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 Mobile Consumer Division.To provide a full suite of services, the company is involved in...
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 CommunicAsia show here recently. And 3G deployments may begin in the most advanced markets...
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 competition with as many as three new cellular providers.The government of Prime Minister Basdeo...
CanadaBCE 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 structure of BCE's proposed acquisition of the company. BCE also said it is involved with...
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 31 for the businesses that now make up C&W Global totaled $5.5 billion, and it...
Just as a zoo is a place where different species from around the world can peacefully co-mingle, telezoo.com said it is a place where telecommunication buyers and sellers can easily interact.The Web site is home to telezoo.com's ZooCommerce platform, which includes a large database...
HONG KONG-The board of directors of Cable & Wireless HKT Ltd. unanimously resolved to recommend to C&W HKT's shareholders that they accept the offer from Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd. to acquire the entire issued share capital of the Hong Kong wireless carrier.The takeover was...
MELBOURNE, Australia-The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) announced that beginning Sept. 25, 2001, mobile-phone carriers must allow customers to keep their number when changing phone companies. The date is six months later than the date suggested in the ACA's preliminary report released in March.ACA considers...
LONDON-NTL Inc. reported the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in England approved France Telecom S.A.'s investment in NTL without a reference to the Competition Commission.NTL noted that all necessary conditions to the Cable & Wireless Communications plc scheme of arrangement that form...
LOS ANGELES-Oberthur Card Systems developed a betting application for Cable & Wireless HKT Mobile Services enabling mobile subscribers to place bets using their mobile phones.The application allows customers to place bets on horses or races, purchase lottery tickets with the choice of manual or...
HONG KONG-Speculation that Pacific Century CyberWorks' (PCCW) takeover of Cable & Wireless HKT may be unraveling increased last week, because of the continuing decline in PCCW's shares, which are nearly 40 percent below their late-February level when the deal was first established.Both Australia's News...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported that Asian operators M1 and Cable & Wireless HKT Mobile Services successfully carried out a General Packet Radio Service roaming signalling trial between two GPRS core networks supplied by Nokia."This important step demonstrates that we can support cross network roaming...
SYDNEY, Australia-Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Ltd. joined three Australian mobile phone incumbents in securing spectrum in the 1800 MHz band. Proceeds of the spectrum auction totaled more than $809.5 million for the Australian government, with One.Tel Ltd., Telstra Corp. and Vodafone AirTouch plc also receiving...
NEW YORK-Last May, 25 technology companies established the ASP Industry Consortium, Wakefield, Mass., to accomplish a delicate but important mission. Bring some order to the burgeoning and somewhat chaotic application service provider sector, but avoid actual standards setting.By definition, ASPs house, host and manage...
HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp.'s subsidiary, Crown Castle Australia Ltd., signed a definitive agreement to purchase about 700 wireless communications towers from Cable & Wireless Optus for $135 million, including an exclusive right to develop all future tower sites for Optus during the next six...
I missed out on the conga line of carriers, vendors and Digerati who stole the show last week in New Orleans. It's a wireless data world after all. The Net is revolutionizing the wireless industry. It's revolutionizing everything, everywhere.Just last week, a Hong Kong...
HONG KONG-The board of directors of Cable & Wireless HKT has appointed an independent committee of the board to consider the terms of the offer announced Feb. 29 by Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd. to acquire C&W HKT through a wholly owned subsidiary of PCCW.Cable...
HONG KONG-After courting competing bids for several weeks, Cable and Wireless plc accepted a $35.9 billion cash and stock offer for its Hong Kong wireless operator from Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd. The deal is one of the largest ever in Asia.The agreement beat a...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-While plans for a second cellular license in Trinidad and Tobago remain stalled by a court action, Jamaica has reaped another windfall with a second license going to Irish company Mossel Ltd.Mossel, based in Dublin, bid US$47.5 million to operate a GSM 900...
HONG KONG-After courting competing bids for several weeks, Cable and Wireless plc accepted a US$35.9 billion cash and stock offer for its Hong Kong wireless operation from Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd. The deal is one of the largest ever in Asia.The agreement beat a...
The UMTS Forum said it welcomed proposals by the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Conference Preparatory Group (APG) for adoption of the 2520-2670 MHz band to support the terrestrial component of IMT-2000. APG proposed that administrations make up to 160 megahertz of additional spectrum available for IMT-2000.AustraliaVirgin...
HONG KONG-Pacific Century CyberWorks, the Asian Internet company vying for a tie-up with Cable & Wireless HKT, raised more than $1 billion through a share placement. The funds could help PCCW's possible bid for Cable & Wireless HKT and thwart a partnership between HKT...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago-Cable & Wireless is said to be in negotiations with Trinidad and Tobago regarding the future of the carrier's monopoly on the islands.The discussions follow Jamaica's introduction of telecom liberalization last year, which ended Cable & Wireless' 25-year exclusive...
HONG KONG-An Asian Internet company is looking to block the proposed merger between Cable & Wireless HKT Ltd. and Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., Reuters reported. Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd. hinted that it could launch a competing bid for Cable & Wireless HKT, one of six...
