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LONDON-U.K. newcomer Hutchison 3G has released additional pricing details for its third-generation service, dubbed “3,” which it says will formally launch on March 3, with “pre-orders” beginning online Feb. 22. The operator also announced two types of pricing, a “pay-as-you-go” …

LONDON-LogicaCMG, which offers information technology services and wireless messaging products, said its merger and integration process is “progressing well and to plan.” The company said performance for the combined business was in line with expectations and that margins have been …

HELSINKI, Finland-Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa and Swedish venture group Investor are planning a spring launch for their so-called 3 mobile telephony service in Sweden. Company chiefs insist the new mobile service will return a profit on operations within five years. …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. signed a global agreement for Hutchison to use Ericsson’s Video Gateway System for its video offerings on its third-generation networks worldwide. The system supports video telephony between personal computers and 3G devices. The …

HONG KONG-For debt-choked Western operators, third-generation (3G) profits have proven to be a mirage, and if the technology can be made viable, it will likely happen first in Asia. At the ITU Telecom Asia event held in Hong Kong last …

OSLO, Norway-Mobile operator Orange confirmed Thursday it would back out of the Swedish mobile market, a move that had been widely predicted due to the financial problems of owner France Telecom. The company cited increasing pressure from Sweden’s communications regulatory …

HELSINKI, Finland-The Moscow-based Sistema Joint Stock Financial Corporation (Sistema) has approached several leading Finnish telecom companies and venture capital houses in search of Western technical expertise and funds to conduct a mixed US$1 billion mobile technology investment in India. The …

HELSINKI, Finland-Orange Sweden, the Stockholm-based mobile subsidiary of debt-troubled France T

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Austrian operator Mobilkom Austria has awarded L.M. Ericsson a service assurance contract with an undisclosed value. The agreement will allow Mobilkom Austria to have one focus point for monitoring network and application performance, Ericsson said. The system delivered to …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Vodafone indicated this week it is interested in buying Hutchison Telecommunications’ A$3 billion (US$1.7 billion) third-generation (3G) mobile-phone network in a bid to get an early foothold in Australia’s wireless data market. The managing director of Vodafone Australia, Grahame …

HELSINKI, Finland-DNA Finland, the Finnish regional telecom group, has displaced Virgin Mobile as the lead contender to acquire Telia Mobile’s network operations in Finland. DNA is reported to have placed a bid worth US$102 million for Telia Mobile Finland (TMF). …

In spite of mammoth debt, operators are beginning to loosen their purse strings to buy equipment again, according to a report by market research firm Dell’Oro Group. The report said Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) equipment revenue jumped fourfold to …

In spite of mammoth debt, operators are beginning to loosen their purse strings to buy equipment again, according to a report by market research firm Dell’Oro Group. The report said UMTS equipment revenue jumped fourfold to about $800 million in …

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom-Among the key issues worrying investors and wireless protagonists surrounding European third-generation (3G) in Germany and France includes the question of how many operators the markets can support. Skeptics are coming out of the wireless woodwork to question …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having consistently stated that it would be the first to launch a third-generation (3G) service in the United Kingdom, Hutchison has now commented that the timing, always set for the end of 2002, might be in doubt depending …

HELSINKI, Finland and OSLO, Norway-Hutchison Whampoa and Investor-backed Hi3G, which will operate under the brand name “3,” will join Swedish third-generation (3G) license holders seeking rollout extensions. Hi3G has confirmed its intention to ask Swedish telecom authority PTS for an …

TOKYO-NEC, a leading telecom vendor in Japan, announced it won an additional order for third-generation (3G) handsets from Hutchison Whampoa. Under the initial contract with Hutchison, NEC was to provide 1 million 3G handsets for the Hong Kong-based company. According …

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.-Starfish Software has been chosen by H3G to implement a mobile infrastructure solution to enable over-the-air synchronization of consumer and corporate data. “The agreement with Starfish is another step in our strategy to carry out high-quality infrastructures and …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-While industry gurus and market survey reports continue to pour cold water on the likely success of third generation (3G) technology, Hutchison 3G and Tele2 seem determined to overcome the pervading gloom that hangs over the technology. Both …

NEW DELHI, India-The Thai government agency, Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT), plans to seek a foreign strategic partner as part of its restructuring exercise, prior to telecom deregulation next year. According to a government plan, CAT will be bifurcated into …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will report a $4.7 billion write-down on its foreign investments, including $2.8 billion from its investment in U.S. operator AT&T Wireless Services Inc., $1 billion from Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Ltd. and $877.5 million from …

TOKYO-Japanese vendor NEC Corp. has taken a 5-percent stake in two mobile-phone subsidiaries owned by Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. for a total $73 million. The stakes are in Hong Kong mobile operator Hutchison Telephone Company Ltd., Hong Kong’s largest mobile operator, …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Despite the fanfare surrounding Nokia’s launch this week of its first third-generation (3G) handset, many insiders remain adamant that there are significant technological issues to resolve before the devices can be shipped in any volume. The well-known problem …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. president Norio Wada said the telecommunications giant would discuss the possibility of writing down losses on its overseas investments including AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Hutchison 3G UK Ltd. and KPN Mobile NV. A Japanese business newspaper reported …

HELSINKI, Finland-Telia has set US$100 million as the minimum bid price that the Swedish operator will accept for subsidiary Telia Mobile’s assets and mobile business operations in Finland. The Swedish telecom company’s price-setting exercise is regarded as a direct response …