One 2 One

DENVER, United States-AT&T Wireless confirmed that it has won a license to offer mobile services on the Caribbean island of Dominica. The U.S.-based operator will compete against Cable & Wireless, …

DUBLIN, Ireland—One 2 One unveiled its multimedia messaging (MMS) plans for the United Kingdom at the same time that the name One 2 One was consigned to history as the …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—In an effort to reduce its market entry costs as a greenfield third-generation (3G) operator, Hutchison 3G is negotiating with U.K. operators mmO2 and One 2 One about …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Hutchison has signed a crucial network sharing deal with British Telecommunications’ former wireless division, mmO2. The agreement will allow Hutchison’s subscribers to make and receive calls using mmO2’s …

FRANKFURT, Germany—Deutsche Telekom’s wireless unit T-Mobile added 1.7 million net subscribers during the third quarter, bringing the carrier’s worldwide wireless customer base to 45.6 million subscribers. VoiceStream Wireless, T-Mobile’s U.S. …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Despite losing a legal appeal over the timing of its third-generation (3G) license payments, British Telecommunications (BT) said it will instigate a fresh court action restating that it …

LONDON—U.K. telecom regulator Oftel imposed price controls on the country’s four mobile operators, saying British consumers would save $1.2 billion during the next four years. The controls will reduce revenues …

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), …

LONDON-A major shift has occurred in the U.K. mobile market, with Vodafone Group plc, the market leader in terms of subscriber numbers for several years, falling two spots to No. …

BT Wireless and Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile International said their operating companies in the United Kingdom and Germany plan to cooperate on the rollout of third-generation networks. The agreement includes coordinated …

LONDON-About 44 percent of all U.K. households had a mobile phone in 2000, but this year, 68 percent of U.K. households have a mobile phone, according to the “2001 U.K. …

Amid the frenzy over a flagging economy and road bumps to the next generation of technologies, Nokia Corp. won a series of third-generation infrastructure contracts that gives the handset vendor …

LONDON-Britain’s mobile carriers are beginning to do away with handset subsidies, with both Vodafone U.K. and One 2 One announcing plans to sharply increase the cost of their cheapest phones. …

WASHINGTON-The chief wireless regulator in the United States has been spreading the message of auctions as a key licensing tool in various overseas trips during the last year. “You are …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-While many of the public statements from the U.K. cell-phone operators have always mentioned early 2002 as the commercial deployment date for third-generation (3G) services, the four existing …

It was no surprise. Powertel Inc., one of the last major U.S. regional carriers, will fold operations with VoiceStream Wireless Corp. Germany’s Deutsche Telekom AG, which weeks ago announced plans …

DENVER, United States-One of the world’s most savvy and chic brand names is coming to the U.S. mobile-phone market next year. Virtual network operator (VNO) Virgin Mobile USA said it …

One of the world’s most savvy and chic brand names is coming to the U.S. mobile-phone market next year. Virtual network operator Virgin Mobile USA said it plans to ink …

LONDON-British carrier One 2 One has chosen Phone.com Inc.’s UP.Link Server Suite to launch WAP-based wireless Internet services in the United Kingdom. This is the second U.K.-based carrier to launch …

Deutsche Telekom AG executives found themselves justifying the price the German company paid for Voice-Stream Wireless Corp. as it detailed the new deal to analysts last week. “The price is …

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 …

WASHINGTON-Andrew Sukawaty, president and chief operating officer of Sprint PCS and recently installed chairman of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, said Friday he is leaving the nationwide mobile-phone carrier to …

Hong Kong Cable & Wireless HKT Mobile Services and Nokia Corp. successfully completed their third-generation trials and the provision of a commercially available 43.2 kbps high-speed circuit switched data service …

Dear Editor, In writing in the April 24 issue on the absurdly high bids for U.K. 3G licenses, “U.K. Prices: Up, up and away,” RCR states: “But the United Kingdom’s …

After eight weeks and 150 rounds, NTL Mobile said enough and dropped out of the U.K. government auction for five Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses. The withdrawal left only five …