DUBLIN, Ireland-Contrary to most industry predictions, Meteor Mobile Communications has secured the third mobile license in the Republic of Ireland. Orange plc of the United Kingdom strongly was fancied to …
BANGALORE, India-Losing more than US$5 million per month, paging service providers in India face a grim situation. The paging industry has halved its service penetration targets from 6 million pagers …
WASHINGTON-The International Mobile Telecommunications Association (IMTA), which represents trunked radio operators around the world, has created a Council of Ministries Information Service developed as an outreach program for telecom regulators …
“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 …
BANGKOK, Thailand-The Asian financial crisis is imposing a brutal shakeout on the Thai telecommunications sector, turning Darwin’s law about the survival of the fittest into an apt description of the …
See page 7 for the results of Ireland and Italy’s recent tenders. Austria granted 900 MHz GSM licenses to Mobilcom, max.mobile and Connect Austria, a consortium including Tele Danmark. Recently …
DENVER, United States-U.S.-based Teledesic L.L.C. and Motorola Inc. announced in June they will become partners in the development and deployment of Teledesic’s global broadband “Internet-in-the-Sky” satellite communications system. The Boeing …
WASHINGTON-Brazilian Minister of Communications Luis Carlos Mendonca de Barros set the minimum price for the 12 Telebras system holding companies of US$11.7 billion for the 18.2-percent stake owned by the …
SAN DIEGO, United States-Qualcomm Inc. filed an information statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission concerning its proposed spinoff of its joint-venture and equity interests in certain international wireless …
DUBLIN, Ireland-One application driving the increasing amount of data traffic on mobile networks is short message service (SMS), which allows phone users to send a message from one handset to …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The debate of issuing a third or fourth cellular license in South Africa is gaining momentum, with the industry pressuring the government to speed up the tendering process …
LONDON-The 1997 World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on telecommunications, together with the decision of the United States’ Federal Communications Commission to place a ceiling on international accounting rate payments set …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Reiner Liebler’s young son enjoys playing with his radio-controlled car. It’s his favorite toy. But it’s also the cause of family disharmony when visits are made to grandparents. …
BEIJING-China Telecom is still very much a monopoly carrier in China, but change is on the horizon. By year-end, the new Ministry of Information Industry will have concluded its massive …
DUBLIN, Ireland-As mobile phone technology continues to develop rapidly, users continually are encouraged by operators and manufacturers to upgrade their phones to the latest models to take advantage of advanced …
Stet Hallas Telecommunications S.A., Greece, went public 3 June through an equity offering by a holding company. Stet Hallas is 20-percent owned by Bell Atlantic Corp. of the United States. …
BANGLADORE, India-Bangladesh is one of the world’s least-developed countries, and most of the rural heartland lacks roads and electricity, as well as telephones. For its 140 million people, Bangladesh has …
MELBOURNE, Australia-Seven of the nine bidders won lots in Australia’s PCS (Personal Communications Services) spectrum auction, which raised almost A$350 million (US$218.5 million) for the federal government. Four winners-AAPT Wireless, …
On 10 December 1997, the frequency auction for trunking services concluded, resulting in 580 channels being auctioned and raising almost US$40 million. Argentina Wireless Telecomunicaciones paid more than US$27 million …
WASHINGTON-They announced it, delayed it, set deadlines and then extended them-each one of these at least once and often amid accusations of scandal and preferential treatment. Currently, the tender process …
