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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Following are mobile infrastructure contracts announced in March: Ireland With Meteor for a core GPRS solution. Value: Undisclosed United States With First Cellular of Southern Illinois for MMS Proxy Relay, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Following its successful cell-phone investments in Croatia and Slovenia, Mobilkom, part of the former state monopoly Telekom Austria, admitted that it is investigating further investments in Eastern Europe, …