HELSINKI, Finland—Tele2, the Stockholm-based Swedish mobile communications group, has emerged as a strong contender to secure one of Ireland's four third-generation (3G) mobile licenses. The deadline for final submission of applications to the Irish regulator is 27 March.Ireland plans to announce the winners of...
HELSINKI, Finland—Tele2, the Swedish mobile telecom headquartered in Stockholm, has reinforced its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) strategy in Europe through the launch of MVNO services in the Netherlands. Tele2 is purchasing network capacity from the Dutch mobile operator Telfort, which is a subsidiary...
During the past 15 months there has been growing interest in the United States around mobile virtual network operators, best known as MVNOs. The idea behind MVNOs is that companies with strong brands, powerful distribution or compelling content/applications (ideally all three) negotiate wholesale access...
While lawyers have spent the past four years wrangling over the fate of Nextwave Telecom Inc.'s 93 C- and F-block licenses, the wanna-be telecom company has been moving ahead with its plans to build out and launch its network. With the U.S. Court of...
NEW YORK-A noteworthy dynamic has developed in which major players like AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless and Sprint PCS are actively promoting prepaid services, while smaller providers like Dobson Communications Corp. and TeleCorp PCS want to minimize its role."The irony is not lost...
DALLAS-Among the ever-present winds of Eastern Texas, The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association last week hosted a somewhat intimate Wireless Agenda 2001 conference that CTIA President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Wheeler dubbed the "wireless survivor conference" during his opening remarks. While attendance levels...
If data is the center of gravity for future networks, Tahoe Networks thinks it has found the missing link in the wireless industry that can propel it to success.Tahoe Networks, a startup with $38 million of seed money in its first round of financing,...
BUCHAREST, Romania-Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) are a new and hopeful concept in the European communications market. The region's mobile market is growing, with strong potential for new operators.The largest problem faced by European operators hoping to break into new markets is limited available...
As the wireless industry is rocked with one huge acquisition, spectrum auction and technological development after another, a small-and often overlooked-market segment continues to operate just below radar. Resellers have quietly been activating wireless customers for the past few decades, but some say they...
DUBLIN, Ireland-The Irish telecom regulator outlined the license framework for third-generation licenses in the country, following a public consultation period. The regulator, which previously announced the licenses will be awarded by a "beauty contest," said four licenses of equal spectrum amounts will be available...
PARIS-Lloyd Carney knows U.S. carriers hate him for saying it, but the facts speak for themselves."Europe is the dominant player in the wireless data space," he said last week in Paris. "The U.S. lags behind."As Nortel Networks' president, wireless Internet, Carney used his company's...
Driven by the collision of wireless and the Internet, wireless e-commerce represents the single most powerful market disrupter of this decade. It will entice new "virtual" operators that will help redefine both the nature of wireless competition and the business and operational models required...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Service providers and mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) are viewed by many network operators as parasites feeding off their infrastructure investment. At the same time, many consumers view them as developers of value-added services that drive down costs in the market.Service providers do...
