SAO PAULO-Telefonica del Peru ordered the first phase of a digital cellular network expansion from Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group designed to extend service beyond the capital city of Lima into Peru's western provinces between the Pacific Coast and the Andes mountains.The Code Division...
The government of Peru and telecommunications company Telefonica del Peru earlier this month agreed to end the company's monopoly on conventional telephone service, according to published reports.Telefonica del Peru provides local, long-distance, wireless, paging and cable TV services in the country. Its monopoly on...
The high bids placed for Brazil's eight A-band cellular companies late last month may cause some consortia members to rethink their positions.Reports already indicate Japan's NTT DoCoMo and Japanese trading group Itochu Corp. are reviewing their participation in a consortium led by Spain's Telefonica,...
TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. said it agreed to provide its Access clearinghouse services to Telefonica del Peru.Prior to the agreement, Telefonica del Peru offered its customers one-way, manual roaming from Peru to the rest of South America, with manual settlement between operators, said...
The government of Puerto Rico last week elected to stay with a bid made by a GTE Corp.-led consortium for Puerto Rico Telephone Co., after receiving a competing bid from Spain's Telefonica Internacional S.A.A spokeswoman for GTE confirmed the government's decision.GTE in May signed...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced it won a $45 million order to expand the digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service network operated by Telefonica Comunicaciones Personales in central and southern Argentina.This is TCP's largest expansion order since the original network was purchased in 1995, said Ericsson....
WASHINGTON-After a three-day delay due to legal challenges, the government of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, sold a controlling 50.1-percent voting stake in the Companhia Riograndense de Telecomunicac
WASHINGTON-Brazilian Minister of Communications Luis Carlos Mendonca de Barros set the minimum price for the 12 Telebras system holding companies of US$11.7 billion for the 18.2-percent stake owned by the government. He expects the eight cellular companies to draw a high premium, up to...
On 10 December 1997, the frequency auction for trunking services concluded, resulting in 580 channels being auctioned and raising almost US$40 million.Argentina Wireless Telecomunicaciones paid more than US$27 million for 140 channels in Buenos Aires, 60 in Santa Fe/Paran , and 100 each in...
WASHINGTON-They announced it, delayed it, set deadlines and then extended them-each one of these at least once and often amid accusations of scandal and preferential treatment. Currently, the tender process for two 1.9 GHz PCS (Personal Communications Services) licenses to serve a 100-kilometer area...
MADRID-Spain's incumbent mobile phone operators Telefonica and Airtel could have some competition soon, as the country prepares to award a third license this month.Involved in the auction is the mobile arm of the Spanish fixed-line operator Retevision, called Retevision Movil-owned in part by Telecom...
Despite uncertainties surrounding the process, the Brazilian government is pushing ahead with plans to sell its stake in telecommunications giant Telebras.The sell-off, originally slated for July 15, now has been pushed to July 29. Telebras is scheduled to split into 12 regional holding companies...
ISTANBUL-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced what it called the world's single-largest Global System for Mobile communications infrastructure contract to date.The company signed an exclusive $500 million contract with Telsim, a GSM operator in Turkey, to enhance the carrier's network countrywide. Motorola said it...
OXFORD, England-Both Cable & Wireless plc and Telecom Italia have been searching long and hard for an international partner. Now the search may be over. The two operators intend to join forces in a global alliance to strengthen their international operations.Cable & Wireless claims...
OXFORD, England-In March, shareholders of the privatized Spanish operator Telefonica approved a new group structure as well as a proposal to raise Pta 600 billion (US$3.97 billion) through the largest-ever rights issue by a Spanish company. Approval was granted at the shortest-ever meeting in...
WASHINGTON-The National Telecommunications & Information Administration estimates that the liberalization of the global telecommunications marketplace has resulted in a $675 billion opportunity for carriers that want to pursue business overseas.While the World Trade Organization treaty has paved part of the way into what used...
NEW YORK-CTI Holdings S.A., a pure play wireless carrier serving the interior region of Argentina, plans to place privately up to $150 million to help finance its network construction.By the end of last year, CTI had deployed 698 cell sites, which covered about 95...
WASHINGTON-Telefonica, WorldCom Inc. and MCI Communications Corp. said they plan to partner in strategic business ventures to leverage the three companies' network and geographic strengths as they enter new telecommunications markets in Europe and the Americas.The agreement extends the terms of the Pan-American joint...
NEW YORK-The Telecommunications Executive Leadership Council, a group of 18 executives, is working with Deloitte & Touche L.L.P. and The Economist to analyze factors critical to success in the next century.The council has met twice, most recently in February, to identify key issues for...
WASHINGTON-Spain's Telefonica has announced it will partner with United States-based WorldCom and MCI in a partnership for future business ventures in Europe and the Americas. This follows the collapse of Telefonica's planned relationship with British Telecommunications plc.The three companies said the new relationship builds...
ArrayComm Inc. announced its next-generation IntelliCell-enhanced Personal Handyphone System cell stations are operating in Tokyo's PHS network, following months of field trials conducted with DDI Pocket Telephone. DDI holds a nationwide license in Japan to provide mobile PHS service and is the largest PHS...
NEW YORK-Compania de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A., a multiservice telecommunications company, announced it will purchase from VTR S.A. the 45-percent stake it doesn't already own in Startel S.A., the leading mobile telecommunications carrier in Chile.CTC, in which Spain's national telephone company, Telefonica de Espana,...
