SAN FRANCISCO-Via Licensing Corp. added LG Electronics Co. Ltd. as a licensor in its joint patent licensing program, which offers a license for patents that are critical for implementation of 802.11 standards.Other members include France Telecom SA, Fujitsu Ltd., Japan Radio Co. Ltd., Philips...
WARSAW, Poland-Poland's largest wireless carrier PTK Centertel selected Nortel Networks Ltd. as a supplier of third-generation radio equipment to upgrade its network across southern Poland. Under the supply agreement, Nortel will provide UMTS equipment and professional services to Centertel. Nortel professional services will help...
SEATTLE-France Telecom plans to offer its customers an integrated interface for voice, data and video communications over multiple networks and applications through its recently announced partnership with Microsoft Corp. The companies said the partnership, announced late last month, will allow France Telecom to offer...
SEATTLE-France Telecom plans to offer its customers an integrated interface for voice, data and video communications over multiple networks and applications through its recently announced partnership with Microsoft Corp.The companies said the partnership, announced late last month, will allow France Telecom to offer LivePhone,...
The United States is expected to lead the world in the adoption of fixed-mobile convergence through the end of the decade, with 7 percent of voice telephony consumers using an FMC product by 2010, according to a report released last week by Strategy Analytics....
JAPANJapanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will buy a stake in a U.S. mobile asset management provider. DoCoMo signed a joint venture and share subscription agreement with Ultra d.o.o., a Slovenian technology company. Under the agreement, DoCoMo will acquire a 49-percent equity...
PARIS-France Telecom and Microsoft Corp. announced a partnership agreement for the joint development of multimedia products and services for mobile and fixed networks. The companies will produce interactive services on intelligent and interconnected terminals, as well as products and services enabling fixed-mobile convergence for...
LONDON-European operator Orange plc said it has expanded its work with U.S. application creators with new development centers in Boston and San Francisco.The centers, which will work within the research and development laboratories of Orange's parent company France Telecom Group, offer tools and support...
PARIS-France Telecom signed a three-year strategic partnership agreement with Portuguese telecom company Sonaecom that will see FT sell its stake in Portuguese wireless operator Optimus. France Telecom is selling its 43.33-percent minority interest in Novis, which provides fixed telephony services, and Clix, which provides...
PARIS-France Telecom signed a three-year strategic partnership agreement with Portuguese telecom company Sonaecom that will see FT sell its stake in Portuguese wireless operator Optimus.France Telecom is selling its 43.33-percent minority interest in Novis, which provides fixed telephony services; Clix, which provides Internet services;...
PARIS-France Telecom said Monday it sold its 27.3-percent stake in MobilCom AG to Texas Pacific Group (TPG), a U.S. private equity fund, for $341.5 million in cash. Following the sale, France Telecom will continue to own 1 percent of MobilCom, a wireless and fixed-line...
PARIS-France Telecom signed an agreement with a group of minority shareholders in Orange Romania to acquire their shares for $523 million in cash, corresponding to a 2004 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization multiple of 4.8. Following the transaction, France Telecom's indirect stake...
PARIS-France Telecom signed an agreement with a group of minority shareholders in Orange Romania to acquire their shares for a total cash consideration of $523 million corresponding to a 2004 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization multiple of 4.8. Following the transaction, France...
The buzz surrounding mobile TV continues to grow with three separate announcements this week. Nokia Corp. is leading a seven-company team working to launch a pilot effort to test mobile TV technology and consumer experiences in the Finnish capital of Helsinki.MTV, Digita, Elisa, Nelonen,...
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...
Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Motorola Inc.'s former semiconductor subsidiary, became a free, independent company following the completion of the spin-off. As a result, Motorola issued its shareholders 0.110415 of a share of Freescale Semiconductor Class B common stock for each outstanding share of Motorola common...
The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) announced Wednesday that Cingular Wireless, Sprint PCS and France Telecom have joined its efforts to fight spam and viruses.The nonprofit coalition was founded last December by a group of communications and technology companies to fight messaging abuses and...
LONDON-Orange S.A. will replace its current software infrastructure for its European operations with Sun Microsystems' Java Enterprise System, Sun said.Orange, the mobile arm of the France Telecom Group, will spend the next three years rolling out the new software in the United Kingdom, France,...
HELSINKI, Finland-France Telecom and Nokia Corp. will partner to develop technology to allow wireless users to remotely access content from computers.France Telecom is the parent company of European wireless carrier Orange plc.The companies hope to offer products and services that provide remote access with...
CrystalVoice Communications, which provides enterprise voice communications software solutions, appointed Harvey White chairman of its board of directors. White most recently was chief executive officer of Leap Wireless.EquantInfrastructure services company Equant said Benoit Merel will become its acting chief financial officer. He replaces Jacques...
PARIS-The French government said it will sell a 9.6-percent stake in France Telecom to institutional investors, lowering its holding to below 50 percent for the first time. France Telecom owns Orange, a European wireless carrier.Following the sale, the French government will hold between 41...
MILPITAS, Calif.-Ireland's broadband wireless access provider Leap Broadband has begun deploying 3.5 GHz systems from Aperto Networks to complement its existing 5.8 GHz PacketWave point-to-multipoint systems from Aperto, throughout metro-Dublin. "This eases our scalability as we already know the systems deployment and management processes,"...
PARIS-Sol Trujillo will step down as chief executive officer of Orange S.A., and Sanjiv Ahuja, currently Orange's chief operating officer, will replace him. Trujillo plans to return to the United States to pursue business interests and will maintain links with Orange by serving as...
PARIS-Sol Trujillo will step down as chief executive officer of Orange S.A., and Sanjiv Ahuja, currently Orange's chief operating officer, will replace him. Trujillo plans to return to the United States to pursue business interests and will maintain links with Orange by serving as...
