Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, TIM and Vodafone detail Open RAN interests—SMO, RIC, RAN hardware acceleration are focus areas
As Open RAN has becomes mainstream, the industry focus has shifted from supplying greenfield network builds to integrating new, open radio systems into brownfield networks. For Open...
Optics BidCo, controlled by KKR, will take over the assets from TIM at a current enterprise value of 18.8 billion euros
Italian telecom company TIM has approved a proposal from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) to acquire TIM's fixed network assets or NetCo,...
AT&T Inc. is trying to negotiate an indirect investment in Telecom Italia S.p.A. by working out a one-third stake in a holding company that owns about 18 percent of the Italian company's ordinary shares. The investment in the holding company, Olimpia S.p.A., is contingent...
One of the worst-kept secrets in the wireless industry today is T-Mobile USA Inc.'s much-discussed-by everyone but them, that is-plan to launch services that allow subscribers with dual-mode handsets to move seamlessly between cellular and Wi-Fi networks. U.S. trials of the technology by T-Mobile...
ISSY-LES-MOULINAUX, France—The Linux Phone Standards Forum said Telecom Italia, Texas Instruments Inc. and ZTE Corp. have joined its ranks. The group is in the process of defining a standard software platform that will allow applications and end-user services to be deployed across all types...
SEATTLE—The Automobile Association of America selected Volantis Systems Ltd. to develop and deploy a mobile portal that will allow AAA members to access association information from any mobile device. The mobile portal is expected to go live in October with searchable information on hotels,...
With equipment orders not rolling in like they used to, or at least having slowed down slightly, equipment vendors are looking for new ways to bring in revenues. At the same time, carriers are looking to tap into new revenue streams without making huge...
MILAN, Italy-Telecom Italia Mobile said it finalized a deal with T-Mobile Global Holding for the sale of TIM's 7.16-percent of the share capital of Cmobil, a Dutch holding company that owns 60.8 percent of T-Mobile CZ. This participation corresponds to an indirect stake of...
Proving wrong rumors of an imminent shutdown of its handset business, Siemens released three new low-end phones in an effort to trump low-cost vendors like Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc.Siemens said the three new phones are part of its new 75 A-Series, which the...
MILAN, Italy-Italian carrier Telecom Italia said it plans to sell its 54.76-percent equity stake in Entel S.A. to Almendral S.A., a holding company listed on the Santiago stock exchange in Chile and controlled by a consortium of entrepreneurs. Entel owns Entel PCS, a mobile...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Industry witnessed the release of three unique, advanced handsets from the likes of Verizon Wireless, NTT DoCoMo Inc. and startup Mobiado, a division of Bonac Innovation Corp., which released a $1,200 GSM camera phone built from aircraft aluminum. First up is Verizon Wireless,...
Industry witnessed the release of three unique, advanced handsets from the likes of Verizon Wireless, NTT DoCoMo Inc. and startup Mobiado, a division of Bonac Innovation Corp., which today released a $1,200 GSM camera phone built from aircraft aluminum.First up is Verizon Wireless, which...
MILAN, Italy-Telecom Italia detailed its offer to buy the 44 percent of Telecom Italia Mobile that it doesn't already own for up to $28.1 billion. The boards of directors of the two companies have approved the integration plan.The reorganization is necessary to gain benefits...
NEWBURY, U.K.-Mobile Streams has been tapped to deliver ringtones, wallpaper and other mobile content for TIM Brazil, a South American carrier with more than 10 million subscribers. With the service, ringtones will be available to users via short message service, a WAP deck or...
Several third-generation commercial launches were announced in markets across Western Europe last week, with market leaders Vodafone Group plc, Telefonica Moviles and Telecom Italia Mobile all beginning services in various countries.In Italy, Telecom Italia Mobile launched its EDGE and UMTS services May 24. The...
Several third-generation commercial launches were announced in markets across Western Europe this week, with market leaders Vodafone Group plc, Telefonica Moviles and Telecom Italia Mobile all beginning services in various countries.In Italy, Telecom Italia Mobile launched its EDGE and UMTS services Monday. The carrier,...
Following are mobile contracts awarded in February 2004:Iraq. With Orascom Telecom for a GSM network in Central Iraq.Value: UndisclosedSerbia. With Telecom Serbia for a UMTS network field trial.Value: UndisclosedUnited Kingdom. With 3 UK for an optical multiservice solution.Value: UndisclosedUnited Kingdom and France. With Orange...
Qualcomm Inc. announced Pegaso Comunicaciones y Sistemas S.A. de C.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pegaso Telecomunicaciones, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican wireless operator now owned by Telefonica Moviles, has prepaid in full its outstanding loans owed under an equipment loan facility. The payment...
ROME-Italy's Telecom Italia Mobile launched a new service that connects a cellular phone's subscriber identity module and wireless local area networks using SIM-based authentication. The service is targeted at the corporate market and offers speeds of up to 11 megabits per second, along with...
MILAN, Italy-Italy's largest mobile operator Telecom Italia Mobile said that although it has not commercially launched its third-generation network, it has launched services that will become available on UMTS, including television services.TIM said beginning this week, users can connect via WAP to a "virtual...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Although the Latin American unified messaging market has developed more slowly than expected, potential still exists, especially in enterprise solutions, according to new research from Frost & Sullivan.The research group believes uptake of unified messaging in the region is slow due to...
