BT Wireless

LONDON, England—Britain’s Office of Communications has announced the winners of 6.6 megahertz of technology-neutral spectrum to be used for low-power GSM wireless services such as private networks. The Wireless Telegraphy …

MINNEAPOLIS-BT Group plc selected Fair Isaac Corp.’s network performance and monitoring solution. Terms of the agreement call for Fair Isaac to supply a network assurance solution that builds on the …

Fourteen companies, including service providers, infrastructure suppliers and handset vendors, have come together to publish a set of open specifications for extending mobile voice and data services over wireless local …

LONDON-BT said it has signed a five-year outsourcing deal with Honeywell in which the carrier will manage communications and networking services in 200 Honeywell sites throughout Western Europe. The contract …

NEW YORK—MMO2, the BT Wireless unit that British Telecommunications plans to spin off in November, has received low-tier investment-grade corporate credit ratings of Baa2 from Moody’s Investors Service and BBB- …

LONDON—British Telecommunications plc plans to rename its BT Wireless unit mm02 next year following the planned spinoff of the division to BT shareholders later this year. Though the wireless division …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Illinois, United States—Motorola has agreed to supply the equipment for the BT Wireless network initiative called Expidas to launch applications for present and next-generation services.“External developers will be …

British Telecommunications’ wireless unit, BT Wireless, slipped from the No. 2 wireless operator in the United Kingdom during the second quarter, falling behind perennial leader Vodafone Group and new runner …

BT Wireless and Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile International said their operating companies in the United Kingdom and Germany plan to cooperate on the rollout of third-generation networks. The agreement includes coordinated …

The GSM Association-the body behind GSM and GPRS networks, as well as the popular short message service-announced last week another standards effort, one that some industry observers believe will be …

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Intel Corp. and British Telecommunications plc’s BTexact Technologies and BT Wireless businesses said they will work together to develop applications and services for next-generation mobile Internet devices. The …

In a dramatic move to bolster its value and trim debt, British Telecom said last week it would spin off its wireless unit, BT Wireless, as a separately traded company, …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia and BT Wireless completed a third-generation ALL-IP multimedia call using a BT Wireless trials ALL-IP system. The multimedia applications were provided by Nokia experimental All IP Mobility Core …

GENEVA-How the mighty have fallen. British Telecommunications (BT), once ranked among the world’s most powerful carriers, is finding itself buckling under a crippling mountain of debt in a climate where …

BRUSSELS, Belgium-International press reports are stating Europe is divided on the issue of whether to allow European third-generation license winners to have revised fees and terms for the licenses they …

NEW YORK -British Telecommunications plc will undertake “a massive, massive restructuring, and I don’t want to underestimate what we plan to do this year,” Sir Peter Bonfield, chief executive officer, …

Attempting to slash its debt load by as much as $14 billion and boost sales, which have fallen by as much as 50 percent this year, British Telecommunications plc announced …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and BT Wireless deployed Ericsson’s Mobility Gateway as a foundation for their WorldConnect service, the first offering through the two companies’ Advance strategic global alliance. …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and BT Wireless announced the first phase of their strategic alliance designed to create seamless mobile communications services worldwide for global travelers and multinational companies. The …

LONDON-British Telecommunications announced a major restructuring that creates four businesses in high-growth areas, including wireless. BT Wireless is the newly formed international mobile business emphasizing mobile data and next-generation services. …

WASHINGTON-The proposed merger of MCI Communications Corp. and British Telecommunications plc promises to bring plenty of cash and plenty of new services to the global telecommunications arena, but wireless subscribers …