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COPENHAGEN, Denmark—The Danish telecom agency awarded four third-generation (3G) licenses for US$118 million each after receiving bids from five companies. Incumbent operators TDC Mobile, Telia Denmark and Orange each won a license, along with newcomer Hi3G Denmark. Norway’s Telenor, which …

NEW DELHI, India—India’s Bharti has acquired a controlling stake in SkyCell, a cellular operator in the Indian city of Chennai in southern India, by buying out the stakes of BellSouth International and Millicom International Cellular (MIC). The foreign companies held …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—During this year’s first semester, the BellSouth branch in Chile obtained a higher growth rate than the company’s average in Latin America. With a 66-percent increase in quantity of clients in regards to the same period in the …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Budget Law approved the end of last year established that the state-owned cellular operator, Ancel, could sell up to 40 percent of its shares. However, in June, the government decided not to proceed with the privatization and …

So Paulo, Brazil-Telesp Celular announced that as soon as October it will begin commercially operating a network based on the CDMA 1x technology. The operator, controlled by Portugal Telecom and Spain’s Telefonica, provides wireless service to 4.5 million customers in …

International’s roaming clearinghouse unitOLYMPIA, Washington, United States—Illuminet Holdings, a provider of signaling system 7 (SS7) network and database services to telecom carriers, signed a definitive agreement to acquire BellSouth International Wireless Services, BellSouth International’s roaming and clearinghouse subsidiary, for US$25 …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—According to a recent study by Pyramid Research, the price Movicom BellSouth of Argentina might pay for a 3G license would be US$207 million. This way the government might reach its original goal of attaining US$800 million for …

PLANO, Texas, United States—L.M. Ericsson has appointed Angel Ruiz as the president of its North American operations, according to a press statement. He replaces Per-Arne Sandstrom, who becomes the company’s chief operating officer. Ruiz, who has been executive vice president …

NEW DELHI, India—The Bharti group is in talks with shareholders in its Chennai operations to buy out the Skycell stakes to gain 100-percent ownership of the license.Currently, Bharti Televentures, the holding company of the Bharti group, has a 40.5-percent stake …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless signed a five-year deal with BellSouth Long Distance and SBC Long Distance to provide long-distance services to the wireless operator on a national level. Cingular Wireless was formed from the wireless operations of BellSouth and SBC Communications. “This …

WASHINGTON-For every three new wireless subscribers there is one less wireline subscriber, said Stephen Pociask, president of TeleNomic Research L.L.C. “These phones do the same thing as your wired phone and probably more because I can make a call from …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—A year after initiating its operations outside the Buenos Aires metropolitan area (AMBA), Movicom BellSouth announced it has 200,000 new users in 10 cities of Argentina. Using its personal communications services (PCS) at 1900 MHz, the carrier is …

Alcatel China. With China Unicom for CDMA equipment for a national network. Value: US$157 million China. With Gansu Mobile, Shanxi Mobile and Ning Xia Mobile for GSM expansion contracts. Value: Undisclosed Thailand. With CP Orange for a nationwide GSM 1800 …

Blackstone Blackstone announced Elaine Moncayo has joined its marketing department as marketing coordinator. In her new position, she will be responsible for internal marketing, including newsletter, brochures, Web site updates and presentations. She will work with both Blackstone employees and …

Deutsche Telekom’s recent acquisition of U.S.-based GSM operator VoiceStream Wireless Corp. again showed the ever-shrinking nature of the wireless industry. Including United Kingdom-based Vodafone Group plc’s partial ownership stake in Verizon Wireless and Japan’s NTT DoCoMo’s interest in AT&T Wireless …

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless Inc. plans to file a waiver from the enhanced 911 Phase II rules, probably within the next two weeks, said Brian Fontes, Cingular vice president for federal relations, confirming hints made last month by Stephen Carter, Cingular’s chief …

Heinz Corp. Heinz Corp., which provides services to wireless carriers, has promoted Rick Vogt to senior project manager. In his new position he will be responsible for Heinz’s projects for Cingular Wireless. Vogt has been with Heinz for about a …

If teens remain `talkaholics’ and have fun doing it, Voyant Technologies wants to provide the fuel. With an instant voice-messaging solution in a next-generation environment, the company thinks it is ready to bring new spice to voice communications when it …

While many people make a name for themselves by inventing technology that somehow changes the world, James A. Dwyer Jr.’s contribution to the wireless communications industry during the past 40 years is a little more subtle. Instead of earth-shattering technology, …

WASHINGTON-Cellcom Israel is continuing to gain customers and turn profits in a market that has more than a one-in-two wireless penetration rate. “We try to find any way to make people talk. … Israelis like to be connected, like to …

WASHINGTON-The Small Business Administration has warned the Federal Communications Commission that the FCC may have violated a law meant to protect small businesses when it removed the requirement that a cost-recovery mechanism be in place before carriers are required to …

A number of wireless carriers released surprising first-quarter financial results last week showing stronger than expected customer additions despite continued uncertainty in the U.S. economy. “In fact, based on the results in so far, net additions are tracking 5-percent below …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. reported a first-quarter drop of 11 percent in net income but was redeemed by the success of its joint venture, Cingular Wireless. The company’s net income was $891 million, down 11 percent from $1 billion during last year’s …

Wideband CDMA and cdma2000 are not only migrating to the future, but also to the battleground. Both technologies will hoist their banners as they deploy their strengths and shield their weaknesses, especially in the two main places where they hope …

WASHINGTON-Congress, watching dazzling new technological and marketing advances driven by the Internet and its uncertain migration to wireless devices, has been dragged into high-stakes controversy over whether business methods patents are stifling innovation in the New Economy. The nasty and …