BERLIN—Berlin is a city undergoing a rebuilding and refurbishment program the likes of which few other cities in Europe have experienced in modern times. Against this backdrop of transformation, Deutsche Telekom used the grand opening of its high-tech offices in the city to announce...
GENEVA—Europe’s mobile users will likely wait much longer than expected for next-generation cellular, as the daunting implications of full-scale third-generation (3G) deployment are finally brought home to the region’s 60-plus operators.With many players already having committed hundreds of millions of euros to securing national...
BERLIN—The mobile division of Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile, has forcefully indicated that it plans to be the first to launch third-generation (3G) services in Germany. The company announced plans to deploy high-speed mobile data services in 20 German cities by the end of this year,...
LONDON—Logica announced a deal with T-Motion, the mobile online services arm of T-Mobile International, to create a portal to market billable value-added services to customers across Europe.The system uses Logica's integrated and customized real-time billing system, which is based on Portal Software's Intranet billing...
LONDON—Logica announced a deal with T-Motion, the mobile online services arm of T-Mobile International, to create a portal to market billable value-added services to customers across Europe.The system uses Logica's integrated and customized real-time billing system, which is based on Portal Software Inc.'s Intranet...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having planned to capitalize on the booming short message service (SMS) market by increasing its messaging charges by nearly 140 percent, Germany's T-Mobile has backed down after a wave of consumer and political protest. The company said new customers can now decide...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California, United States—Disney content is moving onto European mobile phones for the first time through a deal between T-Mobile International's mobile online services provider T-Motion and Walt Disney Internet.The deal is the latest in a string of content distribution agreements for Walt...
WOODBURY, New York, United States—Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology, announced T-Mobile International's wireless German subsidiary, T-Mobil, selected the company's voice portal to deliver a range of voice-activated commercial services.Using the system, T-Mobil customers will be able to place calls and manage their personal...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Disney content is moving onto European mobile phones for the first time through a deal between T-Mobile International mobile online services provider T-Motion and Walt Disney Internet Group.The deal is the latest in a string of content distribution agreements for Walt Disney,...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Two new deals show voice-driven wireless services are becoming more and more popular within the industry.First, Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., announced T-Mobile International's wireless German subsidiary, T-Mobil, selected the company's voice portal in order to deliver a range of voice-activated...
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. division, added 370,000 net subscribers, well below T-Mobile's previous estimates of 650,000 customer additions. VoiceStream...
FRANKFURT, Germany—In preliminary first-half results, Deutsche Telekom revealed it would not list part of its T-Mobile subsidiary this year.The company's results were in line with expectations, although concerns about its high debt load are still strong.
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 rollout of 3G infrastructure and sharing of new and existing base stations, including sites, masts...
PacketVideo Corp. scored a major deal today with Siemens Information and Communication Mobile, which will resell the streaming media company's MPEG-4 technology platform to mobile operators. The deal is another in a long string of significant sales for PacketVideo."It's a further endorsement of our...
FRANKFURT, Germany-German reseller debitel said it agreed with Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile German wireless carrier to market T-Mobil's Universal Mobile Telecommunications System services.The agreement will give debitel's customers access to T-Mobil's UMTS services.
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., announced that T-Mobile International's wireless German subsidiary, T-Mobil, will provide Comverse's unified-messaging solution to its subscribers.The solution allows users to access voice, fax and e-mail messages from one mailbox.
Three major wireless vendors gave mixed signals last week as Nokia Corp. posted a profit, while Nortel Networks Inc. and L.M. Ericsson reported losses in tune with market consensus.Both Nortel and Ericsson deepened the bleak news with new rounds of layoffs; Nortel firing 5,000...
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 coveted status as a network provider.The deals, including a $1.3 billion deal to supply...
When Verizon Wireless introduced the Kyocera 6035 smart phone last week, many were surprised by how quickly the country's largest wireless operator brought the new phone to market."Time to market is very important, and Verizon did a good job of getting the phone to...
Finally, a glass of champagne.Nortel Networks toasted its fourth quarter with a result that matched market expectations and a robust promise for the future.Nortel, a leader in communications equipment for wireless networks, switching, transmission and access, reported fourth-quarter net earnings of $825 million, or...
Like the harmony of opposites, caution and adventure characterize the journey to the wide-scale rollout of GPRS. Vendors are playing starry-eyed idealists while operators are avoiding a possible precipice on board the chief migration vehicle: handsets.In view of their contrasting attitudes, operators' low blood pressure...
DENVER, United States-Like the harmony of opposites, caution and adventure characterize the journey to the wide-scale rollout of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS). Vendors are playing starry-eyed idealists, while operators are avoiding a possible precipice on board the chief migration vehicle: handsets.In view of their...
AirNetUnited States. With MBO for a GPRS system.Value: UndisclosedAlcatelGambia. With Gamtel for a turnkey GSM network to be installed in the greater Banjul area.Value: UndisclosedPortugal. With TMN for a high speed mobile data service on its GPRS commercial network.Value: UndisclosedPortugal. With TMN for UMTS technology in the...
FRANKFURT-Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Mobile International has signed two separate deals with Nokia Corp. and Nortel Networks to supply its third-generation network infrastructure in Europe.The separate agreements, valued at about $320 million each, will enable Nokia to introduce seamless multimedia services for T-Mobil in such...
