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Japan Conductus 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 …

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. …

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, …

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 …

Spain The 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 …

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 …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Uganda has one of the lowest penetration rates of telephone services in the world. As of July 1995, the Uganda Posts & Telecommunication Corp. (UPTC) had an installed …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service Inc. lowered its speculative grade ratings Sept. 10 on $1.2 billion in outstanding Millicom International Cellular S.A. debt by one notch, to Caa1 from B3. “The …

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said cellular subscriber growth in its Asian markets has been negatively impacted by the region’s financial crisis and the devaluation of some Asian currencies. However, …

LUXEMBOURG-SENTELgsm, a company owned 75 percent by Millicom International Cellular S.A., was awarded a 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications license covering all of The Republic of Senegal. Located …

WASHINGTON-Wireline provider Grupo CentroAmericano de Telecomunicaciones (GCA Telecom) has become the first private-sector company to provide basic telephony services in El Salvador. To help deploy services faster and easier in …

NEW YORK-Silvio Scaglia, chief executive officer of Omnitel Pronto Italia S.p.A., called it the “What we are doing today that others will do tomorrow” plan. The Italian carrier has executed …

STOCKHOLM-Millicom International Cellular S.A. announced it will merge its combined Global System for Mobile communications 900 MHz and digital cellular system 1800 MHz license in Luxembourg and its nationwide prefix …

PERU Comsat International said it received a license to provide voice, data and multimedia wireless communications services for businesses operating in Lima, Peru. Using both fiber-optic cable and microwave technologies, …

DALLAS-Celcore, a division of DSC Communications Corp., has signed multiple contracts with Millicom International Cellular S.A. and two Russian telecommunications companies to provide its Advanced Mobile Phone Service GlobalSwitch mobile …

ArrayComm Inc. announced its next-generation IntelliCell-enhanced Personal Handyphone System cell stations are operating in Tokyo’s PHS network, following months of field trials conducted with DDI Pocket Telephone. DDI holds a …

LUXEMBOURG-Millicom International Cellular S.A. announced it was awarded an integrated Global System for Mobile communications 900/Digital Cellular System 1800 license in Luxembourg, becoming the country’s second mobile operator. Millicom will …

Cord Communications Inc. selected Mark E. Reed to be its president and chief executive officer. Reed joins Cord from In Focus Systems, a multimedia projection systems company, where he was …

Telecom Personal, a cellular service provider in northern Argentina, announced a consortium it is part of has been granted the B-band license to provide cellular service in Paraguay. On Oct. …

RANK/COMPANY TWO YEAR TOTAL RETURN 1 PriCellular Corp. 130.37% 2 Sprint Corp.* 84.85% 3 GTE Corp. 62.24% 4 Ameritech Corp. 60.68% 5 BellSouth Corp. 59.94% 6 U S West Communications …

Globalstar L.P. announced at a signing ceremony it has placed purchase orders by the partners that comprise Globalstar’s limited partnership for 35 Globalstar gateways to be installed around the world. …

German cellular service provider T-Mobil awarded a contract to Lucent Technologies Inc. to expand T-Mobil’s Global System for Mobile communications network. Lucent values the agreement at more than $30 million. …

China will have more than 20 million cellular subscribers by 2000, predicts a report released by International Technology Consultants Inc., titled Wireless Communications Markets: China. By 2000, China’s Ministry of …

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson won a contract to supply three new Advanced Mobile Phone Service and Digital AMPS networks in Russia. The contract with Millicom International Cellular calls for Ericsson to …