PAKISTANMillicom International Cellular SA announced it acquired Paktel Ltd., Cable and Wireless plc's cellular operation in Pakistan. Millicom said Paktel is the No. 3 operator in the country. "MIC's acquisition of Paktel will enhance the value of our investments in Pakistan and allow us...
CAMBODIAIn a joint venture with Cambodia's Royal Group of Companies and the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, Millicom International Cellular launched an international gateway in the country, the company said. The license was awarded for 25 years, and it is the second gateway in...
NEW YORK-Global telecommunications investor Millicom International Cellular S.A. approved an amendment to its business cooperation contract in Vietnam, under which its subsidiary Comvik International AB has a revenue sharing agreement with Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services for a mobile operating company branded Mobifone.The amendment, approved...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Although cellular telephony client bases doubled last year in Uruguay and Paraguay, at this point it seems only Paraguay will be able to achieve this objective again in 2000.Uruguay's strong cellular growth has slowed during the year, with a lack of competition...
WASHINGTON-Wireless telecom trade advanced on two major fronts last week, as the United States and Vietnam struck a sweeping trade agreement and the Senate signaled it was prepared to vote on the historic China trade bill before Congress recesses for the month of August.China...
ArgentinaMillicom International Cellular (MIC) launched phase one of it service rollout in the Buenos Aires area. Millicom Argentina also will provide wireless Internet services to the country's most populated cities-Cordoba, Vendozo, Rosario and Tucuman-during 2000.Teligent and Telcom Ventures launched a point-to-multipoint link in Buenos...
NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said its Argentine subsidiary launched the first phase of its service rollout in the Buenos Aires area. Millicom Argentina also will provide wireless Internet services to the country's most populated cities-Cordoba, Vendozo, Rosario and Tucuman-during 2000.The fixed wireless network...
BUCHAREST, Romania-The Moldova republic, a former Romanian region, is a small country with a population of 4.3 million and a small economy. The mobile market is not currently dynamic, reflecting the general situation of the country. Licensing problems are affecting growth potential for several...
NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular SA announced that its wholly owned Tele2 (UK) Ltd. subsidiary won a Wireless Telegraphy Act license from the U.K. Radio Communications Authority. The license allows Tele2 to develop a commercial broadband fixed wireless access service in the United Kingdom.The license...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Foreign investment in South America's Southern Cone telecommunications sector has increased during the past decade thanks to new globalization, privatization and liberalization politics in the region. International investors, including a heavy U.S. contingent, have increased their presence in the region most recently...
MANAGUA, Nicaragua-Privatization of state-owned telephone companies is moving ahead in the two Central American countries hit hardest by last year's Hurricane Mitch.Reuters reported three applications have been submitted for the sale of a 40-percent stake the Nicaraguan Telecommunications Co. (Enitel), and six companies are...
AlcatelPoland. With Formus Polska to supply and implement its broadband wireless access network in Poland.Value: US$126 millionEricssonCanada. With Rogers Cantel to build a third-generation network as an evolution to the carrier's existing TDMA network.Value: US$340 millionChina. With China Unicom for the third phase of its GSM...
United KingdomBritish Telecommunications plc announced it licensed PocketScience Inc.'s PocketMail mobile e-mail service via a revenue sharing agreement that allows BT's Internet and Multimedia Services Division to exclusively license and market PocketMail in the United Kingdom. PocketMail is a service that allows users to...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Six cellular phone companies, including a consortium led by South Africa's MTN, have been prequalified by Kenya's Communications Commission to bid for a second mobile phone license in the country.However, mixed signals about deregulation are being conveyed by Kenyan Transport and Communications...
SANDTON, South Africa-Tanzania has been described as one of the least-developed countries in the world per capita, yet only recently prominent local investors with international backing have described it as "Africa's rising star."Taking advice that the country needs to make its business environment more...
MEXICO CITY-Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. They're some of the smallest countries in the world, but at the same time, they're actively participating in the Latin American region's momentum for telecommunications development and growth. Indeed, the countries that make up...
BANGALORE, India-Although the growth of South Asia's relatively new markets has temporarily slowed due to political and financial problems, increased competition and investment have made them extremely promising. With managed competition in India, minimal competition in Pakistan and a highly deregulated market in Sri...
GabonGabon has issued a tender for two licenses to provide GSM 900 service. The application deadline was 30 April, with the licenses scheduled to be issued at the end of May. It appears a newly created subsidiary of the Post and Telecommunications Office (OPT),...
JapanConductus Inc. announced it shipped a 16-pole ClearSite wireless subsystem to a major Japanese cellular operator for performance testing. The system will be used for testing within Japanese frequency bands for potential field deployment.SENEGALSENTELgsm launched Global System for Mobile communications 900 service in the...
NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. announced it sold its interests in Bharti Cellular Ltd., Bite GSM UAB and Comliet UAB.The company sold its 13-percent interest in Bharti Cellular Ltd. in Delhi, India, for $25.9 million to British Telecommunications plc. Millicom also completed the sale...
Tele Danmark A/S announced the takeover of Millicom East Holding B.V., a Dutch holding company owning shares in the two Lithuanian cellular companies Bite GSM and Comliet. After the transaction, Tele Danmark will control 71.6 percent of Bite and 49 percent of Comliet. In...
LONDON-The Baltic region covers an area of 174,000 square kilometers, with approximately 8 million people generating US$13 billion in gross domestic product (GDP). But while Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania may seem similar countries to an outside eye, in reality they boast quite different cultures,...
SpainThe government of Spain reportedly may award its fourth mobile phone license to a consortium made up of two formerly separate consortia-Lince and Uni2. Both companies submitted failed bids during Spain's third tender for a Global System for Mobile communications 1800 MHz license earlier...
LONDON-The GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) market in Egypt took a positive turn at the beginning of the year with an invitation for bids to build and operate a second mobile network. Now as the year is ending, cellular competition is set to...
