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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Econet Wireless Nigeria has blamed the interconnection problems experienced by local GSM operators on the fixed network operator Nitel. Zachary Wazara, Econet chief executive officer, said Nitel is …

DENVER, United States-Two Asian operators and another European operator launched multimedia message services (MMS) this week. Globe Telecom in the Philippines launched MMS, making it the first operator in the …

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TORONTO-A price cut by one of Research In Motion Ltd.’s customers and new product announcements by rivals have prompted a brokerage firm to cut its revenue estimates for the Canadian …

DENVER, United States-VoiceStream Wireless’ launch of wireless service last month in the U.S. states of California and Nevada not only provided the country’s smallest nationwide operator with a footprint in …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Danger Inc. reported a partnership with T-Mobile USA to develop and sell products based on Danger’s Hiptop platform and services. The deal also calls for T-Mobile to be …

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Singapore’s mobile operators are looking to spread their services wings into the highly lucrative Chinese market. Singapore’ Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) this week set up the Infocomm Section of …

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HELSINKI, Finland-Sonera Corp. has sold a stake in SmarTrust AB to venture capital funds the Carlyle Group, GE Equity and Eqvitec Partners for $34.3 million. Sonera will retain a 39.3-percent …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Venezuelan cell-phone operator Movilnet presented a new service that allows new clients to receive mobile-phone messages without actually owning their own cellular phones. The “Virtual Cellular” service …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Speaking at a recent technology and communications summit in Johannesburg, executives from South Africa’s mobile and fixed operators reiterated their calls that the local regulator, the Independent Communications …

BEIJING-China’s largest wireless operator China Mobile selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to expand its GSM network in Shaanxi Province as part of a $26.8 million contract. The expansion is expected to …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Vodafone New Zealand has chosen Ericsson to provide end-to-end multimedia messaging service (MMS) services between New Zealand and Australia. Vodafone New Zealand plans to launch extended MMS services in …

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-The Malaysian government awarded two of three available third-generation (3G) licenses this week, with incumbent operators Maxis Communications and Telekom Malaysia walking away with the US$13.2 million awards. …

HELSINKI, Finland-Sonera has sold a stake in SmarTrust to venture capital funds the Carlyle Group, GE Equity and Eqvitec Partners for US$34.3 million. Sonera will retain a 39.3-percent stake in …

BATH, United Kingdom-Cramer Systems said it will supply a strategic network inventory system for Norwegian operator NetCom’s next-generation network. NetCom will use the system to consolidate disparate systems used to …

MUNICH, Germany-Mobile operator LLC MTS said it commissioned the Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group to expand its GSM network in Belarus. LLC MTS is a joint venture of Russian …

PARIS-France Telecom said it reached an agreement with the banks holding a credit facility of $4.6 billion for MobilCom, the German operator in which France Telecom holds a 28.5-percent stake. …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Software firms across Europe have developed myriad mobile applications aimed at the business market during the past few years, raising hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital to …

The attitudes of the late 1990s, where operators found it necessary to have a presence in as many countries as possible, have begun to fade as the cost of having …

KAZAN, Tatarstan, Russia-Two regional carriers from the Russian Muslim republic of Tatarstan on the Volga offered stock for public sale, forcing the biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) to reconsider …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, and TORONTO-In the aftermath of their quarterly earnings report, the stocks of both Nortel Corp. and Ericsson AB plummeted, highlighting the struggles of the major players in the …

HELSINKI, Finland-Tele2, Sweden’s second-largest telecom operator after Telia, has confirmed plans to present a joint bid with London-based Star Capital Partners to acquire Italian mobile operator Blu’s network. A sale …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator MTN announced that it has begun charging subscribers for its wireless Internet gateway (WIG) services. The service has been offered free since its inception in …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African mobile network operator MTN announced that it has begun exploring the notion of outsourcing its network services and base stations for services. The move is expected …