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, especially given that mobile penetration in its home market of Austria is more than...
GENEVA—General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) roaming exchanges (GRX) are rapidly emerging as a profitable new service niche in Europe and around the world, as mobile operators get serious about GPRS and struggle to come to grips with the complex roaming and billing issues surrounding...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic—The Czech government launched a second round of a tender to acquire a majority stake in state-owned Cesky Telecom after receiving bids below its minimum-set price. The government wanted a 45-percent premium over the current market value, and bids for the 51-percent...
HELSINKI, Finland—TDC, the Danish telecom company that is currently the subject of attention from acquisitive Nordic neighbor Telia, is being linked as a "probable" contender to take over Cesky Telecom, which owns 51 percent of EuroTel Praha, the Czech Republic's fastest growing mobile operator.Deutsche...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Latvia and the Czech Republic have both indicated their readiness to deploy third-generation (3G) networks, albeit within different timescales. Operators in Latvia will be able to bid for 3G spectrum rights this June under the condition that services are launched by early...
DENVER, United States—The government of Slovakia announced a tender to sell three third-generation (3G) mobile telephone licenses by mid-year for around US$31.6 million each through a "beauty contest," according to international press reports. If all three licenses are awarded, the country will see a...
BUCHAREST, Romania—EuroTel Praha, the Czech GSM operator, announced that with the help of a movable base station connected to the EuroTel network, members of the Czech army can make mobile telephone calls from Kosovo."Our engineers are ready to create and build towers wherever they...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic—Eight companies have submitted bids for a majority stake in Cesky Telecom. Cesky Telecom owns 51 percent of EuroTel Praha, the country's largest mobile operator.The government did not name the interested parties, but France T
BUCHAREST, Romania—In a press statement, the Czech Telecommunications Office (CTU) said that only mobile operators RadioMobil and EuroTel Praha submitted bids for third-generation (3G) licenses in the country.The third Czech GSM incumbent operator, Cesky Mobil, refused to participate to the license tender, claiming that...
BUCHAREST, Romania—EuroTel Praha, a Czech cellular operator, extended its EuroTel GSM banking service to another banking house, Raiffeisenbank. "A variety of direct communication with a bank is gradually becoming standard on the Czech banking market. Our expansion in the Czech Republic, with its main...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic—All three incumbent mobile operators in the Czech Republic have refused to pay the minimum US$180 million price set for the country's third-generation (3G) licenses, sending the licensing process into an upheaval. The licenses are set to be auctioned next month, but...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic—The Czech Republic will issue three Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) licenses instead of the originally planned four, and it postponed the deadline for the tender until 30 November, according to international press reports. Incumbent operators EuroTel and RadioMobil were the only...
PRAHA, Czech Republic—Eurotel Praha on 14 September began offering all of its Eurotel GSM banking customers access to bank services through a mobile telephone. New, more up-to-date and safer multibanking technology used by Eurotel GSM allows access to up to 10 various bank accounts,...
BUCHAREST, Romania—Last week the Slovakian Minister of Economy approved a tender proposal for new GSM and UMTS licenses. The Slovakian government has set a minimum price of EUR23.1 million (US$21 million) on the three-band license. The government hopes the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic-Atlantic West, a joint venture owned 51 percent by Verizon Telecommunications and 49 percent by AT&T Corp., is reportedly selling its 49-percent stake in Czech mobile operator EuroTel Praha for about $1.5 billion to Cesky Telecom. The deal would give Cesky Telecom...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic—Atlantic West, a joint venture owned 51 percent by Verizon Telecommunications and 49 percent by AT&T, both of the United States, is reportedly selling its 49-percent stake in Czech mobile operator EuroTel Praha for about US$1.5 billion to Cesky Telecom. The deal...
BUCHAREST, Romania-Schlumberger Test & Transactions announced this week Slovakia's leading mobile operator EuroTel Bratislava has chosen Schlumberger as its partner in delivering a new, highly secure mobile banking service to multiple banks, based on Schlumberger Simera Java subscriber identity modules.Using this new, menu-driven service,...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic-During the 11 years since the fall of communism in Central Europe, the region's countries have rapidly embraced mobile telephony, including the ubiquitous GSM networks now blanketing the region. And operators are beginning to plan for next-generation mobile telephony in countries where...
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...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic-Cesky Mobil, the Czech Republic's third mobile telephone operator, is seeking to differentiate itself from its competition by offering low start-up costs and emphasizing ease of use.The formula has paid quick dividends. In its first four operational months, it signed up more...
BUCHAREST, Romania-Although most of the third-generation (3G) licensing attention in Europe is focused on Western Europe, Eastern European countries are also moving forward with licensing plans. The region, with lower wireless penetration rates than many Western European countries and improving economies, promises to hold...
Czech RepublicThe Czech Telecommunications Office (CTU) has preliminarily decided to issue fixed wireless access mobile telephone network licenses to three companies selected from 13 applicants, CTU Vice President Vladimir Kukra said Sept. 14. CTU is giving final consideration to the three applicants; it will...
BUDAPEST, Hungary-Euronet Services Inc. said it signed an agreement with EuroTel, a Global System for Mobile communications wireless service provider in the Czech Republic, allowing consumers to purchase prepaid mobile phone vouchers at Euronet ATMs in the Central European country.The agreement will allow EuroTel...
CANNES, France-The GSM Association, encompassing 400 wireless operators from 143 countries, awarded Czech wireless operator EuroTel Praha the "GSM in the Community" humanitarian award at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France.EuroTel was honored for coming to the aid of refugees from Kosovo being...
