SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-Celulares Telefonica Inc., a Puerto Rican wireless carrier, implemented Amdocs’ Ensemble solution for customer care and billing to support all of its cellular and paging operations.
WASHINGTON-The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health said injuries and fatalities from workers falling from wireless towers are occurring at a substantially greater rate than in other U.S. industries. …
Time was when Bill Gates was the quintessential symbol of American capitalism. The undisputed icon of the Digital Age. But now, with the Justice Department, 19 states and a tough …
British Telecom (BT) could challenge an Internet alliance between Vodafone AirTouch and Vivendi announced just before Vodafone AirTouch’s takeover agreement with Mannesmann in February, the Financial Times reported. The deal …
Throughout the world, wireless providers tend to suffer from a common myopia: Too many carriers see their customer care operations as a simple safety net for agitated customers. While this …
Bulgaria KPN Telecom and Greece’s Ote raised their offer to US$600 million for a 51-percent stake in Bulgarian Telecommunications Co. The companies previously offered US$510 million, Reuters reported. If the …
In March 1999, when Ericsson and Qualcomm ended their intellectual-property-rights deadlock over CDMA patents and jointly agreed to support approval in standards bodies of the tri-mode CDMA third-generation standard, industry …
DUBLIN, Ireland-After decades of tight state control, Eastern European telecommunications markets are waking up to the reality of telecommunications liberalization. But even though many of these countries accept that liberalization …
CAIRO, Egypt-Orascom Telecom (OT), which owns stakes in Egypt’s largest mobile provider, agreed to buy 80 percent of Telecel International, a pan-African telecommunications company that holds 12 GSM licenses in …
BUCHAREST, Romania-Due to the analog transmission and the lack of value-added services, NMT 400 systems in Eastern Europe-which enjoyed great success during the last two decades-have suffered in recent years. …
SANDTON, South Africa-Nigeria’s promising telecommunications environment has been clouded by the government’s failure to accelerate the licensing of GSM operators. Nigeria, with one of the lowest teledensities in the world, …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-In tone with the wave of competition that has taken Argentina by storm, Nextel has decided to extend its iDEN digital wireless services network, connecting Buenos Aires with …
BUCHAREST, Romania-The Moldova republic, a former Romanian region, is a small country with a population of 4.3 million and a small economy. The mobile market is not currently dynamic, reflecting …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-The commercialization of mobile data services continues its headlong rush as cellular operators look to differentiate themselves in the market. The heavy promotion of an ever-increasing portfolio of …
LONDON-The wireless sector in the Middle East is still widely accepted as a vibrant and growing market, with the wireless Internet and several wireless trade shows coming on the scene. …
Israel Riots and injuries occurred during protests against the installation of cellular masts in a Druze Arab village in March, according to international press reports. Reports said seven police officers …
Egypt Egypt plans to sell 10 percent of Telecom Egypt, its fixed-line telecommunications monopoly, in June. The aim of the partial privatization is to reduce red tape and improve competitiveness, …
KPN Telecom is said to be in discussions with Spain’s Telefonica regarding a possible US$54 billion merger. At press time, international reports said the companies had agreed in principle to …
South Korean mobile phone carrier Hansol M.com said talks to sell a controlling stake in the company to either Korea Telecom or the LG Group had broken down. The problems …
TOKYO-J-Phone Group, Japan’s second-largest mobile phone company, plans to merge its nine member firms into three companies later this year. The announcement follows the company’s application for a third-generation license …
