BROWSING: Europolitan

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 license winners could gain at least a stay of execution in the form of...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Uncertainty related to the future of Scandinavian mobile prepaid calling plans, less preferred here than in Western Europe generally, is largely due to the struggle to migrate customers to more expensive products and emerging technologies that could fundamentally change the relationship between vendor...

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Attempts by mobile operators that acquired third-generation (3G) licenses to share networks have received a firm "no" from at least one European country regulator. While Germany's RegTP has stated that license documents clearly indicate each winner must build its own network, regulators...

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc customers on seven of the company's networks in Europe now can use their normal "short code" dialing numbers to access services such as voicemail, directory assistance and customer service when traveling outside their home country."Allowing customers to use their existing short...

KARLSKRONA, Sweden-Europolitan and Hi3G, two companies granted Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses in Sweden last year, agreed to jointly build part of their UMTS infrastructure.The companies will form a common entity designated to build and provide UMTS infrastructure, mainly outside the three major metropolitan...

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced 10 operators around the world now have commercial GPRS services based on Nokia solutions up and running.The company said the next step will be to optimize GPRS networks for transporting WAP and other content.The companies launching GPRS services are Fujian...

STOCKHOLM-Swedish emergency operator SOS Alarm AB said it signed an agreement to ally with Unwire, a subsidiary of CellPoint, to provide positioning, security and telematics services across Sweden.SOS Alarm already is working with Europolitan and Telia, two Swedish cellular operators, making it possible for...

AlcatelCameroon. With Societe Camerounaise de Mobiles (SCM) for a GSM network for the area between the cities of Yaounde, Douala and Bafoussam.Value: US$21.15 millionChina. With Post and Telecommunications Administration of Hubei province for DECT wireless local loop systems.Value: US$20 millionMozambique. With Telecomunicacoes Moeis de Mocambique for...

NEW YORK-Like Sam Ginn, its chairman and chief executive officer, AirTouch Communications Inc. is on a roll, aided by those two key components of success-good luck and good timing.Ginn arrived in New York Feb. 4 from San Francisco to meet "the Street," just behind...

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Personal communications services provider Omnipoint Communications Services Inc. began operational roaming with Libertel in the Netherlands and Europolitan in Sweden.Although the companies' networks operate in different frequencies, roaming is possible through subscriber identity module cards, a feature of Global System for Mobile...

Four parties received licenses to provide personal communications services in Sweden. Nordiska Tele8 and current cellular operators Telia Mobitel, Europolitan and Comviq will build nationwide Global System for Mobile communications networks at 1.8 GHz, announced the National Post and Telecom Agency in Sweden.Cellular penetration...

STOCKHOLM-Only four parties submitted applications and down payments, due Dec. 11, indicating interest in operating Global System for Mobile communications digital wireless phone service at the 2 GHz frequency in Sweden.The participating parties, including the three current GSM cellular operators, each submitted $15,000 to...

Sweden's Post and Telestyrelsen, the national telecom agency, said it expects to license up to four operators for nationwide personal communications networks early next year.Cellular penetration is at about 25 percent of Sweden's nearly 9 million people, so while the country is home to...