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The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the …

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the …

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. signed a multi-million dollar contract with Malaysian mobile operator Celcom to expand Celcom’s GSM network and upgrade it with a mobile next-generation network solution, which will increase the …

HELSINKI, Finland-Celcom, a mobile operator in Malaysia, has launched the Tecnomen Multimedia Messaging Service Centers. The center enables Celcom to take full advantage of MMS terminals and take a leading …

SURABAYA, Indonesia-Following last year’s shareholding increase to 47.9 percent in Malaysia’s Celcom, government-owned telecommunication operator Telekom Malaysia offered US$1 billion to take over the rest of Celcom. Celcom’s remaining major …

JAKARTA, Indonesia-In response to the government’s call to consolidate the telecommunications industry, Telekom Malaysia increased its shareholding in Celcom from 31.2 percent to 47.9 percent. The total purchase consideration of …

KUALA LAMPUR, Malaysia-Malaysia’ second largest wireless operator Celcom Bhd. signed an agreement to merge with state-run telecommunications operator Telekom Malaysia Bhd’s TM Cellular Sdn. Bhd. wireless division, according to the …

MUNICH, Germany—Malaysian operator Celcom selected Siemens to supply its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology. The value of the contract was not disclosed. TTI to supply performance software to MobilCom …

OSLO, Norway—Telenor said its Malaysian subsidiary DiGi.Com entered into three joint venture agreements with Technology Resources Industries (TRI), which owns Malaysian mobile operator Celcom, the country’s second-largest operator. The companies …

EDGE is dead. Long live EDGE. Depending on where they stand on the EDGE debate, some operators want EDGE born alive. Others think it should be left as merely an …

NEW DELHI, India-Several leading GSM operators in the Asian region have announced plans for migration to 2.5-generation (2.5G) services during 2001. Many of them hope to roll out commercial General …

SWINDON, United Kingdom-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it completed the integration of its GPRS offering and has begun commercial system testing of its “always-on” Mobile Internet solution. The company said its …

NEW DELHI, India-The Southeast Asian region is set to enter a new era of wireless data within the next two years. Many operators in the region have already introduced wireless …

NEW DELHI, India-Countries in Asia and Southeast Asia specifically hit by economic crisis in the late 1990s are on the recovery path, paving the way for exponential growth in the …

Alcatel China. For GSM network extensions in Jilin, Zhejiang, Ningxia and Shaanxi provinces. Value: US$80 million Germany. With T-Mobil for a network extension. Value: US$71.2 million Kosovo. With the Kosovo …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed two deals providing increased capacity to wireless telecommunications providers. A $300 million contract with Mannesmann Mobilfunk will provide Global System for Mobile communications system equipment to …

Alcatel Argentina. With Telecom Argentina for a fixed wireless access network. Value: US$99.6 million Ericsson Argentina. With Unif

Asia-Pacific countries are beginning to emerge from the severe economic problems that have gripped them for two years, and mobile phone carriers are finding they desperately need cash to expand …

NEW YORK-“One of the humbling things about this business is that, for three out of four years, we are unapproachable and obnoxious, but in the fourth year we have to …

NEW YORK-Microcell Capital Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Microcell Telecommunications Inc., said it created GSM Capital L.P., an international venture-capital fund with more than $137 million committed to private-equity …

Sprint PCS to announce launch Sprint Spectrum L.P. is expected to announce today its personal communications services launch. The company did not note the markets where it expected to launch …

NEW YORK-In a very successful initial public offering, Deutsche Telekom AG, the German government’s telecommunications monopoly, went public Nov. 18. The IPO consisted of 600 million shares sold to outsiders …

NEW YORK-In a very successful initial public offering, Deutsche Telekom AG, the German government’s telecommunications monopoly, went public Nov. 18. The IPO consisted of 600 million shares sold to outsiders …

Knowing that network efficiency and service quality will be key differentiators in the new arena of wireless competition, and having cut its teeth on the fast-growing digital systems in Europe …