KPN Mobile

AMSTERDAM—Dutch telecommunications giant KPN will buy the remaining 22.5-percent interest in German mobile-phone operator E-Plus from U.S.-based BellSouth Corp. for about $1.06 billion in KPN stock, giving KPN full control …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—KPN Mobile, the financially troubled Dutch operator, will later this month start the first practical i-mode tests in Europe through its joint venture with Japan’s NTT DoCoMo. The …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish wireless carrier Telia Mobile announced it will offer a wireless Internet service much like NTT DoCoMo’s wildly popular i-mode service. Telia’s service, dubbed PocketMode, features an open interface …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. says it has agreed to supply KPN with its Nokia Gateway products for the operator’s wireless LAN networks. “With the Nokia WLAN ADSL Home Gateway we can …

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands—Heavily indebted KPN Mobile said Singapore Telecommunications Mobile will purchase KPN’s 22.28-percent holding in Indonesia’s Telkomsel for US$601 million. SingTel Mobile will also settle KPN Mobile’s remaining …

TOKYO—Talks between Korea’s SK Telecom and Japan’s NTT DoCoMo have stalled without signs of moving forward, according to international press reports. The talks have been ongoing for more than a …

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 …

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, …

LONDON—Diederik Karsten, chief executive of KPN’s mobile-phone division intends to leave the company next month, according to a report by The Financial Times. Board director Paul Smits, who recently stepped …

AMSTERDAM—Dutch carrier KPN Telecom’s chief executive Paul Smits stepped down early this week, most likely as a result of the company’s failure to cut its $20.7 billion loan. The company …

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), …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Germany’s E-Plus, KPN Mobile of the Netherlands and Belgium’s KPN Orange have each reached agreements with NTT DoCoMo to adopt the Japanese operator’s multimedia messaging protocol. This move …

TOKYO—104 Inc., a leading mobile Internet platform provider, along with CMG Wireless Data Solution, a business unit of CMG Group, will jointly provide a platform for mobile Internet content distribution. …

TOKYO- NTT DoCoMo, in cooperation with KPN Mobile and E-Plus, is scheduled to launch i-mode-like services in the Netherlands and Germany in the fourth quarter. Access, a Japanese provider of …

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands-KPN, the Dutch telecommunications company, is reportedly in talks with Belgian national telecommunications operator Belgacom regarding a merger. KPN is facing mounting pressure about its expanding debt load …

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HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia, KPN Mobile and Interpay Nederland have successfully made a financial transaction on a mobile network based on WIM technology, a part of the WAP 1.2 specification. According to …

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-In a move that could further i-mode’s push into Europe, Telecom Italia Mobile said it will jointly develop and introduce a new mobile Internet concept for the pan-European …

TOKYO-KDDI, the sole cdmaOne operator in Japan, has been expanding its international roaming services, fully using its universally standardized cdmaOne technology. In January, KDDI launched international roaming services in Canada …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo has been gearing up its global strategy, concluding one investment agreement after another. Since December 1999, it has invested in carriers in Hong Kong, the Netherlands and Britain. …

BRUSSELS, Belgium-KPN Mobile will acquire 50 percent of Belgium operator KPN Orange Belgium from France Telecom for $443.5 million, giving KPN 100-percent ownership. France Telecom had to divest its KPN …

NEW YORK-Following similar moves a few weeks earlier by Spain’s Telefonica Moviles and Telekom Austria, Telenor ASA of Norway had to discount its initial public offering in order to get …

The strategic alliance announced between NTT DoCoMo and AT&T Wireless Inc. is fairly simple on the surface, but may have long-term implications for the global wireless industry. DoCoMo will invest …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo said it signed a memorandum of understanding with KPN Mobile of the Netherlands, in which DoCoMo holds 15 percent, to consider establishing a joint venture to provide mobile …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. and America Online Inc. last week announced their long-expected business alliance. The combination of the largest mobile carrier in Japan and the largest Internet service provider in …