Vodafone

Three quarters of the way into 1999, we are inundated with good news from many of the wireless carriers showing record numbers of new customers added to their networks. These …

WASHINGTON-With just two weeks left in the fiscal year and many appropriations bills still pending, Congress and the White House once again are on a collision course for a budget …

NEW YORK-Vodafone AirTouch plc confirmed Sept. 7 its intentions to forge a mobile telephony alliance with Bell Atlantic Corp., which has refused to comment on this possibility. Other options for …

WASHINGTON-After weeks of refusing to publicly explain its deal with Nextel Communications Inc., the Federal Communications Commission is being forced to tell all to the top House telecommunications policy maker …

ATLANTA-Vodafone Retail and bulletIN.net Ltd. announced they launched a marketing campaign for bulletIN e-mail service through promotional offers, bill inserts and in-store displays. The bulletIN e-mail service allows customers to …

WASHINGTON-In what a spokeswoman for the Personal Communications Industry Association termed a “comedy of errors,” the wireless industry and the Federal Communications Commission last week missed an opportunity to tout …

Albania In the country’s largest move to privatize to date, the Albanian Privatization Ministry said it is prepared to sell between 51 percent and 85 percent of Albanian Mobile Communications, …

Australia The Australian government will auction a further 30 megahertz of paired spectrum in the 1.8 GHz band early next year. The auction, which will be conducted by the Australian …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission received two rebukes from the Senate last week regarding the agreement its general counsel signed Aug. 10 that seemed to pave the way for Nextel Communications …

American Tower Corp. last week made its first large carrier transaction through a master sublease agreement with Vodafone AirTouch plc. The deal gives American Tower the sublease rights to 2,100 …

Sprint PCS’s awaited introduction of nationwide commercial Internet-access services will begin in late September, announced the company. Targeting business users and a wide range of consumer customers that are heavy …

Any hopes Vodafone AirTouch plc had in linking up with Bell Atlantic Corp. to create a nationwide wireless footprint in the United States were likely dashed last week when the …

Nissan Motor Co. said last week it will sell its stakes in nine Japanese cellular operators, a move that is sure to pave the way for consolidation in a wireless …

France France Telecom said it signed a partnership agreement with the Sonae group in Portugal. The two already have a working relationship as stakeholders in Optimus, the third mobile operator …

Two Code Division Multiple Access carriers launched limited data services last week that involve linking wireless phones to laptop computers via a cable, allowing the phones to act both as …

The worldwide wireless industry is expected to pass a significant milestone sometime during 2000. With total mobile subscribers at the end of last year of about 315 million and a …

LONDON-British Telecommunications plc said it will acquire for $5 billion Securicor’s 40-percent shareholding in BT Cellnet, the United Kingdom’s second-largest cellular operator-behind Vodafone AirTouch plc-with about 5 million subscribers. British …

The popularity of prepaid wireless services has skyrocketed in the United States, but carriers are experiencing a not-so-pleasant side effect- high churn-and many are challenged by the need to expand …

Intelligent agent technology has been long considered a potential boon for messaging applications looking to provide meaningful content to wireless devices. Agents are small bits of code capable of monitoring …

The industry has seen AT&T Wireless Services Inc. pick up smaller cellular carriers in order to fill in gaps and avoid paying high roaming fees, and Vodafone AirTouch plc’s acquisition …

Yet another study has been done on the merits of reselling wireless service. This one, conducted by Professor John Mayor of the Georgetown University School of Business, Mark Burton of …

Poor financial results continue to plague personal communications services operator Aerial Communications Inc., and its spinoff from parent company, Telephone and Data Systems Inc., is moving slower than anticipated. Analysts …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. named Susan Swenson president of Leap and chief executive officer of Leap’s U.S. subsidiary, Cricket Communications Inc. Swenson, who also will join Leap’s board of …

Second-quarter subscriber growth in the U.K. mobile-phone market exceeded analysts’ expectations as prepaid services continue to provide a growth engine for the industry. “The market has been ahead of expectations …

Pannon GSM Tavkozlesi RT, Budapest, Hungary, was expected last week to place privately about $123 million in euro-denominated bonds it plans to use to refinance outstanding debt. Pannon, which operates …