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NEW YORK—In its fourth debt deal of the year, NTT DoCoMo plans to pay off maturing short-term debt with a new issue of US$825 million in 10-year, yen-denominated bonds paying 1.49 percent interest. Including this new deal, Japan’s largest telecommunications …

NEW YORK—In its fourth debt deal of the year NTT DoCoMo Inc., Tokyo, plans to pay off maturing short-term debt with a new issue of $825 million in of 10-year, yen-denominated bonds paying 1.49 percent interest.Including this new deal, Japan’s …

LONDON—Hutchison 3G UK, which purchased a license to offer third-generation (3G) services in the United Kingdom last year, signed an agreement with U.K.-based electric and telecom company National Grid to locate Hutchison’s radio antennas on National Grid’s existing towers. The …

HONG KONG—The Hong Kong telecom regulator announced the initial results of the first phase of its third-generation (3G) license auction. The successful bidders are Hong Kong CSL, a company jointly owned by Telstra and Pacific Century CyberWorks; Hutchison 3G HK, …

LONDON—Hutchison 3G UK reported an agreement with 186k to provide a nationwide fiber optic network and colocation services. A separate agreement with Nortel Networks will provide 10-gigabits-per-second-per-channel dense wave division multiplexing optical equipment to light 186k’s fiber optic network and …

LONDON-Hutchison 3G UK reported an agreement with 186k to provide a nationwide fiber optic network and co-location services, and a separate agreement with Nortel Networks Corp. to provide 10-gigabits-per-second-per-channel dense wave division multiplexing optical equipment to light 186k’s fiber optic …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Walt Disney Internet Group announced two major content distribution deals-moves that came just one week after the company announced a distribution agreement with Taiwan Cellular Corp.-proof Walt Disney is moving rapidly into the worldwide wireless Web industry. Last …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California, United States—Walt Disney Internet Group today announced two major content distribution deals—moves that come just one week after the company announced a distribution agreement with Taiwan Cellular Corp.—proof Walt Disney is moving rapidly into the worldwide wireless …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Walt Disney Internet Group today announced two major content distribution deals-moves that come just one week after the company announced a distribution agreement with Taiwan Cellular Corp.-proof Walt Disney is moving rapidly into the worldwide wireless Web industry.Today, …

NEW DELHI, India-The Indian cellular mobile market has always been fascinating, if only for the sheer number of players that compete here. Each of the 20-odd telecom circles, or geographic coverage areas, will soon have four cellular operators. In addition, …

HONG KONG-On the face of it, Hutchison Whampoa is a great success story. The company is among the leading international wireless operators and part of the giant Cheung Kong (Holdings), which in May announced after-tax profits of US$8 billion on …

Alcatel Paris. With Orascom Telecom for the supply and installation of GSM solutions in the Middle East and Africa. Value: Undisclosed. Brazil. With Telemar for a GSM 1800/GPRS network in Brazil. Value: US$275 million Moscow. With ZAO SMARTS for GSM …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Hi3G, the 3G license holder owned jointly by Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa and the Swedish Investor group, has emerged as the most likely bidder for the bankrupt Norwegian 3G licensee, Broadband Mobile. The country’s communication ministry has already …

HONG KONG—Motorola Inc. and Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Ltd. announced the commercial launch of a second-generation, dual-band wireless network in Macau, a special administrative territory of the People’s Republic of China. Motorola said it has installed macro and micro GSM …

LONDON—For the second month running, India’s cellular industry showed gains of more than 200,000 subscribers. A record 211,000 people signed on to mobile services in July, surpassing the previous month’s record of 206,000 new subscribers. The figures, from the Cellular …

HONG KONG-Motorola Inc. and Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Ltd. announced the commercial launch of a second-generation dual-band wireless network in Macau, a special administrative territory of the People’s Republic of China. Motorola said it has installed macro and micro GSM …

TOKYO—Hong Kong-based operator Hutchison Whampoa signed an agreement to allow NEC to supply its third-generation (3G) handsets.NEC will start delivery in the third quarter of this year to carriers in Italy, Australia, Austria, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

LONDON—Hutchison 3G UK signed an agreement with Tibco Software for an enterprise application integration, data messaging and business process management system. The agreement has a provision for extension to other Hutchison markets in Europe.The financial terms were not disclosed.

TOKYO- NTT DoCoMo, in cooperation with KPN Mobile and E-Plus, is scheduled to launch i-mode-like services in the Netherlands and Germany in the fourth quarter. Access, a Japanese provider of microbrowsers for non-PC devices including NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode service, is …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Most of the major telecommunications carriers to have successfully bid at the recent Australian 2 GHz spectrum auctions plan to adopt wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) for third-generation (3G) services. Cable & Wireless Optus and Vodafone operate GSM digital mobile services; Hutchison …

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 …

Portugal Oni Way, a Portuguese mobile operator that recently won a UMTS 3G license, has selected Accenture as the primary systems integrator for its integrated billing solution. The solution includes the Amdocs 3G billing platform. The Accenture/Amdocs solution provides Oni …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse today scored a major sale, announcing that all six Hong Kong mobile operators will use the company’s Intelligent Short Message Service Center to support SMS messages among the carriers’ networks. Comverse said its ISMSC product will allow all …

WELLINGTON, New Zealand-Hutchison has teamed with Telecom New Zealand to launch third-generation services in the Australian market and in New Zealand. New operating companies in both Australia and New Zealand will be formed to focus on 3G products and services, …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. will provide Hutchison Telecommunications Ltd. with its Openwave Download Fun WAP platform, a service that allows mobile users to download and personalize handsets with various ringing tones and characters. “In partnering with Openwave, Orange becomes …