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LONDON-U.K. mobile operator MmO2 has partnered with mobile marketing firm Enpocket to launch a series of advertising trials using multimedia messaging service. Enpocket’s MMS Insight service is a research program …

BRUSSELS-The European Commission has approved an agreement between T-Mobile and mmO2 to share third generation mobile networks in Germany, following approval earlier this year of a similar network sharing agreement …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless e-mail company Seven announced it scored a major deal with Japanese wireless data giant NTT DoCoMo Inc., which will package and resell Seven’s wireless e-mail technology under …

LONDON-European operator MmO2 offered details on uptake of its mobile data services. The company said it has 643,000 GPRS users and 60,000 active customers for its recently launched O2 Active …

LONDON-Tesco, one of the United Kingdom’s major supermarket chains, announced plans to launch its own mobile service in partnership with MmO2. The supermarket will offer branded mobile services to the …

LONDON-Tesco, one of the United Kingdom’s major supermarket chains, announced plans to launch its own mobile service in partnership with MmO2. The supermarket will offer branded mobile services to the …

In a significant contract win, Lucent Technologies Inc. will provide MmO2 with UMTS gear, including packet technology and services for voice and data. Many industry watchers had counted out Lucent …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc reported growing revenues and earnings in its full-year results. Sales were up 14 percent to $55.7 billion, and free cash flow more than doubled to $8.5 billion …

LONDON-European operator MmO2 countered rival Vodafone Group plc’s Live multimedia service with its own data service called O2 Active. The navigation service, available for prepaid and postpaid users, will launch …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc reported growing revenues and earnings in its full-year results. Sales were up 14 percent to $55.7 billion, and free cash flow more than doubled to $8.5 billion …

LONDON-U.K. mobile operator MmO2 has announced the launch of an online business mobile shop. Targeted primarily at small and medium-sized businesses wanting to manage their mobile accounts online, it will …

LONDON-Analysts welcomed 2002 fiscal year results from European operator MmO2 plc even though the company wrote down the value of its third-generation licenses by taking a nearly $9.7 billion exceptional …

RA’ANANA, Israel-Streaming video company Emblaze Systems Ltd. announced it will conduct a streaming video trial with U.K. carrier MmO2. To participate in the trial, MmO2 has selected 350 customers using …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has signed a contract with MmO2 to supply microwave Mini-Link in line with the pan-European deals with MmO2 operators in Germany and the United Kingdom, …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-MmO2’s Ireland business will offer text messaging access to Microsoft Outlook through a new deal with General Wireless. The offering, dubbed Desktop Text, will be available to both prepaid …

BERLIN-German telecommunications company Mobilcom AG is reportedly set to sell-off its third-generation wireless licenses and network following its decision last year to stop development of the network and write down …

BRUSSELS, Belgium-The European Commission approved third-generation network sharing in the United Kingdom following an investigation that found national roaming between licensed operators benefits consumers because operators can offer better coverage. …

BRUSSELS, Belgium-The European Commission approved third-generation (3G) network sharing in the United Kingdom following an investigation that found national roaming between licensed operators benefits consumers because operators can offer better …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Strict planning rules governing the location of third-generation (3G) transmitter masts look as if they could leave some regions of Scotland without access to the new mobile services. …

DUBLIN, Ireland—Vodafone has announced plans to restrict access to adult services over its network just 24 hours after wireless research and consulting company Strategy Analytics suggested in a new report …

BATH, United Kingdom-Cramer Systems said it has signed a contract to supply MmO2 in Ireland with an inventory management solution. “In common with every other wireless provider, O2 is working …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Following months of discrete negotiations about merging parts of their cellular operations, financial analysts have damned the proposed linkup between KPN and MmO2 as not providing the “magic …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Following a request by MmO2 to possibly substitute Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) for third-generation (3G) services across large parts of Ireland, Vodafone, Ireland’s largest mobile operator, …

The promise of the converged wireless device is a reality, although exactly what it will look like is still being debated. Those in the industry have long preached the inevitable …