DUBLIN, Ireland—The latest shareholder criticism of the performance of its parent company Deutsche Telekom has made it more likely that T-Mobile will finally be sold within the next 12 months to help reduce debts running to tens of billions of Euro, even though it...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Peter Erskine, chief executive officer (CEO) of MmO2, stated that mobile data is essential to the growth of the cell-phone industry and claims that from 2005, it will account for more than 90 percent of total mobile revenue growth. To support this...
FRANKFURT, Germany—Deutsche Telekom's chief executive, Ron Sommer, told investors at the company's annual meeting that the telecommunications giant plans to cut 22,000 jobs, or about 9 percent of its work force, by the end of 2004 in an attempt to cut costs and reduce...
SAN FRANCISCO—European giant T-Mobile will use nGame's Java QuickStart Program to launch Java gaming applications throughout its coverage area, nGame announced.NGame's QuickStart product allows carriers to roll out Java-capable games in less than three months and includes an over-the-air provisioning server.In other Java-related news,...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint PCS signed a letter of intent with eOne Global, an affiliate of electronic payment provider First Data Corp., to establish a mobile payment network enabling customers to make purchases and payments with their wireless devices.A similar plan was recently announced by...
BONN, Germany—German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom reported its T-Mobile wireless division posted $4.1 billion in revenue for the first quarter of this year compared with $2.5 billion reported for the first quarter last year. The company attributed the increase to positive effects of its...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Wireless giant Ericsson continued to lead the multimedia messaging service infrastructure industry through its new deal with T-Mobile. T-Mobile will use Ericsson's MMS center to launch services in its Hungary market and plans to roll out similar services in its German, Austrian and...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—European cell-phone operators seem in no rush to sign General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) roaming agreements with their counterparts over fears of technology mismatches. Given that GPRS services are targeted at corporate users, industry analysts are blaming this absence of cross-border roaming...
DUBLIN, Ireland—Following similar deals signed earlier this year with Nokia and Siemens, T-Mobile International has chosen Nortel Networks to supply Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) equipment for its third-generation (3G) services scheduled to go live in the second half of 2002."The selection of Nortel...
BONN, Germany—Nortel Networks says it has signed a contract to supply T-Mobile International with UMTS infrastructure equipment and services in Europe under a 10-year frame agreement."We are looking forward to working with strong allies like Nortel Networks in building the foundation for attractive and...
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 company formally changed its name to T-Mobile. The company will launch its MMS service...
GENEVA—General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) roaming exchanges (GRX) are rapidly emerging as a profitable new service niche in Europe and around the world, as mobile operators get serious about GPRS and struggle to come to grips with the complex roaming and billing issues surrounding...
WATERLOO, Ontario—The BlackBerry is going to Asia under a deal between the maker of the wireless e-mail and mobile-phone device, Research In Motion Ltd., and Hong Kong wireless carrier Hutchison Telecommunications.Hutchison Telecom, which sports 1.7 million customers, will sell the device running over its...
LONDON—Deutsche Telekom announced it will implement a four-point plan to keep its debt reduction program on track:A dividend US$0.37 for 2001, which is 40 percent lower than last year, will be proposed to the supervisory board and the general meeting of shareholders;There will be...
LONDON—Deutsche Telekom announced it will implement a four-point plan to keep its debt reduction program on track:A dividend of 37 cents for 2001, which is 40 percent lower than last year, will be proposed to the supervisory board and the general meeting of shareholder;There...
LONDON—Vodafone Group plc and T-Mobile International AG, two of the world's largest wireless operators, reported an initiative to create an interoperable mobile payment platform designed to accelerate customer and merchant adoption of mobile transactions.The platform is expected to deliver a secure payment solution for...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. announced two third-generation contract wins this week, the first with Germany's E-Plus Mobilfunk and the second with T-Mobile International.Nokia will be the main supplier for E-Plus' 3G network in Germany through a $131.4 million contract. Nokia will be the exclusive vendor...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having heard that T-Mobile plans to launch third-generation (3G) services in 20 German cities during the third quarter, Vodafone D2 responded this week by announcing plans for a 3G service later this year in a number of large German cities. However, Viag...
HANNOVER, Germany—Deutsche Telekom and Microsoft are presenting mobile solutions for business customers at this week's CeBIT trade show in Germany and announced the companies will cooperate in developing devices for next-generation mobile phones.The first offerings should be available by the third quarter.Under the agreement,...
HANNOVER, Germany—Deutsche Telekom and Microsoft Corp. are presenting mobile solutions for business customers at this week's CeBIT trade show in Germany and announced the companies will cooperate in developing devices for next-generation mobile phones.The first offerings should be available by the third quarter.Under the...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Qualcomm's BREW platform scored another major developer deal, this time with Walt Disney and its ESPN-branded sports games.Under the deal, Walt Disney Internet Group said it will develop games like ESPN's 2-Minute Drill for the Qualcomm platform. Verizon Wireless recently announced its...
TORONTO—Research in Motion has landed a supply agreement with T-Mobile International, a group of wireless network operators belonging to telecommunications kingpin Deutsche Telekom. The deal, RIM's second in Germany, is important because it will give the Waterloo, Ontario-based company access to the tens of...
CANNES, France—A new initiative, "European Friends of 3GPP" (EF3), was founded at this week's 3GSM World Congress to fund the organization and support of 3GPP meetings in Europe.Alcatel, Ericsson, Lucent Technologies, Nortel Neteworks, Siemens and Vodafone signed letters of intent to join the initiative...
