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PARIS-Orange announced Friday it will sell its 26.6-percent stake in Italian operator Wind to Enel for $1.37 billion plus a $210 million shareholders’ loan to be repaid to Orange. The …

OSLO, Norway-Norwegian operator Teletopia made the surprise announcement that it would be using its GSM 1800 MHz license to develop Norway’s third independent GSM service. The network, dubbed T3, will …

BUCHAREST, Romania-Kuwaiti GSM operator Wataniya Telecom announced this week it has joined the bid for Bahrain’s second mobile telecommunications license, while preparing for a traffic increase. According to Andrei Torriani, …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-With a budget of US$54 million to install a national GSM network, Siemens has won the contract with the new cell-phone operator in Colombia. The German company will …

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TOKYO-KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, announced it will launch a new location service for its “au” brand mobile handset users starting 17 April. Using the service, an au …

MANILA, The Philippines-Mobile-phone operator Smart Communications is targeting at least 11 million subscribers by year-end, according to company legal and carriers division head Rogelio Quevedo. He also said the company, …

LONDON-France’s second-largest telecommunications operator, Cegetel, is to undertake a strategy to consolidate data mediation across all its 2.5-, third-generation (3G) and Internet Protocol (IP) networks. The operator has chosen XACCTmobile …

ROME-The European Commission is investigating possible illegal state aid to Italian telecom operator Wind. The probe is reported to be at a preliminary stage. In addition to providing a fixed-line …

BOSTON-The U.S. cellular market will grow 6 percent annually during the next five years, resulting in penetration of almost 70 percent, according to a new report from research firm Strategy …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Ecuadorian government assigned a national personal communications services (PCS) license at 1900 MHz to Telecommunication M

MANILA, The Philippines-Mobile operator Globe Telecom introduced this week the Philippines’ first mobile video messaging, allowing subscribers to record, save and play back video clips, up to a maximum of …

DUBLIN, Ireland-The latest figures from the Irish telecommunications industry regulator indicate that third operator Meteor is still making little impact on the dominance of Vodafone and MmO2. During the final …

SURABAYA, Indonesia-Malaysia’s DiGi Telecommunications confirmed its commitment to the country’s prepaid segment by offering a suite of features for its DiGi Prepaid Plus service, following its network upgrade to an …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Broadband wireless system provider Ceragon Networks Ltd. launched FibeAir 3128, a new ultra-high-capacity network connectivity solution. According to Ceragon, the new system enables better spectrum utilization for the …

TORONTO-Canadian wireless operator Rogers AT&T Wireless Inc. introduced Motorola Inc.’s T720 handset onto its network. As part of an introductory promotion for the hew handset, Rogers said it will offer …

NEW YORK-Former Nextel Communications Inc. chief operating officer James Mooney was named chairman of Britain’s largest cable television operator NTL Inc., which recently emerged from Chapter 11-bankruptcy protection. Mooney, who …

NEW YORK-KTF, South Korea’s second-largest mobile operator, has hedged its bets on a next-generation wireless strategy, with plans to launch or expand this year on cdma2000 1x EV-DO, W-CDMA and …

SURABAYA, Indonesia—Singapore mobile operator StarHub joined 5G and Bluengine to form Singapore’s first marketing partnership initiative for wireless broadband. This Wi-Fi initiative aims to develop a convenient and uniform roaming …

ATLANTA, United States—BellSouth signed an agreement to sell its stake in Brazilian cellular provider BSE, also known as BCP Nordeste, to América Móvil subsidiary Telecom Américas for an undisclosed amount. …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Peruvian cellular market grew 25 percent during 2002, reaching 2.12 million customers. Telef

TOKYO-Rakuten, the largest virtual marketplace operator in Japan, on Tuesday opened its renewed mobile-phone site, which carries a total of 5,000 virtual stores and 1.3 million items available for purchase. …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson said it was awarded an order from Sri Lankan operator Mobitel as the sole supplier of a GSM 1800 MHz network. Mobitel is migrating its TDMA network to …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. signed an agreement to sell its stake in Brazilian cellular provider BSE, also known as BCP Nordeste, to America Movil subsidiary Telecom Americas for an undisclosed amount. The …

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