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LONDON—European wireless operators O2 and Orange said they are interested in bidding for one of Ireland's four third-generation licenses. The licenses, which run for 20 years, will be offered as one Class-A license for around $45 million and three Class-B licenses for $100 million...

ORLANDO—Boingo announced it will enable the Orange County Convention Center with 802.11b broadband Internet access for CTIA Wireless 2002.In addition, CTIA has partnered with Boingo and Avaya to offer show attendees the following deal: attendees who sign up for Boingo Pro, which is $24.95...

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands—After much speculation about i-mode services in the European market, KPN Mobile said its German subsidiary E-Plus will begin offering the commercial mobile data service this week, followed by KPN Mobile's launch in the Netherlands in April.KPN said the European i-mode...

HONG KONG—Motorola said it signed a US$253 million agreement to supply GSM 1800 MHz network equipment to TA Orange in Thailand.The deal includes radio access equipment and related integration services for a turnkey system."With this being the initial investment for TA Orange in Asia,...

HONG KONG—Motorola Inc. said it signed a $253 million agreement to supply GSM 1800 MHz network equipment to TA Orange in Thailand.The deal includes radio access equipment and related integration services for a turnkey system."With this being the initial investment for TA Orange in...

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands—After much speculation about i-mode services in the European market, KPN Mobile said its German subsidiary E-Plus will begin offering the commercial mobile data service this week, followed by KPN Mobile's launch in the Netherlands in April.KPN said the European i-mode...

HELSINKI, Finland—Telia Mobile, the Nordic region's biggest mobile operator, is moving to strengthen its position through acquisitions. The company is soon expected to bid for Sonera's mobile telephone business in all Nordic and Baltic states, excluding Finland. Telia Mobile has a strong presence in...

NEW DELHI, India—TA Orange has decided to offer airtime discount coupons to fixed-line subscribers of its affiliate, TelecomAsia, in the second phase of its soft launch of GSM services in Thailand.In the first phase called "Family and Friends", the mobile-phone service was made available...

CANNES, France—The GSM Association presented several awards at the 3GSM World Congress this week."Once again, our industry has surpassed itself," said Rob Conway, chief executive officer of the GSM Association. "The sheer diversity, innovation and technological excellence demonstrated by all the entries made the...

GENEVA—Europe’s mobile users will likely wait much longer than expected for next-generation cellular, as the daunting implications of full-scale third-generation (3G) deployment are finally brought home to the region’s 60-plus operators.With many players already having committed hundreds of millions of euros to securing national...

BUCHAREST, Romania—Partner Communications Company announced the Israeli Ministry of Communications notified the company that it approved the award to Partner of 1800 MHz spectrum and a third-generation (3G) band of spectrum. Partner's original license, awarded in 1998, will be amended and extended for an...

WOODBURY, New York, United States—Dutch wireless carrier Dutchtone, a subsidiary of Orange Group, continued to flesh out its wireless music service by purchasing Comverse's VoiCD music portal product.Comverse said its portal allows users to listen to music tracks, download ring tones and send music...

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Two European operators with third-generation (3G) licenses have quietly confirmed that their services will not be ready for commercial launch this year. Netherlands-based KPN Orange and Cegetel in France have admitted that second quarter of next year and sometime in 2004, respectively,...

WOODBURY, N.Y.—Dutch wireless carrier Dutchtone, a subsidiary of Orange Group, continued to flesh out its wireless music service by purchasing Comverse's VoiCD music portal product.Comverse said its portal allows users to listen to music tracks, download ring tones and send music tracks to friends."Today's...

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NEW DELHI, India—The two leading GSM operators in Thailand, Advanced Info Service (AIS) and DTAC, announced new investments in network expansion and marketing, anticipating the entry this quarter of a third formidable player, CP Orange.AIS said it would spend 17.6 billion baht (US$399 million)...

DENVER, United States—Orange U.K. has completed its transition of its GSM network to an Internet Protocol (IP)-based signaling network. Orange U.K. has replaced 90 percent of its Time Division Multiplex (TDM)-based signaling network with next-generation technology.U.S.-based Tekelec, which supplied the equipment, said the upgrade...

PARIS—The tender to sell France's remaining two Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) licenses opened on 1 January, with bids due by 16 May.The government's first attempt to sell four UMTS licenses last year resulted in a lack of interest and the awarding of only...

MORRISVILLE, N.C.—Orange U.K. has completed its transition of its GSM network to an IP-based signaling network. Orange U.K. has replaced 90 percent of its Time Division Multiplex-based signaling network with next-generation technology.Tekelec, which supplied the equipment, said the upgrade represented the first large-scale deployment...

PARIS—France has set 16 May as its deadline for candidates to submit bids for two remaining third-generation (3G) licenses. Winners will be announced by the end of September.This year's attempted sale of four 3G licenses ended with only two licenses being awarded due to...

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The four Swedish telecom operators that acquired third-generation (3G) licenses last year will face heavy fines if they fail to complete their network deployments on time, said the Swedish National Post and Telecom Agency.A lawyer for the agency stated that the fines...

LONDON—Logica, a wireless messaging company, said it will conduct a live trial of its Multimedia Messaging Service over United Kingdom wireless carrier Orange's GPRS network.Logica said its Multimedia Messaging Service Center enables the delivery of mobile messages containing audio, pictures, animation and real-time video...

MAISONS-LAFFITTE, France—Webraska announced it is going to supply Orange U.K. with upgrades to Orange's existing multimedia location-based services.The upgraded service will allow users to be automatically located by the network rather than having to type in their address themselves, Webraska said.Orange's initial set of...

DUBLIN, Ireland—Logica announced a live trial implementation of multimedia messaging service (MMS) over Orange U.K.'s General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network. The trial is the first step toward full implementation, Logica said.Orange will use the trial to develop and test a range of MMS...