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Greece Panafon and France Telecom announced recently they are holding discussions regarding a possible offering or an issue of an exchangeable bond by France Telecom of all or part of …

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STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. said Turkish telecommunications operator Turkcell signed an agreement for Ericsson’s WISE high-speed Internet solution, a five-component system designed to provide fast connections from a Global System for Mobile …

HELSINKI-Finnish telecommunications operator Sonera posted profits before taxes and extraordinary items of $238.9 million (EUR224 million), a 19-percent increase over the same period in 1998. Its earnings per share were …

NEW YORK-Turkcell, the largest Global System for Mobile Communications operator in Turkey, said June 8 it has asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for permission to go public later …

Reuters reported the Turkish Transport Minister said the country plans to offer two new Global System for Mobile communications licenses at 1800 MHz to complement the existing GSM 900 MHz …

NEW YORK-The United States, where high-yield bond issuance originated, for many years has been the hotbed of this important kind of financing, even for telecommunications and other corporate issuers outside …

“If we delivered the same quality as in the U.K. or Germany, we would have zero subscribers in two weeks,” said Hakan Uzan, chief executive officer of Turkey’s second GSM …

Brightpoint Inc. announced it extended for three years its agreement with Esat Digifone, a Global System for Mobile communications operator based in Dublin, Ireland. Brightpoint supplies Esat fulfillment and distribution …

Croatia has announced a tender to construct and operate a nationwide GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) network. Bids were due 15 April. A consortium led by ABN Amro Bank …

ISTANBUL, Turkey-Turkcell, a cellular phone company in Turkey, selected Computer Associates International Inc.’s integrated enterprise management solution, Unicenter TNG, to proactively manage its entire information technology enterprise, said Computer Associates. …

WINCHESTER, Mass.-Metrica Inc. said it has signed an agreement with Turkcell to supply network performance technology for its Global System for Mobile communications network in Turkey. Metrica will also supply …