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VIENNA, Austria-The Austrian auction of third-generation licenses began today, amid investigations into illegal activities among some of the already-completed European 3G auctions. In Austria, six bidders are competing for 12 …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-In a deal with GSM operator Telsim that Motorola estimates at $2 billion, the company will supply and deploy a third-generation mobile network capable of advanced multimedia services …

TURIN, Italy-The shareholders of Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) voted to assign Telecom Italia’s shareholding in Stet Mobile Holding to TIM. After the restructuring, TIM will detain 100 percent of the …

LISBON, Portugal-Portugal Telecom increased its economic interests in Brazilian mobile operator Telesp Celular Participacoes from 29.92 percent to 41.23 percent. Telesp Celular completed a public auction at the Sao Paulo, …

PARIS-SkyPoint, a Spanish telecom operator with a wireless access license in the 26 GHz band, selected Alcatel to supply its local multipoint distribution service equipment. The initial phase of the …

MOSCOW-The major Russian Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) carrier decided to expand eastward and launched a GSM 900 MHz service in the Urals republic of Udmurtia in November. Udmurtia, which has numerous …

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The satellite-based telecommunications market made headlines again last week as Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. released disappointing financial results and bankrupt provider Iridium L.L.C. endorsed a $25 million buyout bid from former …

WASHINGTON-As the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau prepared to celebrate its one-year anniversary, the agency fined Qualcomm Inc. $25,000 for not complying with the 911 strongest-signal rules. The fine, which was agreed …

HONG KONG-The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is generally regarded with something between scorn and indifference in Hong Kong among industry sources, and mobile operators will not even reveal subscriber numbers …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Operators in the Middle East are focusing on extending coverage and considering networks upgrades. The region offers enormous potential, considering the cellular penetration is only 3.5 percent-very low …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Israel is determined not to be shaken from its pristine position of having one of the highest cellular penetration rates in the Middle East by the current unrest …

NEW DELHI, India-India is set to witness an explosion in wireless services during the next few months, with the decision to end the duopoly of GSM operators and to allow …

Africa Stratos Global completed its Mount Kilimanjaro educational expedition using its remote communications network. Stratos provided the expedition team with an Inmarsat-M4 terminal, allowing the team to send and receive …

SINGAPORE-The once sleepy telecommunications market in technology-centric Taiwan is finally stirring from its slumber. Having taken a back seat to the country’s more well-known semiconductor industry until now, Taiwan’s mobile-phone …

Mobile satellite services will shortly be available across the Middle East via the Thuraya network. United Arab Emirates-based Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications has announced the launch of its Thuraya-1 satellite. The …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Unlike the hype that surrounded the launch of Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) services, European mobile operators are taking a conservative approach to how General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) …

The satellite-based telecommunications market made headlines again as Globalstar Telecommunications released disappointing financial results and bankrupt provider Iridium endorsed a US$25 million buyout bid from former airline executive Dan Colussy. …

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 …

PRAGUE, Czech Republic-Cesky Mobil, the Czech Republic’s third mobile telephone operator, is seeking to differentiate itself from its competition by offering low start-up costs and emphasizing ease of use. The …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Pay phones may not be the panacea to Africa’s need of extending telephony, but in rural areas where there is little or no fixed infrastructure, wireless-and specifically GSM-pay …

MOSCOW-Russian wireless carriers, which this year considerably expanded their client bases thanks to radically decreased prices, registered a major average revenue per user (ARPU) decrease from more than US$215 two …

Nigeria The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) released a technical consultative document for the four new national licenses to offer second-generation (2G) cellular systems in Nigeria. Four licenses are to be …

BELFAST, United Kingdom-With a mobile penetration of just 1.4 percent, less than that of many third-world countries, the Russian mobile segment appears to offer little excitement. At closer glance, however, …

DENVER, United States-U.S. paging operator WebLink Wireless is making plans to implement a narrowband PCS (NPCS) network in Central America using a first-ever infrastructure-sharing arrangement that would enable low-volume providers …