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MEXICO CITY-The Mexican cellular industry has grown fast and steady in recent years. From 1 million subscribers in 1997, the operators closed last year with 14 million customers, and the …

In a marriage of convenience, carriers are signing temporary dotted lines to outsource their network management to vendors as they migrate to the next generation of wireless technology. The trend, …

AirNet United States. With MBO for a GPRS system. Value: Undisclosed Alcatel Gambia. With Gamtel for a turnkey GSM network to be installed in the greater Banjul area. Value: Undisclosed …

CHICAGO, United States-One of the first commercial deployments of Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) technology could be in Mexico next year based on presentations and interviews at the …

MEXICO CITY-Telcel, Mexico’s largest wireless operator, launched commercial wireless Internet services using Phone.com’s Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) platform. The commercial service launch marks the mobile carrier’s spinoff from parent company …

CHICAGO-One of the first commercial deployments of EDGE technology could be in Mexico next year based on presentations and interviews at the PCIA GlobalXchange event. Mexico’s largest wireless carrier, Telcel, …

MIAMI-Brightstar Mexico, a subsidiary of Brightstar Corp., was selected as the fulfillment partner for Telular Corp.’s Wireless Local Loop digital initiative supporting Mexican wireless operator Telcel. “We are pleased that …

1999 is behind us, although it won’t soon be forgotten. The last year of the 20th century brought tragedy to many locations around the world. It’s comforting to know that …

U.S.-based BellSouth has grandiose plans for its future in Latin America. Despite its recent moves in Europe with wireless operator E-Plus, BellSouth remains committed to Latin America as its primary …

TORONTO-Research in Motion (RIM) of Waterloo, Ontario, a small Canadian company far from Silicon Valley, has developed some of the hottest wireless technology in the world. In just a short …

WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. said it will supply Venezuela-based carrier Telcel Cellular with its Inter@ctive 950e pager, the Spanish language version of the Inter@ctive 950. The deal will allow …

MEXICO CITY-Telefonos de Mexico reported significant subscriber gains in its second-quarter earnings results. The company said the subscriber base for cellular subsidiary Telcel had increased to 3.25 million, up 113.3 …

The domestic telecom market is abuzz with mergers, acquisitions and mega-deals. The industry is consolidating again, not so long after AT&T Corp. was broken up into Baby Bells; cellular and …

More legal issues have fallen in the way of Venezuela’s plans to tender a personal communications services license earlier this month. Conatel, Venezuela’s telecom regulatory agency, was set to tender …

L.M. Ericsson Brazil. With Telet S.A. to construct a TDMA network. Value: US$140 million China. With Chongqing Telecommunications Administration to expand its GSM network. Value: US$138 million China. With Hebei …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a $300 million frame agreement with Telcel to expand the wireless operator’s 800 MHz network and create a dual-band/dual-mode system by building the country’s first 1900 …

WASHINGTON-The Mexican government will auction new frequencies for paging, narrowband PCS (two-way paging), trunking and point-to-point microwave. The auctions are scheduled for late 1998 and early 1999, depending on the …

L.M. Ericsson Argentina. With Telecom Personal to expand its D-AMPS/AMPS network. Value: up to US$77 million Argentina. With Telefonica Comunicaciones Personales to expand its D-AMPS IS-136/AMPS network. Value: US$45 million …

CARACAS, Venezuela-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it has received a contract from Telcel valued at $100 million to upgrade the Venzuelan cellular operator’s network. Telcel will upgrade its system from analog …

DENVER, United States-Market strategy has taken on a new meaning for wireless carriers in the Asia-Pacific, which are picking themselves up, dusting themselves off and looking around to see if …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. said it activated its real-time fraud prevention system for users roaming between Mexico and the United States. The company’s PhonePrint Roaming Network has been operational …

ACC Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiary ACC TelEnterprises Ltd., signed an agreement with Paging Network of Canada Inc., a paging company affiliated with PageNet in the United States, to …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications and Telcel, Mexico’s premier cellular carrier, are teaming up to prevent fraud throughout Mexico’s B-side cellular markets. Corsair will provide Telcel with the PhonePrint fraud prevention …

NEW YORK-The establishment of Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Commission by Aug. 10 heralds the advent of significant new foreign ownership opportunities south of the border for wireless services companies. “Joint auctions …

Despite overall slow growth in the Mexican cellular market due to the economic crisis in 1995, Telcel posted a 30.6 percent increase in subscribers for the year. As the largest …