OXFORD, United Kingdom-Following months of discrete negotiations about merging parts of their cellular operations, financial analysts have damned the proposed linkup between KPN and MmO2 as not providing the "magic solution" to KPN's deteriorating share price.Only days ago, broadsheet newspapers reported fresh talks between...
LONDON-Multimedia messaging services continues to drive much of the news in the wireless industry, with LogicaCMG and others announcing moves in the area.LogicaCMG announced an MMS framework agreement with KPN Mobile, and that E-Plus in Germany will be the first carrier to use LogicaCMG's...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having decided to abandon its third-generation (3G) plans and write down to zero its license and network investment, Germany's MobilCom is reported to be considering bids from KPN and MmO2 to acquire elements of the partially deployed infrastructure.The company is said to...
CANNES, France-ICQ, an instant messaging and online community owned by America Online Inc., announced it is working with wireless carriers across the world to extend its services to mobile users.ICQ (pronounced "I seek you") said it is working with Cellcom in Israel, E-Plus of...
TOKYO-Japanese content developer Bandai said it launched Charappal, its first content service for the European mobile market. The service will be available as an official i-mode content service offered by German operator E-Plus.Charappal is a download service for character-themed screen images and developed from...
MADRID, Spain-According to their newly reached "amicable agreement," Quam will pay E-Plus approximately $154 million before the end of December 2002 as compensation for the termination of all existing business relations between the two companies in Germany. In addition, E-Plus also can take over...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-As calls grow for the large-scale consolidation of European-based cell-phone operators, at the top of many financial analysts' list is U.K.-based MmO2. While the company recently announced better-than-expected first-half growth figures, the mobile operator is being increasingly viewed as not being able...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having built a wireless network covering nearly 20 percent of the German population, the beleaguered operator MobilCom is now said to be negotiating the sale of its infrastructure to E-Plus Mobilfunk. In return, E-Plus, which is owned by Royal KPN Telecom, is...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, is going to grant full support to French operator Bouygues Telecom to launch i-mode-like service in France. Bouygues Telecom is going to launch i-mode like service in December.In the European market, E-Plus launched i-mode-like service in...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it may cut back its current 16-percent stake in AT&T Wireless due to the U.S. carrier's declining stock price, even though DoCoMo recently increased its investment in AT&T Wireless to maintain its current holding, following AT&T Wireless' stock-based purchase of...
TOKYO-In support of the launch of its I-mode service in Europe, NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will establish a consulting firm in the Netherlands. The carrier said the European venture, DoCoMo I-mode Europe B.V., will provide consultation regarding technology and marketing as well as...
TOKYO—NEC Corp. said it received an order from Taiwan's KG Telecommunications for mobile handsets for KG Telecom's i-mode service. NEC said the delivery will make it the first supplier of i-mode handsets in Asia outside Japan.KG Telecom will be the first company in Asia...
TOKYO—NEC, the leading handset maker in Japan, announced that it shipped 2.5-generation (2.5G) handsets for China Mobile. China Mobile is the largest mobile carrier in China with 115 million subscribers.China Mobile launched data service based on General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology last week....
ATLANTA, United States—BellSouth announced it sold its entire stake, or 234.7 million shares, in Dutch telecommunications provider Royal KPN. The sale will give the company an after-tax gain of US$850 million during the first quarter.BellSouth and KPN in January restructured their relationship to allow...
ATLANTA—BellSouth Corp. announced it sold its entire stake, or 234.7 million shares, in Dutch telecommunications provider Royal KPN. The sale will give the company an after-tax gain of $850 million during the first quarter.BellSouth and KPN in January restructured their relationship to allow BellSouth...
HAMAMATSU CITY, Shizuoka—Yamaha Corp. announced it will provide a 16-note polyphonic cellular ring tone download service to German carrier E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH & Co. KG—coinciding with E-Plus's launch of i-mode wireless Internet service in Germany.The service, Yamaha Super-Ringtone!, will be distributed to NEC's i-mode-capable...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. announced two third-generation contract wins this week, the first with Germany's E-Plus Mobilfunk and the second with T-Mobile International.Nokia will be the main supplier for E-Plus' 3G network in Germany through a $131.4 million contract. Nokia will be the exclusive vendor...
HANOVER, Germany—E-plus, Germany's third largest wireless operator, selected Lucent Technologies to provide its MiLife SurePay real-time billing system for its GSM network. Lucent said the solution will allow E-plus to offer converged payment and access services to its customers, as well as both...
ATLANTA—BellSouth Corp. closed its previously announced agreement with Dutch telecommunications provider Royal KPN, restructuring the relationship between the two companies.Under the agreement, BellSouth exchanged its 22.51-percent stake in German mobile operator E-Plus for 234.7 million shares of KPN, or 9.42 percent of KPN's outstanding...
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands—After much speculation about i-mode services in the European market, KPN Mobile said its German subsidiary E-Plus will begin offering the commercial mobile data service this week, followed by KPN Mobile's launch in the Netherlands in April.KPN said the European i-mode...
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands—After much speculation about i-mode services in the European market, KPN Mobile said its German subsidiary E-Plus will begin offering the commercial mobile data service this week, followed by KPN Mobile's launch in the Netherlands in April.KPN said the European i-mode...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, on 18 February announced it will launch i-mode-like service in Germany in March or April through its partner, E-Plus. Based on the basic agreement, NTT DoCoMo will transfer and license technologies for i-mode like service to...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands—Dutch telecommunications giant KPN will buy the remaining 22.5-percent interest in German mobile-phone operator E-Plus that it does not already own from U.S.-based BellSouth for about US$1.06 billion in KPN stock, giving KPN full control of E-Plus.As part of the deal, KPN...
AMSTERDAM—Dutch telecommunications giant KPN will buy the remaining 22.5-percent interest in German mobile-phone operator E-Plus from U.S.-based BellSouth Corp. for about $1.06 billion in KPN stock, giving KPN full control of E-Plus.As part of the deal, KPN will pay a $416 million loan back...
