International Wireless

Berliner Communications Inc. Doreen Trant has been promoted to chief operating officer of Berliner Communication Inc. Trant previously served as the company’s vice president of sales and marketing. She will …

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), …

International’s roaming clearinghouse unitOLYMPIA, Washington, United States—Illuminet Holdings, a provider of signaling system 7 (SS7) network and database services to telecom carriers, signed a definitive agreement to acquire BellSouth International …

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SEOUL, South Korea-LG Telecom and Hanaro have ended a dispute to jointly bid on South Korea’s third and final third-generation wireless license based on cdma2000 technology. LG Telecom plans to …

NEW YORK-Calling completion of an exchange offer launched by Montreal-based Telesystem International Wireless Inc. July 6 “tantamount to default,” Standard & Poor’s Corp. said July 9 it had downgraded the …

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced it has negotiated amendments to its senior secured corporate credit facility. Under the new terms, the aggregate borrowing capacity is $83.5 million, of which $58.5 …

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. (TIW) shareholders have approved a consolidation of the company’s shares on the basis of one post-consolidated share for five pre-consolidated shares. Now, the company’s issued and …

SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea is confronting a row over awarding a third license for third-generation (3G) mobile services, as the government has called for consolidation in the telecom market as …

Heinz Corp. Heinz Corp., which provides services to wireless carriers, has promoted Rick Vogt to senior project manager. In his new position he will be responsible for Heinz’s projects for …

It used to be that the obstacles that prevented a fixed-wireless signal from reaching its destination were ultimately the obstacles that kept the industry’s service providers from reaching all their …

MONTREAL-Negotiations are underway for Telesystem International Wireless Inc. (TIW) to amend its senior secured revolving credit facility, which expires in July. The aggregate borrowing capacity of the corporate facility is …

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. has closed the sale of its interests in Brazilian cellular operations Americel S.A. and Telet S.A. to an affiliate of Bell Canada International Inc. and Telecom …

Wireless Web site enabler 2Roam Inc. announced several new deals last week, one of which the company hopes will propel it into new and more profitable markets in the Asia-Pacific …

NetCom Technologies Inc. announced it has changed its name to VelociTel Inc. to reflect the rapidly expanding wireless industry. The company also announced a new corporate structure. The five existing …

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. added 878,300 cellular subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2000, a 49-percent increase compared with the 589,500 net additions during the same quarter in 1999, bringing …

CHINA China Unicom reported it had more than 12.7 million wireless customers at the end of last year, an increase of more than 300 percent from 1999. China’s second largest …

Canada Ericsson announced trials for Wireless Application Protocol technology over a TDMA network with Rogers Cantel, a Canadian wireless provider. The announcement is the first WAP 1.1 system on a …

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 …

As the debate rages on in Britain over the possible health effects cellular phones may have on children, a recent survey from London-based NOP Research Group showed that one in …

WASHINGTON-Users of mobile Web devices want content and they want it now. “The reason I use wireless is that I want it [information] now. If I can wait five hours, …

PORT-LOUIS, Mauritius-Mauritius Telecom said France Telecom will take a 40-percent stake in the currently state-owned operator for $261 million. The Mauritian government will retain 40 percent, and the state Bank …

Littlefeet Littlefeet Inc., a wireless network infrastructure developer, appointed Kai Cheong Chan as the general manager and sales director for the company’s new regional office, which will serve Singapore and …

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 …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola said it reached a definitive agreement to sell its four cellular companies in northern Mexico to Telefonica Moviles for $1.79 billion. The agreement was first announced earlier this …