HELSINKI, Finland—PTS, Sweden's telecom regulatory organization, has warned telecom companies that secured third-generation (3G) network licenses that they risk losing these licenses in the event that they stall development plans any further. Twelve months after PTL allocated four 3G licenses, licensees have only applied...
MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless (TIW) announced its investors have agreed to a recapitalization plan, including the restructuring of its subordinated debentures and an increase in its economic ownership in ClearWave.The company's investors, Capital Communications CDPQ, U.F. Investments, an affiliate of Hutchison Whampoa, certain affiliates of...
MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless Inc. (TIW) announced its investors have agreed to a recapitalization plan including the restructuring of its subordinated debentures and an increase in its economic ownership in ClearWave N.V.The company's investors, Capital Communications CDPQ Inc., U.F. Investments Ltd., an affiliate of Hutchison...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—While Europe's major cell-phone operators remain cautious about their launch plans for third-generation (3G) services, Hutchison Whampoa, which owns 3G licenses in the United Kingdom and Italy, has confirmed deployment plans for September 2002. According to Canning Fok, group managing director of...
STAMFORD, Connecticut, United States—Wireless application services provider SmartServ Online has agreed to provide Hutchison Telecommunications of Hong Kong with its new SmartServQ wireless short messaging service (SMS) and a personal digital assistant (PDA)-enabled version of its MobileMarkets application.SmartServQ, scheduled for launch before the year's...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, United States—Luxxon announced Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) purchased its Mediator Streaming System, which Luxxon said will allow the carrier to demonstrate to the public the next-generation wireless streaming services at its Orange shops."By showcasing Hong Kong's first and most compelling streaming...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Luxxon Corp. announced Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Ltd. purchased its Mediator Streaming System, which Luxxon said will allow the carrier to demonstrate to the public the next-generation wireless streaming services at its Orange shops."By showcasing Hong Kong's first and most compelling streaming...
TOKYO—NEC won an order for more than 1 million units of third-generation (3G) video phones from Hutchison Whampoa. NEC is going to provide the terminals based on both wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) and GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) starting in October 2002. Hutchison is planning to...
LicensesMalaysia The Malaysian government said it will award three third-generation (3G) licenses in the country through a beauty contest rather than an auction to help ensure carrier profitability. Because the number of licenses is fewer than the current number of mobile operators-five-it likely will...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The Italian government has told its five third-generation (3G) license holders that it has no plans to follow the French government's example of reducing the license fees or making the license conditions any more favorable.The operators were reported to have asked the...
LONDON-Hutchison 3G, which holds a third-generation license in the United Kingdom, said it is considering offering pornography services over its Universal Mobile Telecommunications System network. An executive within the company is looking into the issue of offering soft-core adults services, according to international press...
NEW YORK—In its fourth debt deal of the year, NTT DoCoMo plans to pay off maturing short-term debt with a new issue of US$825 million in 10-year, yen-denominated bonds paying 1.49 percent interest.Including this new deal, Japan's largest telecommunications carrier has raised US$4 billion...
NEW YORK—In its fourth debt deal of the year NTT DoCoMo Inc., Tokyo, plans to pay off maturing short-term debt with a new issue of $825 million in of 10-year, yen-denominated bonds paying 1.49 percent interest.Including this new deal, Japan's largest telecommunications carrier has...
LONDON—Hutchison 3G UK, which purchased a license to offer third-generation (3G) services in the United Kingdom last year, signed an agreement with U.K.-based electric and telecom company National Grid to locate Hutchison's radio antennas on National Grid's existing towers.The value of the contract was...
LONDON—Hutchison 3G UK reported an agreement with 186k to provide a nationwide fiber optic network and colocation services. A separate agreement with Nortel Networks will provide 10-gigabits-per-second-per-channel dense wave division multiplexing optical equipment to light 186k's fiber optic network and connect the fiber network...
HONG KONG—The Hong Kong telecom regulator announced the initial results of the first phase of its third-generation (3G) license auction.The successful bidders are Hong Kong CSL, a company jointly owned by Telstra and Pacific Century CyberWorks; Hutchison 3G HK, a company jointly owned by...
LONDON-Hutchison 3G UK reported an agreement with 186k to provide a nationwide fiber optic network and co-location services, and a separate agreement with Nortel Networks Corp. to provide 10-gigabits-per-second-per-channel dense wave division multiplexing optical equipment to light 186k's fiber optic network and provide the...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Walt Disney Internet Group announced two major content distribution deals-moves that came just one week after the company announced a distribution agreement with Taiwan Cellular Corp.-proof Walt Disney is moving rapidly into the worldwide wireless Web industry.Last week Walt Disney Internet...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California, United States—Walt Disney Internet Group today announced two major content distribution deals—moves that come just one week after the company announced a distribution agreement with Taiwan Cellular Corp.—proof Walt Disney is moving rapidly into the worldwide wireless Web industry.Walt Disney Internet...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Walt Disney Internet Group today announced two major content distribution deals-moves that come just one week after the company announced a distribution agreement with Taiwan Cellular Corp.-proof Walt Disney is moving rapidly into the worldwide wireless Web industry.Today, Walt Disney Internet Group...
NEW DELHI, India-The Indian cellular mobile market has always been fascinating, if only for the sheer number of players that compete here. Each of the 20-odd telecom circles, or geographic coverage areas, will soon have four cellular operators. In addition, there will be basic...
HONG KONG-On the face of it, Hutchison Whampoa is a great success story. The company is among the leading international wireless operators and part of the giant Cheung Kong (Holdings), which in May announced after-tax profits of US$8 billion on a market capitalization of...
AlcatelParis. With Orascom Telecom for the supply and installation of GSM solutions in the Middle East and Africa.Value: Undisclosed. Brazil. With Telemar for a GSM 1800/GPRS network in Brazil.Value: US$275 millionMoscow. With ZAO SMARTS for GSM 900 MHz solutions to extend networks in the...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Hi3G, the 3G license holder owned jointly by Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa and the Swedish Investor group, has emerged as the most likely bidder for the bankrupt Norwegian 3G licensee, Broadband Mobile. The country's communication ministry has already stated that it would...
