DUBLIN, Ireland—Ireland's Office of the Director of Telecom Regulations received bids from three wireless operators for its four third-generation mobile licenses up for sale, including one "A" license covering 80 percent of the country's population and potentially extra spectrum to carry mobile virtual network...
WATERLOO, Ontario—The BlackBerry is going to Asia under a deal between the maker of the wireless e-mail and mobile-phone device, Research In Motion Ltd., and Hong Kong wireless carrier Hutchison Telecommunications.Hutchison Telecom, which sports 1.7 million customers, will sell the device running over its...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—In an effort to reduce its market entry costs as a greenfield third-generation (3G) operator, Hutchison 3G is negotiating with U.K. operators mmO2 and One 2 One about mast sharing. Deutsche Telekom-owned One 2 One and mmO2 have already agreed to share...
NEW DELHI, India—RPG Cellular Services, operating in the Chennai circle, plans to invest 500 million rupees (US$10.3 million) by June this year to expand network capacity.The expansion will see an increase in the number of switches and base stations to meet additional traffic requirements....
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The GSM Association has warned third-generation (3G) cell-phone operators that they need to reshape their organizations to provide security similar to that offered by Internet service providers (ISPs). The association claims that online hackers will target wireless Internet providers and has called...
HONG KONG—The Hong Kong mobile market is set for a transformation, with four third-generation (3G) mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) established, based on the requirements of Hong Kong’s four 3G license holders. The first 3G MVNO services are set to begin at the end...
ROME—Four telecom companies have filed formal offers to buy Italian mobile-phone operator Blu, which has been for sale for about 18 months since failing to win a third-generation (3G) license in Italy.Reuters reported incumbent Italian mobile operators Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM), Wind and Omnitel...
HELSINKI, Finland—Telia Mobile, the Nordic region's biggest mobile operator, is moving to strengthen its position through acquisitions. The company is soon expected to bid for Sonera's mobile telephone business in all Nordic and Baltic states, excluding Finland. Telia Mobile has a strong presence in...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—As branding becomes a more important weapon in the struggle to win cell-phone customers, industry analysts are beginning to question how Hutchison 3G will be able to make any headway given that it has no infrastructure, customer base or brand recognition. Despite...
ADDISON, Texas—Messaging provider CMG Wireless Data Solutions won a major contract to provide virtually all of Hutchison 3G's messaging products, from short message services to unified communications to multimedia messaging.U.K. carrier Hutchison will use CMG's unified communications products, its Multimedia Messaging Service Centre, its...
HONG KONG-SmartServ Online Inc. announced it has joined with Hutchison Telecom to introduce Hong Kong's International Finance Express SMS service, which allows wireless users to access real-time U.S. and U.K. stock market information over mobile devices.Delayed quotes, price alerts and regular update services are...
NEW DELHI, India—Bharti Telecom will launch its cellular services in Mumbai in May, Bharti Group Chairman Sunil Mittal announced on Wednesday in Mumbai.Bharti Group's mobile telephonynetwork covers 56 percent of the country, and the carrier plans an improved cellular footprint with the launch of...
MILAN, Italy—Hutchison Whampoa's Italian third-generation (3G) subsidiary, announced it secured about e4.2 billion (US$3.7 billion) in financing to build its 3G network in Italy.An underwriting group of 11 banks has agreed to a US$2.8 billion package for H3G, with an additional US$893 million coming...
LONDON-In an effort to ensure the delivery of audio and visual content over its forthcoming third-generation network, Hutchison 3G UK Ltd. announced a deal with broadcast management company BBC Technology to process and edit news and entertainment content for its network."Hutchison 3G requires cutting...
LONDON—Hutchison 3G UK partnered with BBC Technology to manage the production of Hutchison's audio-visual content to be available in its third-generation (3G) service.BBC will process and edit content for Hutchison 3G through the five-year collaboration. Hutchison 3G, which plans to launch 3G services in...
ROSH HAAYIN, Israel-Israel's Ministry of Communications has awarded third-generation spectrum to the country's three incumbent mobile operators and second-generation spectrum in the 1800 MHz band to Partner Communications Co. and Cellcom. Israel is the first country in the Middle East to award 3G spectrum.Partner...
HELSINKI, Finland—In a deal that marks Playboy's entry into the wireless market, the U.S.-based adult entertainment company, partnered with Finland's Wireless Entertainment Services Finland (WES). Under the agreement, WES will create Playboy-branded content for wireless devices.Scheduled for a first-quarter 2002 launch, the deal will...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having struck a deal to use mm02's second-generation (2G) network to support its Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) deployment in the United Kingdom, the Hong Kong-back Hutchison 3G (H3G) has revealed further details of its third-generation (3G) plans for Italy and the...
MILAN, Italy—H3G, which holds a third-generation license in Italy, signed a roaming agreement with Telecom Italia Mobile. The agreement will allow H3G's customers to access TIM's GSM services in areas not covered by 3G services.The agreement also provides for direct interconnection between the two...
HELSINKI, Finland—In a deal that marks Playboy's entry into the wireless market, the U.S.-based adult entertainment company, partnered with Finland's Wireless Entertainment Services Finland Ltd.. Under the agreement, WES will create Playboy-branded content for wireless devices.Scheduled for a first-quarter 2002 launch, the deal will...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Hutchison has signed a crucial network sharing deal with British Telecommunications' former wireless division, mmO2. The agreement will allow Hutchison's subscribers to make and receive calls using mmO2's second-generation (2G) network when out of range of its own third-generation (3G) network. The...
LONDON—NEC has denied a report in the World Street Journal that it plans to put off the launch of its third-generation (3G) mobile-phone handsets in 2002 to between September and November rather than between July and September as previously promised.The company also denied that...
LONDON—NEC Corp. has denied a report in the World Street Journal that it plans to put off the launch of its third-generation mobile-phone handsets to between September and November rather than between July and September as previously promised.The company also denied that its largest...
