Atlanta-Qualcomm Inc. made several announcements at the CTIA Wireless 2004 show in Atlanta including an extensive agreement with ATI Technologies Inc. to deliver a wireless 3D gaming platform. Qualcomm's Mobile Station Modem baseband solutions will include ATI's IMAGEON architecture to provide a 3D...
BOSTON-American Tower Corp.'s fourth-quarter 2003 earnings reported today were in line with analyst expectations.The company said revenues totaled $191.5 million, up from $177.4 million for the fourth quarter 2002. Net loss decreased to $51.2 million, or 23 cents per share, compared with $52.4 million,...
MEXICO CITY-Mexican mobile company Grupo Iusacell announced details of a reverse split of its stock. Iusacell said its Series A and Series V shares will be exchanged Dec. 19 for new common, ordinary, registered shares with no par value at a ratio of 20...
MEXICO CITY-Mexican mobile operator Grupo Iusacell said its customers can now send short message service messages to rival operators Telecel's and Unefon's handsets in the United States, Canada and Peru. Iusacell said subscribers of its SMS service, called ReK2, can send text messages to...
Verizon Wireless continued to distance itself as the nation's largest wireless carrier during the second quarter, posting 1.3 million net customer additions, which is more than double the customer growth that four of its five nationwide competitors have posted during the quarter. The operator...
MEXICO CITY-The previously announced agreement on the sale of Verizon Communications Inc.'s and Vodafone Group plc's stakes in Mexican mobile operator Grupo Iusacell SA came under doubt late last week when U.S.-based Fintech Advisory offered $20 million in a counter offer for the debt-ridden...
MEXICO CITY-Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group plc have reportedly rejected a sale of their controlling interest in Mexican wireless carrier Grupo Iusacell SA submitted by UBS Securities L.L.C.Iusacell said in a government filing that Verizon and Vodafone "won't conduct any kind of negotiation...
REDMOND, Wash.-As previously announced by Cesky Telecom, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it has signed an agreement to jointly sell with Verizon Communications Inc. a 49-percent interest in Czech Republic wireless operator Eurotel Praha to Cesky Telecom for $1.05 billion. Proceeds from the sale...
Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Americas BV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vodafone Group plc, plan to sell their 74-percent stake in Mexico's third-largest wireless operator, Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V., to Mexican telecommunications service provider Movil Access S.A. de C.V., which said it...
MEXICO CITY-Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Americas BV, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vodafone Group plc, plan to sell their approximately 74 percent stake in Mexico's third largest wireless operator Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V. to Mexican telecommunications service provider Movil Access S.A. de C.V.,...
MEXICO CITY-Wireless operator Iusacell has launched the country's first cdma2000 1x voice and high-speed data network for instant messaging, e-mail and Internet access, as well as mobile office capabilities and applications.Lucent Technologies Inc. provided the equipment, software and services for the networks."We are extremely...
MEXICO CITY-Mexican operator Iusacell has launched commercial cdma2000 1x services using equipment from Lucent Technologies. The service is Mexico's first 1x offering.Iusacell, partially owned by U.S.-based Verizon, which also operates a 1x network, has more than 2.2 million clients.
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, United States—ACE*COMM announced that Mexico's Grupo Iusacell has selected its Convergent Mediation platform to collect and process use records to produce billable record formats.According to ACE*COMM, the system captures, secures, validates, correlates and augments data from network elements, and warehouses and distributes...
LUXEMBURG—Gemplus said it partnered with Mexican operator Grupo IUSACELL to successfully trial its reusable User Identity Module (UIM), which will allow end users to roam between standards.The similar subscriber identity module (SIM) cards allow roaming only between GSM networks.
NEW YORK-The wireless information superhighway today is at the stage the interstate roads were during the 1930s, said Grover Righter, vice president of technical strategy for Kabira, San Rafael, Calif.Back then, farmers saw the roads getting built and being illuminated near their land, but...
REDMOND, Washington, United States-Metawave Communications said it received an estimated $22 million order from Grupo Iusacell, Mexico's second-largest mobile carrier.Under the terms of the agreement, Metawave will supply Iusacell with additional CDMA smart antenna systems, including installation and optimization, to increase the capacity and...
MEXICO CITY-U.K.-based Vodafone Group purchased a 34.5-percent stake in Iusacell, Mexico's second-largest mobile operator, in an effort to expand into the Latin American wireless market, according to international press reports. The US$973.4 million purchase was made from Grupo Peralta, the firm that introduced Mexico...
With a population hungry for services, Latin America is challenging telecom and Internet companies to tap their imaginative resources to provide the devices, killer applications, high-speed networks and customized content, which will be the pathway to a robust wireless Internet industry there in the...
TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. announced it signed contracts with seven wireless operators to facilitate and manage their worldwide roaming agreements.The operators include Appalachian Wireless, Bell Mobility, BellSouth Cellular, First Cellular of Southern Illinois, Iusacell of Mexico, Midwest Wireless and U.S. Cellular.GTE TSI said...
MexicoMexican wireless carrier Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V. said it does not have any current intentions of filing for an equity offering in Mexico. The company has long been interested in enhancing its liquidity in the Mexican market and noted that in the future,...
While wireless executives in North America plot in their war rooms about how to sell the wireless Web in an already highly penetrated Internet market, executives just south of the border are wringing their hands in anticipation that the wireless Internet will explode in...
MEXICO CITY-Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V. launched its new mobile Internet service based on Wireless Application Protocol in the Mexican states of Mexico, Morelos and Hidalgo.The company reported it will offer two versions of the service. The first, Iusacell Mobile Internet 1, will be...
Globalstar L.P.'s worldwide service rollout took another step last week, bolstering its presence in Mexico where Globalstar de Mexico and Mexican cellular operator Iusacell formed a marketing agreement.According to the deal, Iusacell, Mexico's second-largest carrier, will sell Globalstar satellite phone services to its customers-on...
BOSTON-American Tower Corp. is having a busy start to the new millennium, announcing a new merger and adding more towers to its portfolio.The merger, with Galaxy Engineering Services, will provide American Tower with a global turnkey provider of engineering consulting services."We view Galaxy as...
