Cable & Wireless

Alcatel Austria. With Tele.ring for its new GSM 1800 network. Value: US$298 million Ericsson Brazil. With Telecom Italia Mobile to expand its TDMA network. Value: US$100 million China. With China …

MEXICO CITY-Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. They’re some of the smallest countries in the world, but at the same time, they’re actively participating in the Latin …

GENEVA-Five rivals made the shortlist in the bid for control of the United Kingdom’s fourth-ranked mobile operator, One-2-One, which was put up for sale by owners Cable & Wireless and …

AUSTRALIA Telstra will extend its CDMA network in Australia to include country locations currently covered by its GSM network but lacking in analog coverage, said the company. Hutchison Telecoms in …

LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc announced its tender offer for Japanese telecommunications carrier International Digital Communications was successfully concluded, with sufficient shares having been tendered to take Cable & Wireless’ holding …

LONDON-Following an offer made by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone for Japanese carrier International Digital Communications, Cable & Wireless plc announced it is raising its previous offer for IDC and extending …

LONDON-Cable & Wireless Communications reported revenues for the fiscal year ended March 31 of $4.3 billion, an increase from the $3.7 billion reported for 1998. The company had net earnings …

WOBURN, Mass.-Cable and Wireless Caribbean Cellular launched its prepaid service under the brand name “Freedom Prepaid Cellular” and selected the Systems Division of Boston Communications Group Inc. as the preferred …

GENEVA-Late in the evening of 21 April, fax machines on the desks of night editors at Europe’s major dailies suddenly began to hum in unison, roused by a simple, one-page …

Just when Telecom Italia Spa seemed to have no defense left to ward off the hostile takeover bid from rival Italian telecom operator Olivetti Spa, its seemingly hopeless plea for …

European telecom operators made headlines last week with involvement in several potential mergers and buyouts. The United Kingdom’s largest cellular operator, Vodafone Group plc, said it agreed to buy the …

Japan Conductus Inc. announced it shipped a 16-pole ClearSite wireless subsystem to a major Japanese cellular operator for performance testing. The system will be used for testing within Japanese frequency …

Sprint PCS Sprint PCS named Steve Geldmacher president of its new north central region. Prior to this position, Geldmacher was area vice president for north Texas and Oklahoma. He joined …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Centigram Communications Corp. announced it has been named a group standard supplier of messaging platforms for Cable & Wireless plc, according to an agreement the two entered.

EMERYVILLE, Calif.-Several technology companies announced they have created an alliance to develop an interface connecting consumer and small-business appliances to Internet services, called the Open Service Gateway specification. Its backers …

NEW YORK-Cautious optimism in the absence of completely verifiable proof is the prognosis for Year 2000 compliance by the wireless industry, according to consultants interviewed by RCR. “How fraught with …

New Enterprise Associates New Enterprise Associates, a Palo Alto, Calif. venture capital firm, appointed Nobel Laureate Arno A. Penzias as a partner. Penzias is the senior technology adviser for Lucent …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-As Africa enters the threshold of the African Renaissance and progresses toward privatizing and liberalizing its telecommunications sectors, powerful alliances are being forged in the wireless arena. “The …

NEW YORK-MapInfo Corp., Troy, N.Y., agreed to acquire On Target Mapping, a Pittsburgh, Pa., provider of mapping data solutions for telecommunications companies, including AT&T Corp., Cable & Wireless plc, MCI …

PREFERRED NETWORKS Preferred Networks Inc. announced its founder, president and director, Michael Saner, will retire Dec. 31. Saner previously held upper-management positions at several paging companies, such as Paging Services …

NEW YORK-Cable & Wireless Optus Ltd., Australia’s second largest multiservice telecommunications carrier, sold a wildly successful initial public offering Nov. 17, raising $1.56 billion, double the amount it expected. Optus …

The new head of Italy’s communications ministry said the government expects to hold its tender for a fourth mobile phone license by the middle of next year. The ministry originally …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The “Year 2000” problem has become a priority item on the agenda of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), reflecting the reality that the global network is only as …

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-Caribbean governments appear more serious recently about breaking the monopoly stranglehold Cable & Wireless plc has on more than a dozen countries in the region. Ministers responsible for tele-communications …

The Argentine government, in an attempt to proceed with the PCS auctions currently in judicial limbo, is considering selling two PCS licenses each for the northern and southern regions of …