REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it signed an agreement to sell its ownership stake in Taiwanese mobile carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. to the carrier's majority shareholder, Far Eastern Group, for $330 million in cash.Earlier this month, Far EasTone and KG Telecommunications, another...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it signed an agreement to sell its ownership stake in Taiwanese mobile carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. to the carrier's majority shareholder, Far Eastern Group, for $330 million in cash.Earlier this week, Far EasTone and KG Telecommunications, another Taiwanese...
TOKYO-Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. looks to have stepped in to revive a merger between two Taiwanese mobile operators that was speculated to have fallen through. DoCoMo said it had agreed to a deal in which KG Telecommunications Co. will become a 100-percent controlled...
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has won a contract worth $64 million to supply GSM equipment to Chunghwa Telecom to cover more than 7.5 million subscribers.Nortel will supply radio, core switching and intelligent network equipment for wireless voice and access technology.
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Two Taiwanese mobile operators have agreed to merge, marking continuing consolidation in Taiwan's mobile market.Far EasTone Telecommunications said it will acquire KG Telecommunications for about $877 million.KGT shareholders will be offered to convert one KGT share into 0.46332 Far EasTone share plus 20...
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Two Taiwanese mobile operators have agreed to merge, marking continuing consolidation in Taiwan's mobile market.Far EasTone Telecommunications said it will acquire KG Telecommunications for about $877 million.KGT shareholders will be offered to convert one KGT share into 0.46332 Far EasTone share plus 20...
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed a $20 million contract to supply Chunghwa Telecom with an optical long haul solution to support the carrier's wireless multimedia services."This new, high-speed, high-bandwidth backbone is expected to meet Taiwan's present and evolving fixed-line broadband access...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson AB said it will supply Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom with systems integration and content management for its emome mobile portal.Ericsson is offering technology that includes service personalization, communication gateway, content management and common service provisioning.Chunghwa has a 30-percent mobile market share in...
AlcatelParis. With Orascom Telecom for the supply and installation of GSM solutions in the Middle East and Africa.Value: Undisclosed. Brazil. With Telemar for a GSM 1800/GPRS network in Brazil.Value: US$275 millionMoscow. With ZAO SMARTS for GSM 900 MHz solutions to extend networks in the...
BEIJING—Nortel Networks signed a US$250 million contract with Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom to expand the carrier's GSM 900 MHz and GSM 1800 MHz dual-mode network to a capacity of 6.5 million subscribers.Chunghwa Telecom expects growth in SMS-traffic and prepaid subscriber numbers. Nortel Networks built the...
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Nortel Networks said it has signed an agreement to expand its GSM networks for Chunghwa Telecom for about US$250 million."These expansions are expected to increase Chunghwa Telecom's network capacity to 6.5 million subscribers and will enable Taiwan's leading telecommunications provider to offer high-performance...
SINGAPORE-The once sleepy telecommunications market in technology-centric Taiwan is finally stirring from its slumber.Having taken a back seat to the country's more well-known semiconductor industry until now, Taiwan's mobile-phone industry has now become one of the fastest-growing sectors in Taiwan, if not all of...
AlcatelEurope. With Orange as a strategic supplier for its third-generation networks throughout Europe.Value: UndisclosedItaly. With Wind Telecomunicazioni as a preferred third-generation network supplier.Value: UndisclosedEricssonChina. With China Telecom and Guangdong Mobile Communications to build a fixed network and expand Guangdong mobile networks.Value: US$550 millionChina. With China Mobile for...
EricssonCanada. With Microcell Connexions for a GPRS network.Value: UndisclosedChina. With China Unicom for GSM expansions in Jilin, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Anhui and Hubei provinces.Value: US$176 millionLaos. With Lao Telecommunications Co. for GSM switching.Value: US$1.2 millionMexico. With Pegaso forCDMA equipment for its PCS network.Value: US$200 millionTurkey. With Turkcell for a...
AustriaAustrian mobile operator Mobilkom Austria launched wireless packet data service using a GPRS core network infrastructure solution provided by Nortel Networks through its local distributor, Austria Telecommunication GmbH. Nortel said the GPRS core network is the first in commercial service to support interoperability with...
HONG KONG-U.S. mobile-phone vendors are gearing up for cdmaOne sales in China despite uncertainty whether the technology will be deployed there.While China Unicom told reporters here last week it still is interested in the technology, it remained unclear when and if the company would...
L.M. EricssonBrazil. With Telet S.A. to construct a TDMA network.Value: US$140 millionChina. With Chongqing Telecommunications Administration to expand its GSM network.Value: US$138 millionChina. With Hebei Post & Telecommunications Administration to expand its GSM and TACS networks.Value: US$110 millionMexico. With Telcel to build a 1900 MHz TDMA network...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed an agreement valued at $49 million with Chunghwa Telecom of Taiwan to upgrade the operator's Advanced Mobile Phone Service wireless network.Chunghwa plans to install base stations from Ericsson's RBS 884 series as well as its new mobile switching center, MSC...
