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The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the …

Following is a roundup of wireless companies that received ratings changes from financial services companies this week. JP Morgan lowered its rating on SpectraLink from neutral to underweight. The firm …

BRUSSELS, Belgium-GSM Europe, the European arm of the GSM Association, said it welcomed the 10 new member countries of the European Union, which it said represent some of the fastest-growing …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-TeliaSonera said it reached an agreement with Motorola Lithuania Telecom to acquire Motorola’s 35-percent shareholding in Lithuanian mobile operator UAB Omnitel. TeliaSonera will pay $117 million for Motorola’s shares, …

Motorola Inc. has said that Baltic States wireless operator Omnitel in Lithuania is the first to commercially deploy its new-generation base station, the Horizon 11 base transceiver station for GSM/GPRS/EDGE …

LONDON-Motorola Inc. has said that Baltic States wireless operator Omnitel in Lithuania is the first to commercially deploy its new-generation base station, the Horizon 11 base transceiver station for GSM/GPRS/EDGE …

In the sweepstakes of third-generation (3G) contracts, smaller equipment vendors hope to outplay the bigger names by taking advantage of their product strengths and delays in Universal Mobile Telecommunications System …

VILNIUS, Lithuania-Lithuania’s Omnitel said it introduced multimedia messaging service (MMS) to its subscribers. The service is free until 1 December after a one-time set-up fee of 10 litas (US$2.85). The …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Vodafone Omnitel have jointly completed what they describe as the world’s first voice-over-Internet Protocol call using Nokia’s mobile switching center server and media gateway. “IT is …

LONDON-Italy’s Vodafone Omnitel plans to upgrade its gaming platform through its deal with mobile entertainment company Cash-U Mobile Technologies. Omnitel currently uses the first version of Cash-U’s Pecan entertainment platform …

HELSINKI, Finland-Comptel said it will deliver advanced provisioning solutions for Vodafone Omnitel’s third-generation (3G) and value-added services in Italy. The value of the contract was not disclosed. The system will …

HELSINKI, Finland—Lithuanian mobile operator Omnitel has ordered a voice mail system expansion from Tecnomen to improve the capacity and functionality of its messaging platform. The US$452,580 contract will be supplied …

LUXEMBOURG—Mach said Omnitel Vodafone agreed to renew its contract for Mach clearinghouse and roaming. services. Omnitel has used Mach’s services since it launched service in Italy. The value of the …

MINNEAPOLIS—ADC announced that Lithuanian operator Omnitel will install its Metrica software to help manage the performance of its mobile network. Omnitel will use Metrica for network performance reporting and monitoring. …

VILNIUS, Lithuania—Lithuanian operator Omnitel has begun a short message service parking payment service, allowing postpaid subscribers to pay for parking with mobile phones. Users send specific messages to a short …

ROME—Four telecom companies have filed formal offers to buy Italian mobile-phone operator Blu, which has been for sale for about 18 months since failing to win a third-generation (3G) license …

CANNES, France—Nokia Corp. stamped its feet at the 3GSM World Congress with a series of announcements ranging from open architecture, live demonstrations and Internet Protocol mobility networks. Nokia introduced its …

BUCHAREST, Romania—The Baltic GSM operators said that their recently announced cooperation will lead to decreased call costs for customers. The leading mobile telephone operators in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia—Latvian Mobile …

VILNIUS, Lithuania—Lithuania’s Omnitel introduced a virtual chat service called Plepek!, which allows communications via short message service, the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and the Internet. The open chat groups include …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The Italian government has told its five third-generation (3G) license holders that it has no plans to follow the French government’s example of reducing the license fees or …

VILNIUS, Lithuania—Wireless operator Omnitel began a new telephone numbering system, with the prefix of mobile telephone services in Lithuania beginning with a digit six. Lithuania’s National Telephone Numbering Plan introduced …

MADRID, Spain—Ipse 2000, an Italian mobile-phone operator controlled by Spanish Telef

Alcatel Paris. With Orascom Telecom for the supply and installation of GSM solutions in the Middle East and Africa. Value: Undisclosed. Brazil. With Telemar for a GSM 1800/GPRS network in …

Alcatel China. With China Unicom for CDMA equipment for a national network. Value: US$157 million China. With Gansu Mobile, Shanxi Mobile and Ning Xia Mobile for GSM expansion contracts. Value: …

NEW YORK-Vodafone Group plc introduced international roaming for its prepaid mobile-phone customers on its networks across Europe. The service, already available to Vodafone’s postpaid customers, follows the launch of Vodafone …