Succeeding plans for a two-year network expansion project, Mercury One 2 One intends to launch a multimillion dollar marketing and advertising campaign today aimed at new customers, with three flagship calling packages the company said deliver "the lowest running costs of any mobile phone...
Mobistar, a partnership of Belgian telecommunications manufacturer Telinfo and France Telecom Mobile International, won the second license to operate a Global System for Mobile communications network in Belgium. Mobistar will pay $296 million for the license.Mobistar will compete against current cellular operator Belgacom Mobile,...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Hewlett-Packard Co.'s OpenMail short messaging service now will be available to users of the Vodafone Group's Global System for Mobile communications cellular system, the companies announced. The agreement will make it possible for Vodafone subscribers to send and receive text messages on...
In concert with the European Union's directive to liberalize the telecommunications market in Europe, Austria plans to permit a second, privately owned mobile phone license by the end of the year.Austria's Ministry for Public Economy and Transport recently issued a tender for a Global...
Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group has been awarded a contract for more than $10 million to expand the narrowband advanced mobile phone service in the Dominican Republic. The contract with the private telephone company, Tricom Inc., will expand that company's cell sites to a...
NEW YORK-Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to make an initial public offering of 12 million shares of common stock, priced between $24 and $26 a share.Proceeds from the offering will be used to purchase a 25 percent general...
