONDON-Cable & Wireless and Amdocs announced that Cable & Wireless Regional will implement Amdocs Ensemble for billing and customer care for its mobile operations in the West Indies and Macau.With the Ensemble billing platform, Amdocs will provide Cable & Wireless with customer hierarchy capabilities,...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson announced it will supply BellSouth's Panama affiliate with a cdma2000 1x overlay for the operator's nationwide TDMA network, including network equipment, services and Sony Ericsson handsets.The news closely follows Ericsson's announcement earlier this week it will supply Cable & Wireless with equipment...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson announced it will supply BellSouth's Panama affiliate with a CDMA2000 1x overlay for the operator's nationwide TDMA network including network equipment, services and Sony Ericsson handsets.The news closely follows Ericsson's recent announcement it will supply Cable & Wireless with equipment and services...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson said it will be the sole supplier of equipment and services for a GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) 800 MHz network in Panama. Cable & Wireless will be the first Panamanian operator to offer GSM services and the first operator outside the...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson finalized the sale of its stake in joint venture Ericsson Panda Mobile Terminals Co. Ltd. in Nanjing, China, to Microcell S.A., and concluded a patent license agreement with Huawei Technologies for network equipment.Under terms of the agreement, Ericsson granted Huawei Technologies...
WASHINGTON—InPhonic Inc., which provides communication software and services to businesses, today announced Scott Yancey, former chief financial officer at Cable & Wireless USA and Network Access Solutions Corp., joined InPhonic as CFO, and Frank Bennett, former senior vice president and group operations officer at...
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...
KINGSTON, Jamaica—A fourth cellular operator is expected to enter the Jamaica market on 1 March, 2003.The Jamaican government announced plans to award a license for mobile communications, saying the market is far from saturated. Centennial Digital last October joined the Irish company Digicel and...
LONDON—Cable & Wireless announced it has signed BT Cellnet, the U.K. business of mmO2, as a commercial customer of its mobile data roaming service, Cable & Wireless GPRS Roaming Exchange (GRX).Cable & Wireless GRX will allow BT Cellnet access to more than 15 General...
LONDON—Cable & Wireless announced it has signed BT Cellnet, the U.K. business of Mmo2 plc, as a commercial customer of its mobile data roaming service, Cable & Wireless GPRS Roaming Exchange (GRX).Cable & Wireless GRX will allow BT Cellnet access to more than 15...
MIAMI, United States—Brightstar and Cable & Wireless signed an agreement that will require Brightstar to provide Cable & Wireless with product distribution and tracking, among other fulfillment services.Under this agreement, Brightstar will service 13 Cable & Wireless companies in the West Indies.
