BROWSING: Europolitan

OSLO, Norway-Europolitan Vodafone filed a formal request with PTS, the Swedish national telecom regulator, asking for an extra two years to meet its third-generation (3G) license conditions.The application coincided with a press conference where PTS turned down Orange's appeal to have its license deadline...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Vodafone Group's Swedish subsidiary Europolitan will not meet regulator deadlines for building a third-generation (3G) network.Europolitan Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jon Risfelt said that reaching the Swedish national telecom regulator PTS' goal of coverage for 99.9 percent of the population by year-end 2003...

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having operated as a fixed-line operator in Spain since early 2001, Sweden-based Tele2 has now obtained the necessary license agreements to become the country's first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). The 20-year license enables Tele2 to interconnect traffic and roam across the...

HELSINKI, Finland-Tele2, Sweden's second-largest network operator, has threatened to "hand back" its Norwegian third-generation (3G) license unless regulatory authorities in Norway relax the terms under which the license was granted and permit Tele2 to delay the rollout of its 3G network in Norway.Norwegian authorities...

HELSINKI, Finland—Norwegian telecom operator Telenor's competitors in Scandinavia are puzzled by the Oslo-based operator's decision to price at the high end for multimedia messaging services (MMS). Telenor intends to charge MMS users a price of US$1.40 to send images and pictures via their cell...

LONDON—Short message service (SMS) company Logica said it scored two multimedia messaging contracts and is trialing the product with five additional wireless carriers. The company did not name its customers.Analysts have questioned whether Logica, which controls a vast amount of the SMS industry, can...

LONDON—Vodafone Group reported its Greek wireless subsidiary, Panafon-Vodafone, officially changed its name to Vodafone.Panafon adopted the dual-brand name a year ago as part of the Vodafone global brand migration strategy designed to introduce the Vodafone name into local markets. The switch to Vodafone was...

HELSINKI, Finland—PTS, the Swedish national telecom regulator, has warned Sweden-based mobile operators that it will beginning using its wider discretionary powers if it feels that operators are "not working hard enough to add a superior competitive price edge" to the Swedish marketplace.The PTS warning...

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HELSINKI, Finland—Skanova, the wholesale division of the Swedish state telecom Telia, signed a letter of understanding to sell network capacity to Svenska UMTS-net, a company that is building a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) system for Telia and the Sweden-based European mobile telephone operator...

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The four Swedish telecom operators that acquired third-generation (3G) licenses last year will face heavy fines if they fail to complete their network deployments on time, said the Swedish National Post and Telecom Agency.A lawyer for the agency stated that the fines...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish vendor NCC Telecom said Sweden' third-generation (3G) license holder Hi3G selected it to provide 3G infrastructure. The agreement covers the construction of at least 500 base stations in Sweden.The value of the contract was not disclosed.NCC also signed similar agreements with another...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—The Post and Telecom Agency in Sweden said it awarded wireless broadband licenses to four Swedish-based telecommunications companies, including Telia, Europolitan Holdings, Telenordia unit Telenordia Access and Quadracom Wireless.Swedish broadband company Utfors, which had also applied, was not awarded a license.

STOCKHOLM—The Post and Telecom Agency in Sweden said it awarded wireless broadband licenses to four Swedish-based telecommunications companies, including Telia AB, Europolitan Holdings AB, Telenordia AB unit Telenordia Access and Quadracom Wireless.Swedish broadband company Utfors AB, which had also applied, was not awarded a...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—3G Infrastructure Services (3GIS) selected its third-generation (3G) vendors.Swedish vendor NCC Telecom signed a contract to provide base stations to 3GIS in Sweden. The value of the contract was not disclosed.Under the agreement, NCC will build at least 300 base stations in Sweden....

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish vendor NCC Telecom signed a contract to provide third-generation base stations to 3G Infrastructure Services in Sweden. The value of the contract was not disclosed.Under the agreement, NCC will build at least 300 base stations in Sweden. The contract includes an option...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Skanova, a Swedish developer of telephony, Internet and broadband services, has signed an agreement on the delivery of network capacity to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network planned by 3G Infrastructure Services, 3GIS. The company is jointly owned by mobile operators Hi3G...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Using PipeBeach's VoiceXML platform, Europolitan Vodafone's customers are now able to download and listen to ring tones simply by using their voice.Europolitan Vodafone launched its voice portal earlier this year, and the company said it has been gaining in popularity ever since. The...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Using PipeBeach's VoiceXML platform, Europolitan Vodafone's customers are now able to download and listen to ring tones simply by using their voice.Europolitan Vodafone launched its Voice Portal in the spring, and the company said it has been gaining in popularity ever since.

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse today announced Swedish mobile carrier Europolitan Vodafone will trial Comverse's multimedia messaging service over its GPRS network.Comverse's announcement comes a week after the company released the results of a study it conducted to determine user interest in multimedia messaging services. The company...

WOODBURY, New York, United States—Comverse announced Swedish mobile carrier Europolitan Vodafone will trial Comverse's multimedia messaging service over its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network.Comverse's announcement comes a week after the company released the results of a study it conducted to determine user interest...

LA JOLLA, Calif.—Bitfone Corp. released the company's flagship product, iBroker, in an effort to tap into the growing multimedia messaging market.Bitfone said its product allows users to send multimedia content using pictures and animations stored on a carrier's database, or users can wirelessly access...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Nokia said it has signed a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) contract to deliver core network and radio access for Europolitan Vodafone.Nokia will begin deliveries within the month and will launch the network next year, according to the agreement.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Nokia Corp. said it has signed a UMTS contract to deliver core network and radio access for Europolitan Vodafone.Nokia will begin deliveries this month and will launch the network next year, according to the agreement.