International Wireless

OmniSky Corp. Chief Executive Officer Patrick McVeigh last fall promised to “kick the barn door open” to the Internet when he introduced a beta version of an end-to-end wireless Internet …

GENEVA-With auction prices of the United Kingdom’s five third-generation licenses beating even the most inflated analyst forecasts, all eyes are now on Italy, which is set to allocate five 15-year …

After eight weeks and 150 rounds, NTL Mobile said enough and dropped out of the U.K. government auction for five Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses. The withdrawal left only five …

Bidders in the U.K. third-generation license auction appeared to exceed their budgets last week. Bidding for the five licenses totaled an eye-popping $35 billion, and the auction will linger on …

WorldCom Wireless became the latest-and most high-profile-company to fall victim to the climbing bids for five Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses in the United Kingdom last week. WorldCom withdrew from …

Skyrocketing bids forced five companies to drop out of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System auction last week, leaving eight companies to scramble for five licenses that now have a combined …

A growing number of operators, vendors and analysts are not convinced EDGE technology will make significant inroads in Europe. “In Europe, I’m not expecting a major deployment of EDGE,” said …

LAS VEGAS-The Industrial Telecommunications Association, or a subsidiary thereof, “needs to do everything it can to participate” in the upcoming auction of the guard-band spectrum, said ITA President Mark E. …

NTL Mobile closed out the latest round of bidding in the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System auction last week in the United Kingdom with a $1.7 billion bid for license A, …

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. said it will list its upcoming wireless tracking stock on the New York Stock Exchange following an initial public offering expected this spring. The new tracking stock …

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced it closed a private placement of $300 million in 7.75-percent equity subordinated debentures convertible into TIW subordinate voting shares. Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. and Chase Capital …

Since its exit from the highly competitive U.S. mobile handset market in late 1998, Siemens AG has vowed to return. The German manufacturer will make its comeback this summer, but …

Unified Communication Services Conference March 20-22 International Business Communications Inc. Orlando, Fla. (508) 481-6400. Trillium’s IP Telephony and 3G Wireless Technical Seminar March 22 Trillium Digital Systems Inc. Santa Clara, …

Com-Net Ericsson Com-Net Ericsson Critical Radio Systems Inc. will introduce several new products at the International Wireless Communications Expo in Las Vegas ranging from trunked and conventional radios to a …

BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom-Dolphin Telecom plc, a subsidiary of Telesystem International Wireless Inc., reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 1999. Company revenue increased for …

After one week and 16 rounds of bidding, incumbent operator Orange plc led all third-generation license bids in the United Kingdom with a $632.9 million bid for License B. The …

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. said Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. and Chase Capital Partners will make a $300 million investment in TIW under terms of an agreement signed last week …

CTIA Wireless 2000 February 28-March 1 Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. (202) 785-2842. Strategic Cellular and Wireless Communications Seminar March 2-3 Herschel Shosteck Associates …

Competition First in 2000-CompTel Annual Convention & Trade Exposition February 20-23 Competitive Telecommunications Association. Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, Calif. (330) 425-9330 ext. 802. www.comptel.org. Wireless Symposium-Portable By Design …

BellSouth Corp. said last week it could issue a tracking stock for its highly successful Latin American operations by late April or early May, a move that will allow investors …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The guys at the European Commission must be delighted. They battled for more than a decade to liberalize the telecommunications sector and create a single European market. Benefits …

BUCHAREST, Romania-Telemobil, Romania’s NMT 450 operator, is facing stiff competition from three GSM operators, each of which have both strong financial backing and national coverage. Similar to the experience of …

Roberto Colaninno, chairman and chief executive of Telecom Italia, formally abandoned the financial restructuring plan he announced in September. The boards of Olivetti and Tecnost agreed to scrap the plan, …

Sprint Corp. is in deep negotiations with owners of Mexican wireless operator Pegaso PCS to gain a stake in the carrier, sources close to the companies say. An ownership agreement …

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced the creation of Hong Kong-based TIW Asia N.V. “TIW Asia will primarily focus on the acquisition of existing wireless companies and the development of new …