Europolitan

OSLO, Norway-Europolitan Vodafone filed a formal request with PTS, the Swedish national telecom regulator, asking for an extra two years to meet its third-generation (3G) license conditions. The application coincided …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Vodafone Group’s Swedish subsidiary Europolitan will not meet regulator deadlines for building a third-generation (3G) network. Europolitan Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jon Risfelt said that reaching the Swedish national …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having operated as a fixed-line operator in Spain since early 2001, Sweden-based Tele2 has now obtained the necessary license agreements to become the country’s first mobile virtual network …

HELSINKI, Finland-Tele2, Sweden’s second-largest network operator, has threatened to “hand back” its Norwegian third-generation (3G) license unless regulatory authorities in Norway relax the terms under which the license was granted …

HELSINKI, Finland—Norwegian telecom operator Telenor’s competitors in Scandinavia are puzzled by the Oslo-based operator’s decision to price at the high end for multimedia messaging services (MMS). Telenor intends to charge …

LONDON—Short message service (SMS) company Logica said it scored two multimedia messaging contracts and is trialing the product with five additional wireless carriers. The company did not name its customers. …

HELSINKI, Finland—PTS, the Swedish national telecom regulator, has warned Sweden-based mobile operators that it will beginning using its wider discretionary powers if it feels that operators are “not working hard …

LONDON—Vodafone Group reported its Greek wireless subsidiary, Panafon-Vodafone, officially changed its name to Vodafone. Panafon adopted the dual-brand name a year ago as part of the Vodafone global brand migration …

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HELSINKI, Finland—Skanova, the wholesale division of the Swedish state telecom Telia, signed a letter of understanding to sell network capacity to Svenska UMTS-net, a company that is building a Universal …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The four Swedish telecom operators that acquired third-generation (3G) licenses last year will face heavy fines if they fail to complete their network deployments on time, said the …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish vendor NCC Telecom said Sweden’ third-generation (3G) license holder Hi3G selected it to provide 3G infrastructure. The agreement covers the construction of at least 500 base stations in …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—The Post and Telecom Agency in Sweden said it awarded wireless broadband licenses to four Swedish-based telecommunications companies, including Telia, Europolitan Holdings, Telenordia unit Telenordia Access and Quadracom Wireless. …

STOCKHOLM—The Post and Telecom Agency in Sweden said it awarded wireless broadband licenses to four Swedish-based telecommunications companies, including Telia AB, Europolitan Holdings AB, Telenordia AB unit Telenordia Access and …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—3G Infrastructure Services (3GIS) selected its third-generation (3G) vendors. Swedish vendor NCC Telecom signed a contract to provide base stations to 3GIS in Sweden. The value of the contract …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish vendor NCC Telecom signed a contract to provide third-generation base stations to 3G Infrastructure Services in Sweden. The value of the contract was not disclosed. Under the agreement, …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Skanova, a Swedish developer of telephony, Internet and broadband services, has signed an agreement on the delivery of network capacity to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network planned …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Using PipeBeach’s VoiceXML platform, Europolitan Vodafone’s customers are now able to download and listen to ring tones simply by using their voice. Europolitan Vodafone launched its voice portal earlier …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Using PipeBeach’s VoiceXML platform, Europolitan Vodafone’s customers are now able to download and listen to ring tones simply by using their voice. Europolitan Vodafone launched its Voice Portal in …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse today announced Swedish mobile carrier Europolitan Vodafone will trial Comverse’s multimedia messaging service over its GPRS network. Comverse’s announcement comes a week after the company released the results …

WOODBURY, New York, United States—Comverse announced Swedish mobile carrier Europolitan Vodafone will trial Comverse’s multimedia messaging service over its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network. Comverse’s announcement comes a week …

LA JOLLA, Calif.—Bitfone Corp. released the company’s flagship product, iBroker, in an effort to tap into the growing multimedia messaging market. Bitfone said its product allows users to send multimedia …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Nokia said it has signed a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) contract to deliver core network and radio access for Europolitan Vodafone.Nokia will begin deliveries within the month and …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Nokia Corp. said it has signed a UMTS contract to deliver core network and radio access for Europolitan Vodafone.Nokia will begin deliveries this month and will launch the network …

DUBLIN, Ireland-The cost of building individual third-generation (3G) networks has been described as a noose around the neck of European mobile operators already struggling with huge debts. But several 3G …