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NEW YORK-The United Kingdom started off 1999 with a bang, becoming the first country to implement local number portability for wireless telephony customers. All four cellular operators-Orange plc, Vodafone Group …

LONDON-Cable & Wireless Global Mobile said it reached 3.1 million customers representing a year-over-year customer growth rate of 45 percent. The company said it had strong performances in Singapore through …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The United Kingdom likes to portray itself as a pioneer in cellular. Certainly it was early on the scene, with two analog TACS (Total Access Communications System) networks …

Cable & Wireless Communications plc confirmed the company is in negotiations with four mobile telecommunications operators in the United Kingdom for the possible sale of its mobile services division. The …

NEW YORK-Orange plc outshined the other major mobile network providers in the United Kingdom, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 1998 U.K. Mobile Customer Satisfaction Study. Orange’s overall satisfaction …

AirTouch Communications Inc. announced its cellular ventures in Germany and Italy have continued to experience strong customer growth. AirTouch said its German cellular venture, Mannesmann Mobilfunk, currently has more than …

Unitech Industries Inc. said it has agreed to manufacture private label cellular phone accessories for Caudwell Communication & Technology, a European distributor of cellular products. Unitech will manufacture batteries, power …

Wireless technologies are critical to introducing true competition into the country’s last bastion of telecommunications monopoly, according to market research by Action Information Services. Unlike today’s analog cellular services that …

Specialty Teleconstructors Inc. announced its purchase of Orlando Tower Service Inc., an Orlando, Fla.-based builder of transmitting and receiving facilities for wireless telecommunications providers. Consideration for the transaction totaled $135,000 …

Knowing that network efficiency and service quality will be key differentiators in the new arena of wireless competition, and having cut its teeth on the fast-growing digital systems in Europe …

Succeeding plans for a two-year network expansion project, Mercury One 2 One intends to launch a multimillion dollar marketing and advertising campaign today aimed at new customers, with three flagship …

Kathy Maloney has been named director of the New Product and Service Development Lab at BellSouth Cellular Corp. Maloney previously was with IBM Corp. for more than 20 years, most …

Olivetti SpA and Northern Telecom Ltd. have formed a joint venture to distribute and service Nortel telecommunications products in Italy. As part of the agreement, Nortel has acquired 49 percent …

ierre Dogan, David Patton and Ray Nettleton Two observations can be drawn from the recent personal communications services license auctions. First, PCS participants are willing to assume enormous financial risk, …