CAMBRIDGE, England-Mini-base station developer Ip.access Ltd. picked up $8.5 million in funds to develop in-building third-generation access points for homes and small businesses. Scottish Equity Partners led the round, joined by Intel Capital and Rothschild Gestion. The company said it has successfully produced and...
CAMBRIDGE, England—Mini-base station developer Ip.access Ltd. picked up $8.5 million in funds to develop in-building third-generation access points for homes and small businesses. Scottish Equity Partners led the round, joined by Intel Capital and Rothschild Gestion. The company said it has successfully produced and...
PARIS-France Telecom and the consortium of The Blackstone Group, CVC Capital Partners and Providence Equity Partners Inc. said they will join forces to participate in the tender process of the National Property Fund (NPF) of the Czech Republic for the sale of its 51-percent...
ANDOVER, Mass.-Mobile music company Chaoticom unveiled a deal to distribute full-length audio tracks from EMI Music to mobile handsets through its European carrier partners.Under terms of the partnership, Chaoticom has access to 200,000 tracks in EMI's library and will make them available through four...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile software developer Intellisync Corp. established a mobile carrier organization to target emerging opportunities and build on current carrier relationships, the company announced.Korak Mitra, who was tabbed as senior vice president of worldwide carrier operations, will lead the organization. Mitra is charged...
OSLO, Norway-The Starmap Mobile Alliance, an alliance of small European operators aimed at gaining more equipment-buying and roaming power, said Czech mobile carrier Eurotel Praha has joined the group, increasing its membership to 11 operators with more than 53 million subscribers."We look forward to...
Siemens AG said it has signed a contract to supply solutions that will enable China Unicom to bring video clips and songs to subscribers' mobile phones. The carrier intends to offer the first video services to about 400,000 customers. Siemens will integrate its media...
ANDOVER, Mass.-Millions of European wireless phone customers can now download entire songs directly to their handsets, mobile music company Chaoticom, Inc. announced. European carriers Orange U.K., Eurotel and Telenor Mobile Norway have partnered with Massachusetts-based Chaoticom to allow customers to browse, preview and...
Following are mobile infrastructure contracts announced in March:Ireland With Meteor for a core GPRS solution.Value: UndisclosedUnited States With First Cellular of Southern Illinois for MMS Proxy Relay, WAP Gateway and Push Proxy Platform products.Value: UndisclosedUnited States With MetroPCS for MMS equipment.Value: UndisclosedEricssonIreland With Meteor...
PRAGUE-Nortel Networks has been chosen to supply Czech Republic-based wireless service provider Eurotel Praha with a CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network that will operate in the 450 MHz radio spectrum. The network will allow Eurotel to introduce broadband Internet and other advanced services like wireless e-mail...
The past few years have forced mobile carriers to change tactics on many fronts. During the telecom boom, having a global presence seemed essential. But wireless carriers recently have been selling stakes in operations outside their core markets and honing in on their main...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic-Cesky Telecom said it closed with five banks a $1 million syndicated credit facility, which it will use to purchase the 49-percent stake in mobile operator Eurotel Praha held by AT&T Wireless and Verizon Communications. The acquisition was first announced in June....
PRAGUE-The Czech Office for the Protection of Economic Competition has approved Cesky Telecom's planned purchase of the 49-percent stake it does not already own in wireless operator Eurotel Praha.Cesky Telecom is buying the stake from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. according...
Beaten back by a lackluster economy and ambivalent wireless users, an assortment of veteran wireless data players has sought refuge in the company of network operators. By targeting wireless carriers, these companies are looking to find a stable customer base amid a cutthroat business...
REDMOND, Wash.-As previously announced by Cesky Telecom, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it has signed an agreement to jointly sell with Verizon Communications Inc. a 49-percent interest in Czech Republic wireless operator Eurotel Praha to Cesky Telecom for $1.05 billion. Proceeds from the sale...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic-Cesky Telecom, the largest fixed-line operator in the Czech Republic, has reached a tentative agreement to buy full control of mobile operator Eurotel from Verizon Communications and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. for $1.05 billion, international press reports said. The two U.S. operators...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Subscribers to the Czech cell-phone operator RadioMobil are being invited to boycott the network for one day following the company's announcement that it plans to raise prices. Organizers of the boycott, who have established at least two Web sites detailing their complaints,...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Irish company Sepro said the Czech Republic's EuroTel Praha selected its e-Rate rating software. The software will help Eurotel capture value and generate revenues from its mobile data and voice services to prepaid and postpaid subscribers.
BUCHAREST, Romania-The three main mobile Czech operators and the country's five most important banks have founded the Mobile Payment Association (MPA). The aim of the MPA is to develop and support a unified system for mobile-phone payments, thus boosting the development of mobile financial...
BUCHAREST, Romania-EuroTel Praha, the Czech GSM operator, announced it will launch multimedia messaging service (MMS) for its contract customers on 30 August."Multimedia messaging is the natural evolution of SMS (short message service) technology, and MMS takes us a major step closer to third-generation technology,"...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic-A consortium led by Deutsche Bank will purchase a 51-percent stake for US$1.7 billion in Cesky Telecom, which owns 51 percent of mobile operator EuroTel Praha. The sale ends a more than two-year privatization process.Demark's TDC is also a partner in the...
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia- The Telecommunications Office of the Slovak Republic awarded two of three available third-generation (3G) licenses to the country's two current mobile operators, Orange and EuroTel Bratislava. Each operator will pay $33.8 million for the 20-year licenses.The only other bidder, local company Profinet.sk,...
DENVER, United States—The Slovak government announced three companies submitted bids for the country's three third-generation (3G) licenses. Incumbent operators Eurotel and Orange bid for the two individual 3G licenses on offer, while market newcomer Profinet.sk bid for the combined GSM and 3G license.The combined...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The Czech Republic's largest mobile operator, EuroTel, is back in the takeover sights of Cesky Telecom. This comes as the Czech government called off plans to sell its 51-percent shareholding in Cesky Telecom, which reported it is looking to restart discussions with...
