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The privatization of Brazil’s cellular telephone industry appears to have moved forward in recent weeks with the announcement of the sale of the country’s first B-band concession. But while one …

TORONTO-Microcell Telecommunications Inc. signed a handful of new roaming agreements with European operators, and announced its Fido personal communications services network will be active in Toronto starting next week. Microcell …

Globalstar L.P. announced at a signing ceremony it has placed purchase orders by the partners that comprise Globalstar’s limited partnership for 35 Globalstar gateways to be installed around the world. …

Groups led by AT&T Corp. and Telia of Sweden are among those that recently purchased bidding packages from the Argentine government, which plans to award two 1900 MHz personal communications …

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-About 15 companies submitted bids last week for ten B-band cellular licenses in Brazil. One source reported that bids ranged from $200 million for more desolate Amazon …

Brazil is in the wireless spotlight. Demand is high, penetration is low and growth in all sectors is being fueled by deregulation and a stronger economy. Brazil’s current annual cellular …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. installed its PhonePrint cellular fraud prevention system in Celulares Telefonica’s Puerto Rico network. Corsair said the radio frequency fingerprinting system was installed throughout the island …

The European Commission said it has given the Spanish government three months to inform the EC on the steps it will take to create a level playing field for the …

The Secretary of Communications in Argentina announced concrete plans to award two personal communications services licenses in early to mid-1997. Initially, the two PCS licenses will be granted for 30 …

LIMA, Peru-Telefonica del Peru has launched Code Division Multiple Access service in the metropolitan city of Lima, saying it is the first in Latin America to have such a commercial …

AirTouch Communications Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding with PT Intidaya Sistelindomitra to offer wireless services in Indonesia using the Globalstar satellite-based communications system. The companies will pursue a license …

NEW YORK-Compania Anonima Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela, the country’s monopoly telecommun-ications conglomerate, was scheduled to become a publicly traded company Nov. 22 with an offering outside the country of 34.2 …

The Romanian Ministry of Communications awarded two 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications licenses to the consortia of Mobil Rom, led by France Telecom International Mobiles, and to MobiFon, …

JV Digital Cellular Communications of Ukraine Ltd. placed an order, valued at $30 million, for L.M. Ericsson’s fixed Digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service/AMPS cellular network. Under the contract, Ericsson will …

Concurrent with the bidding deadline to operate a fourth wireless phone network in Germany, cellular operators DeTeMobil and Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH have announced extensive rate cuts. The American Embassy in …

International consortium Polkomtel started Global System for Mobile communications cellular service in Poland just seven months after receiving its license and two weeks after its key competitor, Polska Telefonica Cyfrowa, …

The Romanian government received applications from four consortia for two Global System for Mobile communications licenses, reported MobiFon, one bidding group. The deadline for applications was last Thursday. The 900 …

Polska Telefonica Cyfrowa of Poland started its “Era GSM” Global System for Mobile communications service, offered at rates lower than those of existing operator Centertel, announced U S West Media …

WASHINGTON-Sixty-two banks participated in the syndication of a $750 million interim credit facility for Iridium L.L.C. To date, committed funds raised by Iridium total $2.65 billion, said the company. Chase …

NEW YORK-In Latin American countries, “where completion of a phone call is cause for celebration in some cases,” rising gross domestic product signals increasing financing demands for wireless communications infrastructure …

The government of Romania pushed the tender deadline for two Global System for Mobile communications licenses back by two months, doubled the price for the licenses and formed a special …

E.F. Johnson Co. has signed a $3.6 million contract to build a trunked radio system for Campanhia Energetica de Minas Gerias (CEMIG), an electrical power generation and distribution company in …

A Polish court has rejected complaints filed by Ameritech International and France Telecom concerning a digital cellular license the two companies say the Polish government promised them five years ago …

Eastern European countries and those of the former Soviet republics launched cellular services in the early 1990s using the Nordic Mobile Telephone-450 standard, an analog technology developed to operate at …

SINGAPORE-Numerous announcements about Code Division Multiple Access technology came out of last week’s CDMA World Congress in Singapore. The event was attended by about 600 people from 40 countries. Motorola …