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Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless...

Malaysia’s Celcom selects Alcatel for NGN

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. signed a multi-million dollar contract with Malaysian mobile operator Celcom to expand Celcom's GSM network and upgrade it with a mobile next-generation network solution, which will increase the company's ability to provide its 5.79 million subscribers with new multimedia services at optimized...

Celcom deploys Tecnomen MMSC

HELSINKI, Finland-Celcom, a mobile operator in Malaysia, has launched the Tecnomen Multimedia Messaging Service Centers. The center enables Celcom to take full advantage of MMS terminals and take a leading role in the market, Tecnomen said.Celcom is the second-largest operator in Malaysia.

Telekom Malaysia offers US$1 billion for outstanding Celcom shares

SURABAYA, Indonesia-Following last year's shareholding increase to 47.9 percent in Malaysia's Celcom, government-owned telecommunication operator Telekom Malaysia offered US$1 billion to take over the rest of Celcom.Celcom's remaining major stakeholders include the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and Tabung Haji, which account for a combined...

Telekom Malaysia increases shareholding in Celcom

JAKARTA, Indonesia-In response to the government's call to consolidate the telecommunications industry, Telekom Malaysia increased its shareholding in Celcom from 31.2 percent to 47.9 percent.The total purchase consideration of US$443 million will be fulfilled by the issuance of 635,471,698 new Celcom shares at US$0.697...

Malaysian carriers agree to merge

KUALA LAMPUR, Malaysia-Malaysia' second largest wireless operator Celcom Bhd. signed an agreement to merge with state-run telecommunications operator Telekom Malaysia Bhd's TM Cellular Sdn. Bhd. wireless division, according to the Associated Press. The deal calls for Celcom to buy the entire equity interest...

Siemens to supply Celcom GPRS network

MUNICH, Germany—Malaysian operator Celcom selected Siemens to supply its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology.The value of the contract was not disclosed.TTI to supply performance software to MobilComHOBOKEN, New Jersey, United States—TTI Telecom announced it will implement its performance and service management solutions in...

DiGi partners with Celcom for 3G bid in Malaysia

OSLO, Norway—Telenor said its Malaysian subsidiary DiGi.Com entered into three joint venture agreements with Technology Resources Industries (TRI), which owns Malaysian mobile operator Celcom, the country's second-largest operator. The companies will submit a joint bid for third-generation (3G) services in Malaysia.Malaysia is expected to...

EDGE debate roars on

EDGE is dead. Long live EDGE.Depending on where they stand on the EDGE debate, some operators want EDGE born alive. Others think it should be left as merely an idea.Andrew Seybold of the Andrew Seybold Group is not amused by the optimism expressed about...

Asian operators plan migration strategies: Service growth may slow this year

NEW DELHI, India-Several leading GSM operators in the Asian region have announced plans for migration to 2.5-generation (2.5G) services during 2001. Many of them hope to roll out commercial General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) services during the year, but mass expansion of the new...

Lucent completes GPRS integration, begins Internet tests

SWINDON, United Kingdom-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it completed the integration of its GPRS offering and has begun commercial system testing of its "always-on" Mobile Internet solution.The company said its solution enables existing GSM operators to deliver high-speed Mobile Internet services to subscribers.Lucent is testing...

Wireless data prospects to light up Southeast Asia

NEW DELHI, India-The Southeast Asian region is set to enter a new era of wireless data within the next two years. Many operators in the region have already introduced wireless data services, including Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) launches, in preparation for a full-scale transition...

Infrastructure deals

AlcatelChina. For GSM network extensions in Jilin, Zhejiang, Ningxia and Shaanxi provinces.Value: US$80 millionGermany. With T-Mobil for a network extension.Value: US$71.2 millionKosovo. With the Kosovo Post Office and Telecommunications for a GSM Network with a 30,000 capacity.Value: UndisclosedSri Lanka. With Celltel Lanka for a GSM network contract...

Southeast Asia roars again

NEW DELHI, India-Countries in Asia and Southeast Asia specifically hit by economic crisis in the late 1990s are on the recovery path, paving the way for exponential growth in the wireless industry in the next two years. Early signs of this fast-track growth are...

Ericsson signs deals with Mannesmann, Celcom

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed two deals providing increased capacity to wireless telecommunications providers.A $300 million contract with Mannesmann Mobilfunk will provide Global System for Mobile communications system equipment to optimize infrastructure and to multiply current capacity for the German mobile provider.A major portion of...

Infrastructure deals

AlcatelArgentina. With Telecom Argentina for a fixed wireless access network.Value: US$99.6 millionEricssonArgentina. With Unif

ASIAN CARRIERS TRY TO REBOUND FROM ASIAN FLU

Asia-Pacific countries are beginning to emerge from the severe economic problems that have gripped them for two years, and mobile phone carriers are finding they desperately need cash to expand services.Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines took the hardest economic hits after the Thai...

CARRIERS CREATE WIRELESS VENTURE-CAPITAL FUND

NEW YORK-"One of the humbling things about this business is that, for three out of four years, we are unapproachable and obnoxious, but in the fourth year we have to raise money so we grovel."That is how Ronald White, a partner in Argo Global...

MICROCELL FORMS GSM DEVELOP MENT UNIT

NEW YORK-Microcell Capital Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Microcell Telecommunications Inc., said it created GSM Capital L.P., an international venture-capital fund with more than $137 million committed to private-equity investment in companies developing new Global System for Mobile communications products and services.GSM Capital...

AT DEADLINE

Sprint PCS to announce launchSprint Spectrum L.P. is expected to announce today its personal communications services launch. The company did not note the markets where it expected to launch service. Sprint announced earlier this month it was delaying its PCS launch in several markets,...

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM IPO EUROPE'S LARGEST TO DATE

NEW YORK-In a very successful initial public offering, Deutsche Telekom AG, the German government's telecommunications monopoly, went public Nov. 18.The IPO consisted of 600 million shares sold to outsiders and another 23 million to Deutsche Telekom employees. The total number of shares offered for...

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM IPO EUROPE’S LARGEST TO DATE

NEW YORK-In a very successful initial public offering, Deutsche Telekom AG, the German government's telecommunications monopoly, went public Nov. 18.The IPO consisted of 600 million shares sold to outsiders and another 23 million to Deutsche Telekom employees. The total number of shares offered for...