Cable & Wireless

SYDNEY, Australia-Telstra Corporation Ltd. and Hong Kong Internet company Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd. announced completion of revised terms of their alliance, first announced in April. Telstra will grab control of …

BEIJING-Vodafone, the world’s largest mobile-phone operator by total subscriber numbers, is set to take a 2-percent stake in China Mobile (Hong Kong), the listed subsidiary of parent China Mobile Telecommunications …

NEW YORK-Some 27 years after he placed the first “public portable cellular call,” from Midtown Manhattan to Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, Martin Cooper said he is unsure “if we, …

NEW YORK-The full-time profession of Henry J. Ritter, an attorney and accountant, is to put himself out of a job. Ritter & Associates, headquartered in North Bethesda, Md., steps in …

ANDOVER, Mass.-In accordance with a previously announced agreement, CMGI Inc. completed a share exchange of $500 million in shares of CMGI common stock for $500 million in shares of Pacific …

LONDON-Cable & Wireless is reported to be in talks regarding the sale of its controlling stake in Australian mobile carrier Cable & Wireless Optus, according to international press reports. The …

SYDNEY, Australia-Australia’s Telstra Corp. and Hong Kong’s Pacific Century CyberWorks released details regarding their previously announced alliance to establish a mobile company and an Asian Internet Protocol network. The announcement …

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-With Ireland-based Mossel Jamaica preparing to offer mobile communications competition to Cable & Wireless Jamaica early in the new year, negotiations on an interconnection agreement between the two networks …

After a month-long review, the Chinese government said in June that PHS will continue to be allowed in China’s county-level cities and counties. However, new PHS deployments will not be …

HONG KONG-Hong Kong may become the Asian leader in mobile e-commerce, as network operators rush to embrace next-generation smart cards, said Claus Hansen, GSM marketing director at smart card vendor …

DENVER, United States-One of the world’s most savvy and chic brand names is coming to the U.S. mobile-phone market next year. Virtual network operator (VNO) Virgin Mobile USA said it …

Ericsson Canada. With Microcell Connexions for a GPRS network. Value: Undisclosed China. With China Unicom for GSM expansions in Jilin, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Anhui and Hubei provinces. Value: US$176 million Laos. …

SINGAPORE-What do you do when you have loads of cash? You go shopping. That is precisely what Singapore Telecom has done. Flushed with cash reserves of some S$6.3 billion (US$3.7 …

Pinnacle Holdings reversed itself last week on an announcement it made earlier this month that it planned to pursue opportunities in the colocation facility business. Long a renter of space …

BSWD BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. has named cellular industry veteran Donald Kovalevich as its new president and chief executive officer. Former BSWD President and CEO William Lenahan left the company …

SYDNEY, Australia-Cable & Wireless Optus, which operates a mobile-phone network in Australia, said it is in discussions with other telecom companies about forming a partnership in mobile telephony outside Australia. …

The Australian government has banned Telstra, Australia’s dominant telecommunications provider, from bidding on 165 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.4 GHz auction in September, citing Telstra’s existing foothold in the …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Cable & Wireless introduced a global wireless Internet platform. Cable & Wireless is supplying the data center infrastructure and connectivity to its global Internet Protocol backbone, …

The Netherlands opened its auction for five third-generation Universal Mobile Telecommunications Services mobile-phone licenses Thursday, and immediately two of the eight bidding companies bowed out. Hutchison 3G Netherlands and Nogenta …

LONDON-Global telecommunications group Cable & Wireless announced it is investing $20 million in European Internet business accelerator GorillaPark. C&W said the investment reflects its commitment to delivering innovative Internet Protocol …

NEW YORK-Telstra Corp., Australia’s dominant telecommunications provider, “hates to be considered an incumbent because we transitioned to a New Age company years ago,” said Philip Wise, managing director of its …

SINGAPORE-Governments in Asia will issue licenses of third-generation (3G) cellular networks to around 40 operators in 11 countries within the next year, representatives from several equipment vendors said at the …

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-Just when a year-long wait to open Trinidad and Tobago’s telecommunications market seemed to have received the all-clear, another court action in June blocked plans by government to introduce …

Canada BCE Inc. said it is in discussions with the independent committee of the Teleglobe board of directors, the majority shareholders of Teleglobe and their tax advisers to finalize the …

LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc formally launched Cable & Wireless Global, incorporating operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and Japan. C&W said revenues for the year ending March …